Reclaiming Neighborhood Power
New York’s immigrant communities turn to the tools of civic life to protect their rights.
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We Can’t Talk About Immigration Without Acknowledging Black Immigrants
With strong, rich roots in the U.S., Black people are part of this country’s immigration narrative.
As Non-Black POC, We Need to Address Anti-Blackness
While Indigenous and other people of color traditionally lack the power to enact racism, we can and do exercise clear racial prejudice against Black people.
How Immigrant Essential Workers Are Finding Support During COVID-19
Our healthcare and food systems depend on immigrant workers, including those who are undocumented. Greater protections for them would be good for everyone.
Dismantling John C. Calhoun’s Racist Legacy
Despite being an avid proponent of slavery, the historical figure has been quite prominent in American society—and not just in the South.
This New York Program Is Getting Ahead of Homelessness
The difficulty for people experiencing homelessness to regain their security puts a new focus on helping them before they lose their homes.
Yes, Keep Wearing Masks. Here’s Why
This model shows just how effective they are.
What Kelp Forests Can Do for the Climate
Cultivating algae empowers coastal communities while storing CO2 deep underwater.
What We Can Learn from Costa Rica’s Embrace of Migrants
A growing number of political exiles from Nicaragua are putting their experience and activism to work in their adopted country.
How to Persuade Americans to Take COVID-19 Seriously
It’s all about the incentives and weighing risks: Staying home has to be more attractive than going out.
If You Liked It, Then You Should’ve Put a Carbon Tax On It
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
The Supreme Court LGBTQ+ Ruling Is Just the Beginning
Many other things need to change before LGBTQ+ people can thrive in our workplaces, especially those of us who are Black.
Truth-Telling Leads to Racial Healing, Studies of Other Countries Show
Truth commissions and reparations programs can effectively involve all perspectives in a conflict about longstanding political and economic grievances.
The Confederate Flag Represents Sexual Violence
To claim the flag represents Southern pride is an egregious whitewashing of history.
How a Black Commons Could Help Build Communal Wealth
The idea of collective ownership has a long history in the United States.
For Survivors of Violence and Their Kids, a Push to Prioritize Housing
Domestic violence, the leading cause of homelessness among women and children, is increasing during the pandemic.
The U.S. Has Always Exploited Immigrants During Pandemics
Throughout history, immigrants have borne the brunt not just of a pandemic, but the U.S. government’s disproportionate and cruel response to it.
The Chronic Stress of Being Black in the U.S. Makes People More Vulnerable to COVID-19 and Other Diseases
Racism is a chronic, uncontrollable, and unpredictable stress that can wreak havoc on the mind and body.
We Can Learn from Countries That Are Handling the Coronavirus Effectively
A coordinated, science-driven, national-level strategy is vital to an effective response.
Voting Is Now a Public Health Issue
Voting rights have always been inconsistently applied. Now the coronavirus pandemic is threatening those rights even more, and activists are pushing back.
How to Get Off Fossil Fuels Quickly—and Fairly
Climate experts share a range of ideas and strategies for envisioning a better future.
The Supreme Court Upholds DACA. So What Now?
The decision by the high court comes in the midst of a global pandemic and an uprising in the wake of the killing of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police that lays bare the extend of racial injustice in this country.
The Movement for Black Lives Has Always Been Spiritual
When the Rev. Al Sharpton implored White America to “get your knee off our necks” at the memorial of George Floyd, his words were carried by news outlets across the globe.
What Fugitive Slave Ads Reveal About the Roots of Black Resistance in the United States
Freedom on the Move is a database collecting these ads, which help form a more complete picture of slavery and the enslaved.
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