Kindergartners Get Little Time to Play. Here’s Why That’s a Problem
Kids deprived of recess don’t have time to recharge, learn social skills, or solve their own problems.
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Black Neighbors Band Together to Bring in Healthy Food, Co-op-Style
And the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network is creating other ways for Black people to circulate healthy food—and wealth.
Comic: We Sent Our Illustrator to Activist Summer Camp. Here’s What Happened
Meet Jen, who went to sleep-away camp a newbie activist and came back ready to fight for social change.
My White Friend Asked Me on Facebook to Explain White Privilege. I Decided to Be Honest
He wanted to know how institutional racism has made an impact on my life. I’m glad he asked, because I was ready to answer.
A Clear Choice: My Fossil Fuels—or 5.6 Million People Fleeing a Hurricane
Collective action is made up of individuals leading the way, showing what’s possible, shifting the normal.
They Rode Horseback to Deliver Babies. A Century Later, Midwives Are Still Crucial
In Kentucky, these health care professionals still struggle for acceptance—even in areas that need them most.
The Women Ministers of Kentucky Preaching Abortion Rights
As the state’s last abortion clinic is at risk of being shut down, some religious leaders step up against Gov. Matt Bevin’s anti-abortion policies.
The Volunteers Protecting Kentucky’s Last Abortion Clinic
The walk from the parking lot, past protesters, to the embattled clinic’s front doors can be a difficult journey. Meet the escorts making sure women don’t have to face it alone.
Her Ancestor Was a Slave to Cherokee Indians. Now She’s Applying to Be a Citizen of the Tribe
A landmark decision offers opportunity for healing between descendants of slaveholders and slaves.
Banishing DREAMers: The Meanness Isn’t Just Trump
Tens of millions of Americans—many aging and white—are willing to sabotage young people rather than to accept racial diversity.
Trump Kills DACA, Obama Hits Back, and DREAMers Try to Hold on to the Lives They’ve Built
Trump’s repeal of DACA has DREAMers and their advocates vowing to fight back and scrambling to find Plan B.
6 Simple Ways to Preserve Foods From Your Garden
Here’s how you can enjoy summer foods all year long.
Now You Can Instantly Help Those Most Impacted by Hurricane Harvey
The #SupportBlackWomenHOU campaign uses popular money transfer apps to give resources quickly to those in need so they don’t have to wait for donations from large charities to trickle down.
Hurricane Rescuers and Survivors Use Social Media to Call for Help
When 911 services were overwhelmed, stranded Houston residents used their Facebook and Instagram accounts to connect with community rescuers.
Ignore the Lame Excuses: What 300,000 Escaped Salmon Prove About Factory Fish Farming
Sustainable-food advocates want to love aquaculture—yet it comes with so many risks.
How Alaska Tribes Solved Their Dental Health Crisis
Dental health therapy takes half the time it takes to train a dentist. And it does what good medicine should: improve public health.
No Elitist Farmers Market Here—Free Healthy Food and Profits for Farmers
How one Appalachian county is creating a healthy food system that supports not only nutrition, but also community life.
It’s Not Just the South: Here’s How Everyone Can Resist White Supremacy
Every region of our country has its history of racial exclusion and white supremacy. Here are 13 ways to right those wrongs.
How to Protest Neo-Nazis Without Adding to the Violence
Ways to fight white supremacists without helping their cause.
Hurricane Harvey Isn’t a “Natural” Disaster. Politics Created the Chaos
Don’t blame climate change for Houston’s vulnerability. A hurricane need not become a disaster.
What Happens When the Internet Tries to Silence White Supremacy
Two huge white nationalist sites were recently kicked off the web. But prohibiting hate groups could fuel paranoia—and more violence.
What the Garden-Hacking Grandmas and Grandpas of South Korea Know
Gardening here is not a hobby. It comes from the realization within people that there is inherent value in tending a garden and taking time to be a part of nature.
5 Ways You Can Help Black Moms Take Back Breastfeeding
Insufficient support and stigma make Black women the least likely to breastfeed of any group.
Inside the ACLU: Defending White Supremacists as a Black Attorney
As a constitutional lawyer, I fully support the First Amendment. But as a black person, I’m conflicted when it comes to defending hate.
“This Is Our Land”: Indigenous Rights Activists Respond to White Supremacist Rhetoric
At the Trump rally Tuesday, indigenous and Latino rights advocates stood together to protest racial inequality in Arizona’s justice system. For these groups, facing militarized police is nothing new.
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