Peace and Justice
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Inside the Move to End Gerrymandering
by Fran KortenJan 30, 2018
- As partisan redistricting increasingly biases election results, people are mobilizing through the courts and the ballot box to make elections fairer.
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Why Rural America Isn’t a Lost Cause for Progressive Ideas
by Ivy BrashearJan 29, 2018
- Too often, liberal candidates write off red states. But their policies could find a willing audience there.
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Do Protests Matter? What the Tea Party Movement Can Teach the Trump Resistance
by Kaya AxelssonJan 29, 2018
- This is how rallies grow into movements and create social change.
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We Need Radical Imagination
by Sarah van GelderJan 25, 2018
- Imagination, as Hawaiian Native rights advocate Poka Laenui describes it, is more than an antidote to hopelessness. It is a source of power.
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Can the President Really Do That?
by Lisa Manheim, Kathryn WattsJan 23, 2018
- Trump’s power is limited. Here’s how people can use their own power to support or oppose his actions.
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How to Bring Caring for Kids and Elders (and Other Acts of Love) Into the Economy
by Ai-jen Poo, Sarita GuptaJan 22, 2018
- It’s one of the most concrete representations of love that we have, yet it’s extremely undervalued.
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The Sassiest Signs From the Seattle Women’s March
by Lori PanicoJan 20, 2018
- PHOTO ESSAY: Everywhere, walking shoes, water bottles, and thousands of people with a lot to say.
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When Economic Growth Indicates Failure
by David KortenJan 19, 2018
- For the well-being of most everyone—including the rich—equality is more important than growth.
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With Marijuana Now Legal, L.A. Goes Further to Make Amends for the War on Drugs
by Kevon PaynterJan 18, 2018
- The city creates a “social equity” tier of applications who will receive priority for marijuana business permits.
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I Stood Up to ICE, and Now They’re Trying to Deport Me
by Maru Mora VillalpandoJan 17, 2018
- With the letter delivered to my house, ICE has officially made the leap from a law enforcement agency to a political repression agency.
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Appalachia Puts Environmental Human Rights to the Test
by Nicholas F. StumpJan 17, 2018
- The region is often written off as a “national sacrifice zone.” But can it find new and more robust legal remedies for limiting harmful extraction?
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Love Letters to the Resistance
by Aura BogadoJan 15, 2018
- More than 30 writers send messages of hope to loved ones in the time of Trump.
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Believe Me, You Don’t Want Someone to Save the World
by Wyatt MasseyJan 15, 2018
- The change we need comes from the daily actions of many, many people.
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How Tenants Use Digital Mapping to Track Bad Landlords and Gentrification
by Hannah NormanJan 12, 2018
- In social justice cartography, the technology is being harnessed for activism as it becomes more accessible.
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The Unexpected Significance of a Shithole Comment
by Lornet TurnbullJan 12, 2018
- Perhaps the president will grind his base down to the smallest nubbin of a demographic. Polls show his numbers are dropping.
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