United fronts aren’t about unity. They’re about survival. We have a lot of wounds to heal if we’re going to act in solidarity against what’s trying to kill us.
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Why Police Violence Against Women of Color Stays Hidden
Data show more Black men are killed at higher rates than women, but police-misconduct attorney Andrea Ritchie says that doesn’t tell the whole story.
Movement-building approaches from the civil rights era get a 2017 update.
A chef and journalist started “The Racist Sandwich Podcast” to address inequity in the restaurant industry. Today, it’s winning award nominations and fans worldwide.
My gratitude goes out to the millions of Americans who launched a resistance that has slowed or stopped many of Trump’s policies.
It’s Time to Restore and Strengthen the Voting Rights Act
On the 52nd anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, 31 states with histories of racial discrimination no longer have federal oversight of their voting process.
A new study finds that horror is the only film genre where women appear and speak as often as men.
Climate change is getting worse, and policymakers are ignoring one of the biggest factors.
In medieval England, young people stirred similar anxieties.
A Former EPA Adviser on How to Push for Environmental Justice Under Trump
“In our country there are two things that move policy. One is money. The other is the power of people.”
Global climate change affects everyone. But for many indigenous peoples, natural resources are closely linked to religious beliefs and practices.
Don’t worry about traumatizing children. Show them that having strong feelings about horrible things happening in the world is part of being human.
Our system of law has the rights issue exactly backward. But humanity is slowly reawakening to the simple logic that Mother Earth’s rights must come before human rights.