鈥淪ee You Yesterday鈥� Filmmakers Use Sci-Fi to Discuss Police Brutality
The genre offers a creative opportunity to tell Black stories, using fantasy and adventure to bring awareness to real-world injustice.
Social Justice
How Colorado Halved Abortion and Teen Birth Rates
The decline is happening across the country, and it鈥檚 about more than just contraceptives.
鈥淲hen They See Us鈥� Is Triggering. That鈥檚 Why You Should Watch It
Ava DuVernay鈥檚 Netflix miniseries pulls back the layers of a corrupt, barbaric system that devalues Black and Brown lives.
Traveling While Brown: Journeys in Privilege, Guilt, and Connection
Visiting other countries connects me to experiences outside my own and shows me how Brownness is both window and mirror.
Drag Queen Story Hour Brings LGBTQ-Friendly Fun to the South
Teaching inclusivity and diversity to kids is important鈥攂ut especially where LGBTQ role models are less visible.
Fifty Years After Stonewall, the Real Fight for LBGTQ Rights Is Local
As legislation has languished in Congress, many cities and states are moving forward with their own non-discrimination bills.
Damon Young Tells His Story in 鈥淲hat Doesn鈥檛 Kill You Makes You Blacker鈥�
I think that we should all know by now that trying to do or alter our behavior in a way to appease Whites is useless.
The Joyful Intersections of Disability Justice, Care, and Pleasure
A different kind of disability care is possible鈥攁nd necessary.
When Does a Person of Color Get to Be an Expat?
Around the world, the term is often synonymous with White people from affluent countries.
Why Young Jews Are Detouring From Israel to Palestine
Some are using Birthright trips to draw attention to the Israeli occupation, its policy of oppression, and the call for a two-state solution.
This 16-Year-Old Is Taking the School Climate Strike to the U.S. Capitol
May 24 is the second global 鈥淔ridays for Future鈥� strike modeled after climate activist Greta Thunberg鈥檚 weekly demonstrations outside the Swedish parliament building.
A Visitor in My Homelands: Too African for the U.S. and Too American for Nigeria
My relationship to my ancestral home is complicated yet precious.
When I Discovered My Town Is Where Immigrant Families Are Separated
A Texas journalist鈥檚 investigation revealed the worst and best of America鈥攊ncluding the Angry T铆as from the community who are providing help.
How New Yorkers Stood Up to Amazon and Won
Queens activists, unions, and political leaders worried about gentrification and opposed the $1.2 billion in tax breaks offered to the retail giant.
Racial Justice | Native rights | Activism | Local economies | Wealth and inequality | Consumerism | Indigenous lands | Climate
Are We Doing Vacations Wrong?
Radicalize your travel by being a better guest in someone else鈥檚 homeland.
With Abortion, We鈥檙e 麻豆社事件 Than Empowered Warriors or Fragile Survivors
Celebrating only 鈥渟trong鈥� women and nonbinary people doesn鈥檛 advance the cause of feminism or gender equality.
Our Public Schools Are Still Separate and Unequal
We are dealing with the repercussions of separating children by race, now more than ever.
The Woman Who Desegregated a School
Yvonne Odom was one of thousands of students who quietly did the civil rights work at schools across the country.
How Grassroots Funds Are Ensuring Abortion Access Despite Bans
Reproductive rights advocates in the Southeast are working nonstop to help low-income women.
What Your Body Has to Do With Social Change
Using somatics to explore trauma can help make authentic connection and collectivity more possible.
A Route 66 Road Trip Through Indigenous Homelands
I鈥檓 seeking out the histories and communities that existed before Route 66 and that survive still today.
Lakota Youth Head Out on Search and Rescue Mission on Horseback
It took riders 10 hours to reach remote families stranded in the aftermath of the 鈥渂omb cyclone鈥� that devastated the Pine Ridge community.
Black Communities Are Reclaiming Space Outdoors, From Backyard Gardening to Mountain Climbing
For many, fostering new relationships with nature and outdoor recreation starts with their children.
The First City to Remove and Replace a Confederate Monument
Montana鈥檚 capital will install a public art project in the spot where a Confederate fountain had stood since 1916.
Debt Collectors Over Kids鈥� School Lunch Bills? It鈥檚 Real
School nutrition advocates say universal school lunch programs are the surest way to guarantee healthy meals for all students鈥攚ithout impacting school operating budgets.
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