Birding Is Booming. So Where Are the Black Birders?
Raising the profile of Black birders could help foster a healthy connection between Black communities and the natural world.
Social Justice
How My Mother Inspired Me to Become an Immigration Lawyer
J. J. Mulligan Sep煤lveda recalls how his mother鈥檚 experience of Pinochet鈥檚 Chile influenced his political awakening.
This Is How White Privilege Goes to College
The recent college cheating scandal surprises no one. The superrich have long relied on 鈥渓egacy admissions鈥� to get them into their elite college of choice.
Why Students of Color Are Stepping Up to Lead Climate Strikes
The youth-led movement builds on the momentum of the increasingly Black and Brown leadership behind the Green New Deal.
This Program Is Helping Refugees Break Into the Tech Industry
A coding school that grew out of the 2015 refugee crisis in Germany is helping women and people of color prepare for jobs in technology.
3 Things Schools Should Teach About America鈥檚 History of White Supremacy
Lesson plans tend to gloss over the U.S.鈥檚 deeply entrenched institutional racism. Here鈥檚 what should be added.
Why False Accusations of Anti-Semitism Are So Harmful
Bad-faith smears of Rep. Ilhan Omar and many others are being used to crush Palestinian rights, undermine social movements, and divert attention from real anti-Semitism.
How to Talk to Kids About Climate Change (and Have Fun, Too)
We can empower children to be a part of the solution.
Border Wall Trumped by Art and Community
As the U.S. debates the wall, two sister cities divided by the border work to preserve and perpetuate a shared identity.
How Soil Acts as a Living Witness to Racial Violence
The Equal Justice Initiative is using soil to document the lynchings of more than 4,400 African-descended people between 1877 and 1950.
22 Race-Related Films That Will Make You Laugh, Cry, and Think Differently
Research has shown that certain movies have caused social justice change, or simply inspired good things to happen.
Social 麻豆社事件 Offers a New Teaching Tool for Black History
Race Women on Instagram spotlights generations of Black women trailblazers.
New York Exhibit Shows the Prison Crisis Through the Eyes of Formerly Incarcerated Artists
One piece of art is a tapestry of 39 bedsheets that the artist smuggled from prison over the course of three years.
Finding Reparations in an Unlikely Industry
Portland is directing grants to weed shop owners in communities disproportionately affected by the war on drugs.
California Decision Aims to End Aggressive Policing in Schools
And it offers a blueprint for reforming other districts that suffer from overpolicing.
By Reconnecting With Soil, We Heal the Planet and Ourselves
Enslavement and sharecropping cannot erase thousands of years of Black people鈥檚 sacred relationship with the land.
How Disaster Movies Reflect Political Extremism鈥擝ut Now It鈥檚 Getting a Little Real
You get to practice looking at the abyss and ask yourself: Would you be one of the good people?
What the Arrest of a Model Teacher Says About Education 鈥淩eform鈥�
With a corporate agenda driving standardized testing in Atlanta schools, young educator Shani Robinson found herself facing prison.
What Indigenous Culture Can Teach Us About a Fair Economy
Rebecca Adamson offers Native American views on scarcity, Wall Street, and how to thrive in hard times.
Sometimes 鈥淔ake News鈥� Is Just What We Need
When firmly grounded in truth, mischief-making can be an effective tool to generate valuable public discourse.
Black Lives Matter Is Making Single Moms Homeowners
In Louisville, the group is purchasing vacant homes for low-income families to promote stability in the community and fight gentrification.
Where Sex Education Fails, Technology Can Help
The Juicebox app connects people with sex coaches to get their questions answered鈥攁nonymously.
The White Earth Band of Ojibwe Legally Recognized the Rights of Wild Rice
Finally, plant species have rights, too.
Enough Finger-Pointing: That Kid in the MAGA Hat Is My Kid! (He鈥檚 Yours, Too)
Our White youth should expect us to demand better behavior from them.
No Impact Man鈥檚 Guide to Activism
I鈥檝e learned a lot about how to be an ordinary person, filled with self-doubt, who still takes the risk of trying to do something about the world.
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