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Baltimore’s Push to Solve Its Affordable Housing Crisis With Community Land Trusts
Community groups throughout the city say land trusts could keep families living affordably in a fast-gentrifying city.
An Easier Way to Get to Universal Health Care
Now is the time to push for better health care. Here are three modest, winnable first steps.
You’re Lucky If You’ve Got a Meddling Neighbor or Two. Here’s Why
Forget minding your own business. Getting engaged leads to great rewards for both ourselves and others.
How to Get Banks Not to Fund Oil Pipelines? Aim High and Keep Showing Up
A few months after temporarily shutting down 13 Chase branches, Seattle climate activists were at it again with a tar sands petition.
There’s a Myth That White People Are Safer Among Other Whites
New data on violent deaths show that all people are safest living in places with high diversity—but especially White people.
It’s Not Too Soon to Talk About the Post-Trump Era
Even when sensible adults finally take back government, “back to normal” is not what we want.
What a Revived Poor People’s Campaign Needs to Do in the Trump Era
For the new movement to gain national traction, it will need to draw in poor and working-class Whites.
I Need to Start With the Racist Attitudes in Me
Some of my anger at the recent actions of white supremacists comes from acknowledging my own capacity for ugliness.
Austin Police Try to Get Beyond Trans Misgendering and “Deadnaming”
A few law enforcement agencies have adopted new guidelines to treat trans and gender-nonconforming people more fairly. But it’s just the first step.
Stop Using Mental Illness to Explain White Supremacy
White supremacy is not an unfortunate stain on an otherwise clean democracy. It’s terribly, terrifyingly normal.
Clues From History: Why Trump’s Presidency Is Over
Many state governments over the years have reached exactly this point of racial toxicity—and crumbled.
Confederate Statues Have Been Invisible to Most White People
We’ve been living alongside the Confederacy too long, and white people are finally starting to notice.
In Truth and Reconciliation, First Things First—The Truth
Truth-telling needs to come first before we can begin to heal the racial divide and redress past harms.
Locals and Tribes March Together to Oppose Construction of Natural Gas Plant
The construction of the Puget Sound Energy facility is already underway in Washington state, and it has locals worried about the health and safety of their community.
How to Help 55 Million People Out of Food Deserts
Programs provide easier access to fresh, healthful foods to low-income neighbors.
Robert Reich’s Summer Survival Guide for the Trump Era
10 ways to get your mind off this White House.
Dear Fellow Lefties: Know Who the Real Enemy Is
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.
The Historical Falsehoods That Feed White Supremacy
Behind the racist slogans are historical tropes that the broader White America clings to, not just those who showed up for the “Unite the Right” protests.
Charlottesville Was Not a “Protest Turned Violent.” It Was a Planned Race Riot
Isn’t it time for the media to be honest and call white supremacists the domestic terrorists that they are?
Fight Fascism With a Dance Party
Where fascism aims to instill fear, joy is the perfect resistance.
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.
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.
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.”
Goodbye, Small Farmer? Investors Could Soon Own Most of American Farmland
Today, 30 percent of American farmland is owned by non-operators who lease it out to farmers. Here’s why that’s a problem.
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