This Is Our Best Defense Against Trump鈥檚 Immigration Policies
Even with limited control over ICE agents, sanctuary is a public statement with a powerful political impact.
Social Justice
Seattle Judge Rules Justice Department Can鈥檛 Limit Legal Assistance to Immigrants
In siding with the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, the ruling also prevents the department from issuing cease-and-desist letters to similar organizations around the country.
Paranoid and Scared After Watching The Handmaid鈥檚 Tale? Good
The TV show is striking a chord that the novel and movie did not. Maybe it鈥檚 because we鈥檙e starting to see bits of Gilead all around us.
Resisting White Supremacy Can鈥檛 Happen Without Self-Care
For women of color, prioritizing our own physical, mental, and emotional well-being is vital to our fight for social justice.
Black Teen Suicide Rate Has Doubled. Here Are 5 Ways to Help
鈥淚t鈥檚 so important for people of color to educate themselves on the prevalence of mental illness. We are not exempt. We are human.鈥�
In Photos: A Mother Adjusts to Parenting After Prison
A unique initiative in Oregon helps incarcerated mothers stay connected with their children through special visitations and virtual parent-teacher conferences.
How Low-Income Mothers Are Breaking Into the Tech Industry
Two-thirds of low-wage workers are women, often mothers. These programs are giving them better access to high-wage careers.
Want to #DivesttheGlobe? Here鈥檚 Where to Start
How to contact the 16 banks funding tar sands pipelines.
6 Places Resisting Fear With Compassionate Defiance
Sanctuary city policies can only go so far. The real job of creating welcome and safety falls to ordinary people.
Ditch the 鈥淎nimal Farm鈥� Mentality in Resisting Trump Policies
Try less fighting and speaking and doing to get 鈥渙ur鈥� way鈥攁nd a lot more sitting and listening and questioning and being still.
You Liked That Heineken Ad? Well, It Was Worse Than the Pepsi One
It tricks you into thinking social problems can be resolved if only people tolerate oppression just a little while longer.
Trumpcare Passed the House: Here鈥檚 How We Can Still Stop It
The ACA remains the law of the land. There are many more steps left in the legislative process before this bill ever reaches Trump鈥檚 desk.
Just So We鈥檙e Clear: Black Mothers Aren鈥檛 to Blame for High Infant Mortality
When famous midwife Ina May Gaskin suggested that Black mothers should make better lifestyle choices to have healthier babies, the Black birth world decided they鈥檇 had enough.
Race, Love, and the Struggle We Must Win
This 86-year-old civil rights leader believes reconciliation is the only way forward.
6 Ways to Put Public Interest Ahead of Big Pharma Profits
Increase access to generics, end 鈥渆vergreening鈥� drug patents, and other ways to put people before profits.
New Plans Give Immigrants Access to Legal Representation
Undocumented immigrants in detention are four times more likely to win a custody hearing if they have a lawyer.
Tiny Town in the Heartland Creates Homegrown Sanctuary
Residents of Iowa鈥檚 first Hispanic-majority town don鈥檛 need sanctuary city policies to support their immigrant neighbors.
Chimps Could Soon Win Legal Personhood
Rights for many intelligent animals could hinge on a one-word edit in a law dictionary.
4 Not-So-Easy Ways to Dismantle Racism in the Food System
Our food system is built on stolen land and exploited labor. Here鈥檚 what we can do to fix it.
What Other Countries Know: Fairer Representation Makes a Stronger Democracy
France (and many of the world鈥檚 governments) has figured out that the only way to secure democracy is to require an electoral majority.
Should We Bomb Syria (or Afghanistan or Anywhere)? You鈥檙e Asking the Wrong Question
Critics of nonviolence say that option is the prerogative of the privileged. But actually it鈥檚 the other way around.
These Kids Used Their Spring Break to Protest Trump
Last week, hundreds of young people from around the country traveled to Washington, D.C. to stand up for their families and demonstrate against Trump鈥檚 immigrant policies.
The Massive Bomb Killed ISIS Fighters鈥擝ut Poor Afghan Farmers Now Deal With the Trauma
One researcher reports that local farmers believed the bomb was nuclear and that they鈥檇 been exposed to radiation.
Winners (and Losers) in New York鈥檚 Plan to Make College Free
The first-in-the-nation scholarship program would serve about 1.5 million full-time students. But there are downsides.
What Is It Like to Live Without Running Water? Detroit Families Know
A recent study predicts that in the next five years, more than one-third of Americans will not be able to afford their water.
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