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John Lewis’ Moving Graphic Novel Brings the Civil Rights Struggle to a New Generation
In the tradition of “Maus” and “Persepolis,” “March” tells the story of young African Americans who, like its author, rose up from the Jim Crow South to assert their human rights.
Posted Mar 06, 2014
In the tradition of “Maus” and “Persepolis,” “March” tells the story of young African Americans who, like its author, rose up from the Jim Crow South to assert their human rights.
Posted Mar 06, 2014
This Is What Happened When Scholastic Tried to Bring Pro-Coal Propaganda to School
“The United States of Energy” was a colorful series of lessons on the advantages of coal, aimed at 4th-graders—and sponsored by Big Coal. Here’s how educators and activists worked together to get it out of classrooms.
Posted Mar 06, 2014
“The United States of Energy” was a colorful series of lessons on the advantages of coal, aimed at 4th-graders—and sponsored by Big Coal. Here’s how educators and activists worked together to get it out of classrooms.
Posted Mar 06, 2014
Teenage Defender of First Nations Rights Becomes Literal Superhero
Shannen Koostachin, a teenage activist who died before ever seeing the results of her work, has inspired a new hero in the DC Universe.
Posted Mar 05, 2014
Shannen Koostachin, a teenage activist who died before ever seeing the results of her work, has inspired a new hero in the DC Universe.
Posted Mar 05, 2014
The Radical Homemaker Turns 40
I've learned to embrace the dreams I most deeply desire, but also the burdens that so often work against them.
Posted Mar 04, 2014
I've learned to embrace the dreams I most deeply desire, but also the burdens that so often work against them.
Posted Mar 04, 2014
West Virginians Raise Alarm as Research Links Coal Mining to Cancer, Birth Defects
Recent studies suggest that coal mining affects the health of everyone who lives nearby—not just those who work in the mines.
Posted Feb 26, 2014
Recent studies suggest that coal mining affects the health of everyone who lives nearby—not just those who work in the mines.
Posted Feb 26, 2014
From Trayvon Martin to Jordan Davis: Can Art Provide Justice When Courts Fail?
"Having not been a judge or a witness who could've helped communicate what Michael Dunn did, my art is the only way I can give Jordan Davis justice."
Posted Feb 21, 2014
"Having not been a judge or a witness who could've helped communicate what Michael Dunn did, my art is the only way I can give Jordan Davis justice."
Posted Feb 21, 2014
Meet the New Rebels Taking Back Our Public Schools
For decades the myth of failing public schools justified industrial-scale testing and a privatization agenda. Now radical educators are bursting the bubble test, getting culturally relevant, and restoring justice to the classroom.
Posted Feb 21, 2014
For decades the myth of failing public schools justified industrial-scale testing and a privatization agenda. Now radical educators are bursting the bubble test, getting culturally relevant, and restoring justice to the classroom.
Posted Feb 21, 2014
Discipline With Dignity: Oakland Classrooms Try Healing Instead of Punishment
As executive director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, Fania Davis sees programs like hers as part of the way to end the school-to-prison pipeline.
Posted Feb 19, 2014
As executive director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, Fania Davis sees programs like hers as part of the way to end the school-to-prison pipeline.
Posted Feb 19, 2014
My Year Without Porn: Some Surprising Lessons
Since I quit watching porn a year ago, I've become more present in the moment, more loving, and a better friend to the women in my life.
Posted Feb 19, 2014
Since I quit watching porn a year ago, I've become more present in the moment, more loving, and a better friend to the women in my life.
Posted Feb 19, 2014
How the Fight Against Alabama's Anti-Immigrant Law Transformed a Community
Gwendolyn Ferreti Manjarrez is an organizer with the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice. Here, she speaks about the role of grassroots groups in the fight to roll back HB 56.
Posted Feb 17, 2014
Gwendolyn Ferreti Manjarrez is an organizer with the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice. Here, she speaks about the role of grassroots groups in the fight to roll back HB 56.
Posted Feb 17, 2014
This Couple's Marriage Healed the Planet and Cost Just $3K—Here's How They Did It
Four ways to have an equitable, earth-loving, and awesome wedding.
Posted Feb 13, 2014
Four ways to have an equitable, earth-loving, and awesome wedding.
Posted Feb 13, 2014
How an American Lama Finds Joy in Turbulent Times
Lama Tsomo is a Tibetan Buddhist lama, a former homesteader, and an heiress to a family fortune who lives a quiet life in the mountains of Montana. Now she is beginning to teach the practices and insights gained through years of solitary retreats and study.
Posted Feb 11, 2014
Lama Tsomo is a Tibetan Buddhist lama, a former homesteader, and an heiress to a family fortune who lives a quiet life in the mountains of Montana. Now she is beginning to teach the practices and insights gained through years of solitary retreats and study.
Posted Feb 11, 2014
"Human Libraries" and Classes Taught By Babies? They're All Part of the Empathy Revolution
Empathy can be a force for radical social change, but only if we understand how to unleash it.
Posted Feb 10, 2014
Empathy can be a force for radical social change, but only if we understand how to unleash it.
Posted Feb 10, 2014
In Pete Seeger's Letters, A Voice for Justice Sings On
In the midst of Seeger's countless documents was one that stood out. The editor who found it reflects on coming back to that letter today.
Posted Feb 07, 2014
In the midst of Seeger's countless documents was one that stood out. The editor who found it reflects on coming back to that letter today.
Posted Feb 07, 2014
Darth Vader's Death Star Created Jobs, Too! New Video Pokes Fun at Keystone Pipeline Claims
The public comment period for the Keystone XL pipeline opened on Wednesday. This video is the comment from California-based climate group Movement Generation.
Posted Feb 07, 2014
The public comment period for the Keystone XL pipeline opened on Wednesday. This video is the comment from California-based climate group Movement Generation.
Posted Feb 07, 2014
