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Dryhootch Coffeeshop photo by Ricardo Torres

Dryhootch: A Milwaukee Coffeeshop Where Vets Help Vets Survive鈥擜t Home

Returning vets often struggle with relationships, housing, PTSD, and more. Dryhootch founders say the best mentors for people returning from our latest wars are other vets who have been through it before.

Ricardo Torres | Nov 15, 2013

Native rights

How a Small California Town Curbed a Teen Suicide Epidemic鈥擝y Talking About It

Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death for 10- to 14-year-olds in rural America, and Native American kids are hit the hardest. After Indian Valley lost its sixth teenager, residents started talking about suicide out in the open鈥攁nd it's working.

Jane Braxton Little | Nov 12, 2013

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Activism

The Nairobi Mall Attack: Let鈥檚 Give Our Boys Something Better to Be a Part Of

When the Westgate Mall was attacked by a terrorist group that aggressively recruits young men, one Kenyan asked鈥攈ow can we respond to the pain and vulnerability of our boys before groups like Al-Shabab can reach them?

Simon Okelo | Sep 28, 2013

Health care

The Mass Shooting That Didn’t Happen: Averting Violence with Kindness

What can we do to help men like Aaron Alexis, the Navy Yard shooter, find another way to deal with their trauma? The story of Michael Hill suggests that kindness is part of the answer.

Aqualus Gordon | Sep 20, 2013

Women Are Vets, Too: Meet the Organization that Acts Like It

At events known as "Stand Downs," which take place in more than 200 cities and towns across the United States, vets from all walks of life gather to support one another.

Ray Stoeve | Sep 18, 2013

The Healing Journey of a Daughter of Slavery and a Son of the Slave Trade

Why an African American marketing consultant and a white writer took a journey to explore the effects of slavery, racism, and privilege.

Lisa Gale Garrigues | Aug 21, 2013

Slave and Slaveholder Descendants Break Free of History’s Trauma鈥擳ogether

Responding to past traumas like slavery and acts of terrorism can heal us鈥攁nd future generations.

Lisa Gale Garrigues | Aug 3, 2013

Activism

Florida Occupation Digs in after Meeting with Governor Scott Turns Sour

The association says it will bring in retired members in an effort to defuse tensions between young occupiers and capitol police.

James Trimarco | Jul 20, 2013

100 Young Black Activists Respond to George Zimmerman鈥檚 Acquittal

The statement, by the Black Youth Project, conveys profound sorrow along with a commitment to hold on to hope.

Jamilah King | Jul 18, 2013

Want Justice for Trayvon? Start by Turning to Your Neighbors

Your community is the perfect place to begin healing the wounds of racism.

Sarah van Gelder | Jul 17, 2013

Could Our Deepest Fears Hold the Key to Ending Violence?

Feelings of fear and powerlessness are driving the cycle of violence that surrounds us. To change that, we need to recognize that we need each other to thrive as individuals.

Frances Moore Lapp茅 | Apr 19, 2013

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Health care

Me Too: A Letter to Steubenville鈥檚 Jane Doe

After her essay on raising boys to respect women went viral, an incredible outpouring of support gave author Kim Simon the courage to tell the story she really wanted to share: how her own healing from rape came from knowing she wasn鈥檛 alone.

Kim Simon | Apr 2, 2013

Teaching Emotions: A Different Approach to Ending School Violence

A growing network of programs is teaching kids how to understand and express their emotions. Among their results: decreased aggression and violence.

Katherine Gustafson | Mar 15, 2013

Native rights

Dancing the World into Being: A Conversation with Idle No 麻豆社事件鈥檚 Leanne Simpson

Naomi Klein speaks with writer, spoken-word artist, and indigenous academic Leanne Betasamosake Simpson about 鈥渆xtractivism,鈥� why it鈥檚 important to talk about memories of the land, and what鈥檚 next for Idle No 麻豆社事件.

Naomi Klein | Mar 6, 2013

Global Day of Dance Connects Women around the Globe

Eve Ensler鈥檚 One Billion Rising brought women into the streets in every country registered with the United Nations, plus a few places that aren鈥檛. At the Seattle event, a dancing little girl seemed to represent the movement鈥檚 hopes for women鈥檚 lives.

Katrina Rabeler | Feb 16, 2013

Today, One Billion Rise

Rise, strike, dance: The worldwide walkout for the end of violence against women and girls.

Christa Hillstrom | Feb 15, 2013

The Power of Outrospection

Video: Roman Krznaric on the concept of 鈥渙utrospection鈥� and how it could shape the 21st century鈥攁ll illustrated with animated cartoons!

| Feb 8, 2013

Native rights

From the Culture of Aloha, a Path Out of Gun Violence

Beneath mainstream culture runs a current of domination, individualism, and exclusion that is harming our children. We assume this is normal鈥攂ut is it really?

Poka Laenui | Feb 8, 2013

Video: Bringing Diversity to America鈥檚 National Parks

Take a journey to Yosemite National Park with the Amazing Grace 50+ Club, a Los Angeles-based church group that strives to bring more people of color to our national parks.

| Jan 29, 2013

Chicago Gun Violence photo by Ashlee Rezin

Activism

Tomorrow, We March on Washington to End the Gun Violence

Twenty-two times more children have been killed by guns since 1979 than military personnel in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined. Rev. Jacqui Lewis on why all of us鈥攆rom clergy to factory workers鈥攎ust not be too sad, too busy, or too afraid to say, enough.

Rev. Jacqui Lewis | Jan 26, 2013

Native rights

In Rural Mexico, Student-Led Education Heals Old Wounds

Unitierra has no classrooms, no teachers, and no formal curriculum. Yet the school has successfully helped local people learn practical skills for years.

Mike Emiliani | Jan 12, 2013