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Punjabi Californians Find a Lifeline Through Community Health Workers

Facing a health care system without sufficient translation services and a grueling economic landscape, Punjabi residents in Fresno, California, have created an organization to help meet their community’s unique needs.

Claudia Boyd-Barrett | Aug 16, 2024

Gender justice

We Don’t Need Misogynoir to Critique Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris can and should be critiqued for her political résumé—but criticism rooted in misogynoir should have no place in political discourse.

Moya Bailey | Aug 15, 2024

Books

Listen to the Lessons of Appalachia

In this excerpt from “Beginning Again,” Nikki Giovanni offers an ode to the great people who call Appalachia home.

Nikki Giovanni | Aug 13, 2024

The Quiet Success of the Israel Divestment Movement

The United States has historically provided hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign aid to Israel. The flow of taxpayer funds to Israel’s military has only increased since Israeli forces

Marianne Dhenin | Aug 6, 2024

Local economies | Local power | Sustainable food and farming | Indigenous lands

Nurturing Seeds of Freedom in Palestine

Surrounded by a 26-foot-high separation wall, barbed wire, and a watchtower, a group of young Palestinians prepares a 3.5-acre piece of land for the growing season in spring. The noise

Marta Vidal | Aug 5, 2024

Mental health | Empathy

Murmurations: From Rupture to Repair

Now more than ever, we must learn ways to make ourselves—and each other—whole in the aftermath of rupture.

Briana Herman-Brand | Jul 31, 2024

Women | Gender justice | Clean elections

The Complexity of Harris’ Historic Candidacy

Women of color want demographic and political representation, just as wealthy white men have had for generations.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Jul 30, 2024

Reproductive Justice | Reproductive rights | Health Justice | Health care | LGBTQ+

What’s in a Name? For Abortion Providers, Quite a Bit.

Even before abortion became illegal in 14 states, some reproductive health care clinics were rebranding to better reflect the broad spectrum of gender-inclusive care they provide.

Lauren Rankin | Jul 29, 2024

Activism | Local power

Why Protest Works—Even When It’s Unpopular

High-profile, disruptive protests can lead to increased polarization—but often still yield increased public support for the protest’s goals, even if the tactics are criticized.

Mark Engler, Paul Engler | Jul 26, 2024

Caste | Gender justice

Meet the Couples Upending India’s Caste-Based Marriages

In stark contrast to the billionaire Ambanis’ wedding, some Indians are subverting patriarchy, caste, and class in their ceremonies.

Poorvi Gupta | Jul 24, 2024

Wealth and inequality

Rooting for Black Land Ownership

Exploring the history of land theft in the U.S., Brea Baker argues that the Black reparations and Indigenous Landback movements are stronger together.

Brea Baker | Jul 23, 2024

Masculinity

Courage By Any Other Name

In times of trouble, cowards choose the easiest path. It is only the courageous—and almost always those who are most marginalized—who dare to say and do the hard, but right, thing.

Jenn M. Jackson | Jul 23, 2024

Climate Justice | Pollution | Climate

The Movement to Ban Plastic Production

Frontline communities continue to pay for plastics—from production to pollution. Now advocates are trying to reach consensus on a global plastics treaty before it’s too late.

Khadija Ahmed | Jul 22, 2024

Health Justice | Health care

AI Can’t Fix Our Broken Health Care System, But People Can

AI is trained on data from our health care system as it exists, which means the data is contaminated by racial, economic, and regional disparities. But there are solutions.

Jennifer McLelland | Jul 19, 2024

Indigenous Sovereignty | Gun Violence | Native rights

Political Violence Is Not Violence Against Politicians

Indigenous communities have long resisted the false narratives of imperialist nations and are experts at countering the political violence of white supremacy.

Janene Yazzie | Jul 18, 2024

Books

“Parable of the Sower” Is Now, Says Gen Z

Young people who have read Octavia Butler’s 1993 novel say it’s not only prescient, but also carries lessons for today.

Aina Marzia | Jul 18, 2024

Music

Where Communal Art Is Resistance

In Tijuana, Uganda, and Gaza, refugees facing dispossession, displacement, and constant violence are finding moments of solace in the art of dance.

Ari Honarvar | Jul 17, 2024

Cultivating Dragon Fruit’s Political Power in Ecuador

Amid ongoing colonization, the Indigenous Shuar people are taking back control of their economic and political futures.

Sebastian Vacas-Oleas | Jul 16, 2024

Sports | Gender justice

Women on Deck: Skateboarding’s Untold Gender-Inclusive History

As skateboarding becomes an Olympic event, “Drop In” chronicles the women, nonbinary, and queer skaters who have made the sport more equitable.

Deborah Stoll | Jul 16, 2024

Co-ops | Cooperatives

Meet the Mercaditas Fighting for Fairness in Mexico

Street selling is a risky activity in Mexico City. But the mercaditas movement aims to empower women and nonbinary sellers to protect themselves from economic exploitation.

Alice Pistolesi, Monica Pelliccia | Jul 15, 2024

Druze Women Balance Sexual Health, Pleasure, and Tradition

Sex education is often taboo in close-knit Druze communities, but a new generation is creating its own care networks.

Alia Chebbab | Jul 12, 2024

Affordable housing

Green Cities Are for People, Not Profit

Across the country, activists are battling gentrification and working to build sustainable cities that don’t displace working-class communities of color.

Alexia Leclercq | Jul 11, 2024

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