Native rights | LGBTQ+ The Two-Spirit Diplomat Who Mediated Two Worlds WeWha was a celebrity in the U.S. capital, and loved for their gender-fluid self at home. Gregory D. Smithers | Mar 31, 2022
Flipping the Message About Refugees, With a Poem In form and message, a poet shows both adults and kids that the world can be looked at another way. Brian Bilston | Mar 16, 2022
Racial Justice What I Didn’t See as a Jewish Israeli After 59 years in Israel, visiting the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah shook my identity. Tzvia Thier | Mar 7, 2022
Racial Justice | Health care | Body Politics What Black Disabled Women Want The basic human rights of proper health care and opportunities through work should be available to everyone. Tinu Abayomi-Paul | Feb 24, 2022
Sustainable food and farming The Disaster of Philanthropy and Capitalism Philanthrocapitalism enables the destruction of nature and the erosion of democracy. David W. Orr | Feb 16, 2022
Racial Justice | Native rights An Afro-Indigenous Perspective on Policing In his new book, Kyle T. Mays argues that the violence of policing has always been intimately tied to U.S. democracy. Kyle T. Mays | Feb 8, 2022
Women | Body Politics How I Found Hope in the Black Madonna Christena Cleveland on her pilgrimage to find the sacred Black feminine. Christena Cleveland, Ph.D. | Feb 3, 2022
Trustworthy News for a New Normal For a new normal based on democratic principles, we need a vigilant and truly free press. Andy Lee Roth, Mickey Huff | Jan 4, 2022
Sustainable food and farming In Search of Sustainable Spirits An alcohol aficionado on how spirits like bourbon fit into our food system. Shanna Farrell | Dec 22, 2021
Body Politics | LGBTQ+ | Health care The Importance of Knowing AIDS History To understand the AIDS crisis that started 40 years ago, we need to listen to those who experienced it. Ryan Conrad | Dec 1, 2021
Native rights | Coronavirus Native Survival Memories for the Future The innovative ways Native peoples organized to survive the pandemic—and beyond. Jade Begay | Nov 24, 2021
Indigenous lands | Climate Indigenous Leadership for Transformative Climate Action Native Hawaiian organizer Kaniela Ing on the moral path forward. Kaniela Ing, NDN Collective | Nov 17, 2021
Climate We Need a Global Treaty for Climate To urgently drive down carbon emissions, we need a worldwide, and equitable, fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty. Stan Cox | Nov 9, 2021
Activism | Climate The Global South Widens the Frame on Climate Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate on the necessity of real representation in the climate movement. Vanessa Nakate | Nov 2, 2021
Indigenous lands Hearing the Language of Trees The author of "Braiding Sweetgrass" on how human people are only one manifestation of intelligence in the living world. Robin Wall Kimmerer | Oct 29, 2021
To Resist Tyranny, Cross Social Boundaries A graphic edition of “On Tyranny” draws democracy lessons from the 20th century. Nora Krug, Timothy Snyder | Oct 13, 2021
Sustainable food and farming Frances Moore Lappé: Why I Wrote “Diet for a Small Planet” In 1969, experts said the cause of hunger was world overpopulation. Frances Moore Lappé showed they were wrong. Frances Moore Lappé | Sep 24, 2021
Racial Justice Identity and Islamophobia in a Post-9/11 Graphic Novel for Teens In “Piece by Piece: The Story of Nisrin’s Hijab,” a young teen struggles to define her identity in the aftermath of a hate crime. Priya Huq | Sep 12, 2021
Sustainable food and farming Growing Food Justice in Brooklyn Over 70 different fruits and vegetables are grown in this urban biodiversity oasis, including specialty crops from the community’s diverse cultures. Mónica R. Goya, Valery Rizzo | Sep 10, 2021
Climate The Present and (Possible) Future Arctic “The Atlas of Disappearing Places” presents a realistic but not completely hopeless future for the Arctic. Christina Conklin, Marina Psaros | Aug 19, 2021
Sustainable food and farming Lobster Gangs and Debunking “The Tragedy of the Commons” Research by Elinor Ostrom and her colleagues show how people cooperate to manage, and sustain, common resources. Dr. Erik Nordman | Aug 11, 2021
How to Recapture Your Imagination A celebrated storyteller draws on myth and metaphor to direct our gaze away from the screen and toward the wonder of the world. Martin Shaw, PhD | Jul 27, 2021
Racial Justice | Mental health | Women For Black Women, Self-Care Is a Political Act “To thrive, we must embrace both our strengths and our vulnerabilities, and give ourselves permission to be human.” Inger Burnett-Zeigler | Jul 19, 2021
Rights for Rivers: Fighting for the Legal Rights of Nature Arguing for the legal standing of nature was greeted as ridiculous in the 1970s. But now the idea is catching on. Michelle Nijhuis | Jul 6, 2021
Racial Justice | LGBTQ+ On Board with Queer Labor and Racial Solidarity It was okay to be gay in the Marine Cooks and Stewards. And in the 1940s, MCS integrated to become one of the most progressive unions in the United States. Aaron S. Lecklider | Jun 17, 2021