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What I Learned From My Weeklong Obsession with Rachel Dolezal

Is Rachel Dolezal blacker than I am, or a misguided white woman in need of a reality check? I asked two black women鈥攐ne who worked with Dolezal and another who is a leader in the #BlackLivesMatter movement鈥攖o weigh in.

Liz Pleasant | Jun 20, 2015

Native rights

Solar Panels Are Part of the Pope鈥檚 Revolution鈥擝ut So Is Dismantling Structural Racism

The Pope is talking about a revolution that goes way beyond simply adding renewable energy to our current extractive economy.

Anthony Giancatarino | Jun 20, 2015

Mental health

Things White People Should Never Say

鈥淚鈥檓 not racist, but...鈥� and other things to avoid saying when talking about race.

Robert Jensen | Jun 18, 2015

Criminal justice reform

Can Money Help Shrink Jail Populations? The MacArthur Foundation Is Betting $75M on It

The grants will help jail systems develop a plan for eliminating 鈥渢he overuse and misuse of jails.鈥� But prisoner advocate Dan Berger says this doesn鈥檛 address larger issues like police bias and racism.

Puck Lo | Jun 12, 2015

Activism

How a Bronx Theater Uses Avant-Garde Theater to Teach Everyday Activism

Whether the crisis is AIDS or cyber-bullying, Pregones Theater鈥檚 empathy-based theater techniques help young people rehearse for action.

Araz Hachadourian | Jun 11, 2015

Native rights

150 Years Later, Two Universities Answer for Their Founder’s Role in the Sand Creek Massacre

Under pressure from students and community members, Northwestern University and University of Denver take the first steps towards righting historic wrongs.

Ned Blackhawk | Jun 9, 2015

Is Populism Making a Comeback? What You Need to Know About Its History鈥擜nd Its Future

The 19th century populists gave us co-ops and workers' rights. Here's how we can build on their work to solve 21st century problems.

Fran Korten | Jun 2, 2015

Mental health

Can America Heal Its Racial Wounds? We Asked Desmond Tutu and His Daughter

South Africans surprised everyone by transitioning to a relatively peaceful post-apartheid society. Here鈥檚 what Americans can learn.

Fania Davis, Sarah van Gelder | May 29, 2015

Mental health

His Ancestors Were Slave Traders and Hers Were Slaves. What They Learned About Healing from a Roadtrip

We embarked upon a journey to test whether two people 聴could come to grips with deep, traumatic, historic wounds and find healing. We had no idea where we would end up.

Sharon Leslie Morgan, Thomas Norman DeWolf | May 23, 2015

Mental health

Audio: Desmond Tutu and His Daughter Mpho On How the U.S. Can Heal From Racial Wounds

The father and daughter recently published The Book of Forgiving, a guide to help perpetrators and victims embrace their mutual humanity.

Fania Davis, Miles Schneiderman, Sarah van Gelder | May 23, 2015

What If Your Hometown Became “America’s Rape Capital”?

Missoula has a problem鈥攋ust like every college town in America. A sociologist weighs in on Jon Krakauer's new book about sexual assault at the University of Montana.

Leigh Finke | May 14, 2015

Mental health

How Lynching Shaped American History鈥擣rom the Old South to Modern Prisons

For Bryan Stevensen, the largest evil surrounding African-American history isn鈥檛 slavery, but the pervasiveness of white supremacy and the difficulty we have discussing it openly.

Liz Pleasant | May 13, 2015

Mental health | Activism

You鈥檝e Heard What鈥檚 Wrong in Freddie Gray鈥檚 Neighborhood. Here鈥檚 One Local鈥檚 Vision for Turning That Around

Blaize Connelly-Duggan鈥檚 vision for the neighborhood is all about community ownership and development without displacement.

Mary Hansen | May 12, 2015

Maria Hamilton (far right) on the one year anniversary of Dontre's death. 聽

These Moms Lost Their Kids to Violence. On Mother’s Day Weekend, They’re Marching on Washington鈥�

Maria Hamilton's son Dontre was killed by police officers. After no one was charged, she sought out hundreds of other parents and decided to take their demands to Washington.

Araz Hachadourian, Mary Hansen | May 8, 2015

Activism

After Years of Living as Squatters, These Filipino Neighbors Fought for Nice, New Homes in Their Community鈥擜nd Won

When the Manila government proposed relocating squatter families out of the city, residents came together and asked for housing in their own neighborhood.

Aurora Almendral | May 7, 2015

Native rights

Young Guatemalan Farmers Fight For Land Rights, Local Food, and Sustainable Traditions Endangered by Global Trade Deals鈥�

The same forces that have driven many onto the migrant trail have led to the emergence of a movement of young campesinos organizing to stay on their land.

Jeff Abbott | May 5, 2015

Mental health

Baltimoreans Celebrate Charging of Officers鈥擝ut Say It鈥檚 Just First Step

鈥淚t鈥檚 not 鈥榞ame over,鈥� it鈥檚鈥榞ame on.鈥� Now, we can actually start to see things happening.鈥�

Araz Hachadourian, Mary Hansen | May 3, 2015

Mental health

Photos: Baltimore Protests Inspire Renewed Sense of Direction For Community Leaders鈥�

鈥淚f people are calling for peace, we need to push the narrative toward policies and political changes that are actually going to give people the conditions to deal with structural violence.鈥�

Cecilia Garza, Mary Hansen | May 1, 2015

Which of These 4 Radical, Badass Women Will Be on the $20 Bill? The Results Are In

Americans voted on Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and two other contenders to replace Andrew Jackson.

Lindsey Weedston | Apr 30, 2015

Activism

8 Striking Portraits of People in the Path of Canada鈥檚 Mega Tar Sands Pipeline

TransCanada鈥檚 Energy East pipeline would span thousands of miles, from rural Alberta to the Atlantic coast of New Brunswick.

Kristin Moe | Apr 10, 2015

Native rights | Water

From Watersheds to Mountains, What If We Based Our Borders on Nature?

Bioregionalism is one possible vision of a future that works for people and for the Earth.

Ray Stoeve | Apr 6, 2015

Activism

This 鈥淩aging Granny鈥� Crashed a Wall Street Dinner to Demand Answers

鈥淭wo Raging Grannies鈥� is a beautifully shot film that juxtaposes a journey into activism with a profound meditation on aging.

Peter D'Auria | Mar 27, 2015

Cooperatives | Jobs | Sustainable food and farming

How to Become a Citizen Eater: A Trip Behind the Labels of Your Ethical Cup of Coffee

Labels like "fair trade" and "direct trade" indicate food is ethically sourced鈥攂ut how do you know what they really mean, and whether they're effective?

Ray Stoeve | Mar 21, 2015

Bangla-pesas photo courtesy of Bangla-pesa

Native rights | Local economies | Wealth and inequality

Alternative Currencies Are Bigger Than Bitcoin: How They鈥檙e Building Prosperity From London to Kenya

The Brixton Pound, Koru Kenya, and Mazacoin are all attempting to achieve a common goal: empowering people in a monetarily unequal world, from the bottom up.

Ra煤l Carrillo | Mar 13, 2015

Activism | Citizens United

鈥淭he Internet Is My Lifeline鈥�: Hip-Hop Artist Jasiri X on the FCC鈥檚 Net Neutrality Vote

The political artist from Pittsburgh speaks about the importance of the Internet and social media in making the voices of low-income people of color heard.

Kayla Schultz | Mar 4, 2015

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