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I recently came across a video about the Chicano Moratorium March of August 29, 1970. In case you鈥檝e never heard of it, the march was a watershed moment in the Chicano Movement,
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From Alcatraz to Standing Rock: The 50-Year Arc of Native Activism
Months into the Occupation, a visitor arrived on Alcatraz Island. Chosen by the elders to reveal the traditional wisdom and prophecies of the Hopi Nation, Thomas Banyacya had come to
A New Generation of Black Farmers Is Returning to the Land
鈥淚magine your neighbor stole your cow. A few weeks later the neighbor comes over, laden with remorse, to offer a sincere apology and a promise to make it right. The
Stop Calling Me an Activist
Oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in the case for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals began as I stood outside the massive stone blocks that sustain one of the
The Trauma of Transracial Adoption
It takes a lot to break through the brainwashing and barriers of Whiteness鈥攅ven for those raised with racial support.
Black Trans Women Are Being Killed. Could Paying Them Help Stop This?
A little more financial security could make the difference between life and death for these women, who are often relegated to the margins of society.
The Fear of Fat: Our Last Acceptable Bias
A sexist, racist history of anti-fatness and a for-profit 鈥渉ealth鈥� industry has left the U.S. with a weight problem鈥攂ut not in the way you might think.
In Detroit, A New Type of Agricultural Neighborhood Has Emerged
The Michigan Urban Farming Initiative is focusing on food insecurity and community investment.
To Address Climate Change, We Need to Take Back the Supreme Court
Thom Hartmann on why we should use constitutional solutions to rescue our democracy from the agendas of billionaires and corporations.
How the Supreme Court Became Supreme
For a branch of government originally conceived as the weakest of the three, the high court has taken much more power for itself in the past 230 years.
Call Katie Hill鈥檚 鈥淪candal鈥� What It Is: Sexual Assault
The Congresswoman resigned after having an affair with a campaign aide, but she鈥檚 also a crime victim, and those two facts don鈥檛 cancel each other out.
Ending Domestic Violence Requires Working With Those Who Harm, Too
The Alliance for Boys and Men of Color鈥檚 Healing Together Campaign aims to end intimate partner violence by advocating for policy changes鈥攁nd seeking healing for both survivors and the people who harm them.
What Do Women Really Want?
One million women and girls around the world offered answers. Now their responses are influencing reproductive health care policy.
A Year After the Tree of Life Shooting, Anti-Semitism and Anti-Immigrant Racism Thrive
Keeping communities safe against hateful rhetoric will require a bold, expansive vision.
How to Be an Antiracist: A Conversation With Ibram X. Kendi
In his new book, the professor challenges traditional definitions of racism, and who can be racist.
A New Model for Health Care Respects Indigenous Agency
In Canada, Inuit and academic health care researchers have teamed up to combat poor cultural awareness in mainstream health care services.
Racial Microaggressions Are Real. Here鈥檚 How to Navigate Them
Experts weigh in on ways to deal with microaggressions that don鈥檛 burden Black, Indigenous, and people of color who experience them daily.
On Reparations, Let Impacted Communities Lead the Way
Reflecting on yesterday鈥檚 grassroots demands for restitution provides solutions for today.
It鈥檚 Time for Effective Oversight of Police Violence
Would the possibility of mandatory sentencing make a police officer think twice before pulling the trigger? What about them having to forego their pensions, or pay victims鈥� families from their 401Ks?
For Indigenous Peoples Day, Tribes Return to Alcatraz 50 Years Later
A new generation of Native activists will take a canoe journey around Alcatraz to mark Indigenous Peoples Day and pay homage to occupation of the island 50 years ago.
Call for Submissions: The World We Want
Send us your leads and pitches by Nov. 5.
Making National Parks Accessible to Native People Again
A violent, racist history has kept Native people off their ancestral lands for decades. How can we remove the barriers that still exist today?
Racial Profiling and the Loss of Black Boyhood
At 13, I was into chess and Dungeons and Dragons. That was the year I hit my growth spurt鈥攁nd learned what it is to be seen not as a child, but as a threat.
LGBTQ Migrants Find Community at Mexico鈥檚 鈥淗ouse of Women鈥�
After traveling thousands of miles fleeing violence and discrimination, LGBTQ women find safety and support in Tapachula, Mexico.
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