The Fight for Housing Justice in Los Angeles
From the Los Angeles Tenants Union to Downtown Crenshaw, communities of color in L.A. are rewriting the rules of housing rights.
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Black and Unapologetic in Nature
鈥淢y journeys in nature have been profound experiences of Black people coming together to cultivate healing, community, and joy.鈥�
Dreaming of Indigenous Futures
For National Native American Heritage Month, we asked three artists to illustrate their Indigenous dreams.
Where Racial Disparities Are Shrinking Fast 鈥� In Prisons
A big decrease in the incarceration rate of Black adults may lead to parity in the near future.
The Deadly Consequences of Hate
LGBTQ people have always been the ones to keep each other safe. But we shouldn鈥檛 have to.
Indigenous and Black Communities Find Common Cause for Land Justice
Historically, Indigenous and Black folks have been turned against each other by colonizers and enslavers. Now, communities are learning from one another and finding solidarity in efforts to reclaim stolen lands.
Louisiana Communities Show the Many Contours of Climate Migration
Organizers are tackling climate displacement from all angles鈥攁dvocating for climate-displaced people, providing them with resources, and making their communities more climate-resilient.
Stolen Lands: A Black and Indigenous History of Land Exploitation聽
Colonization, through genocide, land theft, and the imposition of private property, has dispossessed Indigenous and Black peoples of their homelands across the continents for generations.
What Do We Do While Waiting to Realize Prison Abolition?
Attorney Sia Henry shares a wrenching personal experience highlighting the challenges of operating in world where prison abolition is not yet a reality.
Uganda鈥檚 Diverse Disability Movement Offers Lessons for an Ableist Global Philanthropy 聽
Achieving disability rights paves the way for greater equity and inclusion.
Assessing the True Extent of Poverty in the Richest Nation on Earth
To address the problems of our 鈥渟urprisingly impoverished democracy鈥� in the midterm elections, Liz Theoharis argues that policymakers would have to take seriously the realities of tens of millions of poor and low-income people.
New Book Says It鈥檚 Time to Move Beyond Disability Rights and Embrace Disability Justice
鈥淭he Future Is Disabled鈥� by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha moves much-needed conversations on disability and mutual aid into the spotlight while pushing readers to confront their preconceived ideas about who belongs in the future.
Aboriginal Activists Win Abalone Harvesting Rights
Their success is changing the perception of Aboriginal communities from 鈥渇ish thieves鈥� to leaders in regional development.
We Need to Replace White Feminism With Inclusive Feminism
By centering feminism on gender alone and conveniently sidelining the impact of whiteness, class, culture, imperialism, and religion on gender parity, white women have co-opted the feminist space. It鈥檚 time to change this.
On the Other Side of Reparations, a New World Awaits
Inspiring stories about our past can open portals to the world that awaits us and help us dream what a world with reparations looks like.
Intersectional Activism in a Post-Roe World
Abortion bans tend to disproportionately impact vulnerable populations in low-income, rural communities. Here鈥檚 how young people of color are fighting back.
What My Green Card Love Story Taught Me About Immigration
Insecurity and powerlessness are the norm for immigrants navigating the U.S.鈥檚 immigration system鈥攅ven when they are married to a U.S. citizen.
What if We Believed Anything Was Possible?
If we don鈥檛 address our cognitive dissonance, we鈥檒l get stuck where we are, and diminish our capacity for progress.
An Abolitionist Makes a Case for 鈥淣o 麻豆社事件 Police鈥�
The demand to 鈥渄efund the police鈥� asks politicians to go beyond platitudes and actually end the violence of policing, shifting resources in ways that promote the redistribution of wealth.
How Migrants Sent to Massachusetts Found Aid and Community
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent nearly 50 migrants from Texas to Martha鈥檚 Vineyard with no warning. Instead of being shunned, the migrants were welcomed and supported.
Reimagining Safety and Liberation Without Police
We can work for safety and liberation by investing in community-based alternatives to policing, like mental health programs, public education, restorative justice practices, and economic justice.
Alaska Natives Use Virtual Imagery to Preserve and Pass on Culture
Thanks to digitization, a fragile Tlingit ceremonial garment is once again teaching traditional weaving techniques.
Accent Bias and the Myth of Comprehensibility
Expecting people to speak a language in a specific way is more indicative of a colonial mindset and less of the speaker's ability to utilize and comprehend English.
Queen Elizabeth鈥檚 Death Prompts a Reckoning of British Empire
How the queen and her reign is remembered depends on where the remembering is taking place鈥攁nd by whom.
How Counter-Recruiters Take on the U.S. Military
Military recruiters count on economic hardship to lure young people of color to sign up. Counter-recruiters are working hard to thwart their efforts.
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