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Criminal justice reform | Coronavirus | Immigration

Social Distancing Is Not an Option for People in Prison and ICE Detention

Families recount painful conversations with loved ones inside detention centers and join advocates demanding action that detainees be protected against spread of the coronavirus.

Lornet Turnbull | Mar 23, 2020

Health care | Body Politics | Racial Justice

How a Cancer Treatment Center Bridges Cultural Divides

This North Carolina clinic is training 鈥渘avigators鈥� in the local Latinx community to help their relationships with patients.

Taylor Sisk | Mar 16, 2020

Coronavirus | Activism | Health care

Facing COVID-19 With Community Instead of Fear

As the coronavirus spreads anxiety and panic across the globe, people are finding ways to share information and support each other.

Lornet Turnbull | Mar 10, 2020

Education | Mental health | Health care

Teen Wellness Starts Inside High Schools

Planned Parenthood鈥檚 new Wellbeing Centers in Los Angeles offer much-needed resources and care for teens and their parents.

Jonita Davis | Mar 3, 2020

Native rights | Pipeline resistance

Indigenous Blockades Don鈥檛 Just Decry Destruction鈥擳hey Affirm Life

By protesting the Coastal GasLink Pipeline and blocking Canadian railways, the Wet'suwet'en resistance camp is asserting the rights of First Nations.

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson | Feb 24, 2020

Gender justice | Women

Beyond #MeToo, 3 Movements Making a Difference for Gender Equity

New attention on gender inequality is inspiring new movements and energizing existing ones.

Lornet Turnbull | Feb 19, 2020

We鈥檝e Got a Better World in Mind

How to get from here to there in the next 10 years.

Berit Anderson, Christine Hanna | Feb 19, 2020

Water | Native rights | Activism | Indigenous lands

Environmental Activists of Color

Young Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color at the center of environmental justice movements are often overlooked. This was evident in 2019 during Swedish teen climate activist Greta

Ananya Garg | Feb 19, 2020

Racial Justice

The Language of Anti-Racism

Excerpted from Stay Woke: A People鈥檚 Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter by Candis Watts Smith and Tehama Lopez Bunyasi

Sydney Worth | Feb 19, 2020

Page That Counts

Number of weeks of federally mandated paid parental leave in U.S.: 0 1 Rank of the U.S. among 41 advanced countries surveyed in amount of paid parental leave: 41 Average

Miles Schneiderman | Feb 19, 2020

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