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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.

Masai Andrews | Sep 1, 2017

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.

Bailey Williams | Sep 1, 2017

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.

Nancy Matsumoto | Sep 1, 2017

Native rights

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.

Mark Trahant | Sep 1, 2017

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.

Emma Eisenberg | Aug 31, 2017

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.

Sarah van Gelder | Aug 30, 2017

How to Protest Neo-Nazis Without Adding to the Violence

Ways to fight white supremacists without helping their cause.

Laurie Marhoefer | Aug 29, 2017

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.

Ilan Kelman | Aug 29, 2017

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.

Kevan A. Feshami | Aug 28, 2017

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.

Patrick M. Lydon | Aug 28, 2017

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.

A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez | Aug 25, 2017

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.

Abre' Conner | Aug 24, 2017

Native rights

“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.

Jenni Monet | Aug 24, 2017