When Savoring a Pleasant Moment Is a Radical Act
Small joys are essential for resilience.
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5 Ways to Eat a Rose
What better time than now, when
we’re slowed down and trying to ward off contagions, to look to traditional medicines to fortify our immunity?
The Page that Counts – Community Power
Decrease in U.S. death row population, Jan. 1, 2000 to Jan. 1, 2020: 28.8%1, 2 Decrease in annual U.S. executions, 1999 to 2019: 77.6%2 Number of U.S. jurisdictions that have
Where Heroic Resistance Looks Like Knitting and Baseball
A warning about Big Tech and undbridled captialism.
In a Breaking World, Mending Takes on More Meaning
In the fast fasion era, mending worn garments is a quietly revolutionary act.
We Had Forgotten That We Are Ecological Beings
If farmers can learn such ways from nature, what about the rest of us?
A Square Mile of “Ready for Anything”
“When you have humans and you have heart, you’re pretty much used to doing what you have to do to make things happen.”
The Community Power Issue – A Letter from the Editor
Like many of you, I've experienced grief—deep personal grief, shared familial grief, collective community grief. But until the COVID-19 pandemic, I had not felt a part of an immense and widespread global grief. So often we in the United States watch from a distance as epidemics, famines, and wars plague other parts of the world. But now we’re in it too—sheltering in place, social distancing, wearing masks and gloves in public—and dying—right alongside people in Italy, Japan, South Africa, and most other countries.
The Community Power Issue – Letter From the Editor
Like many of you, I've experienced grief—deep personal grief, shared familial grief, collective community grief. But until the COVID-19 pandemic, I had not felt a part of an immense and widespread global grief. So often we in the United States watch from a distance as epidemics, famines, and wars plague other parts of the world. But now we’re in it too—sheltering in place, social distancing, wearing masks and gloves in public—and dying—right alongside people in Italy, Japan, South Africa, and most other countries.
A Country That Welcomes Migration
The way Colombia has responded to the flood of Venezuelans crossing the border makes it a global standout at a time when other countries are closing their doors.
Beyond #MeToo, 3 Movements Making a Difference for Gender Equity
New attention on gender inequality is inspiring new movements and energizing existing ones.
We’ve Got a Better World in Mind
How to get from here to there in the next 10 years.
The Search for Planet-Friendly Protein
We can take a cue from cultures that eat further down the food chain.
Antidotes to Gentrification
Plans for democratized, affordable housing.
Environmental Activists of Color
Young Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color at the center of environmental justice movements are often overlooked. This was evident in 2019 during Swedish teen climate activist Greta
The Language of Anti-Racism
Excerpted from Stay Woke: A People’s Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter by Candis Watts Smith and Tehama Lopez Bunyasi
A Vision for Health & Wellness
Within a decade, a growing number of women, nonbinary, and trans people in power radically restructure gender dynamics by abolishing the gender binary. All gender identities are respected, validated, and
Making Space for Restorative Justice
Some prosecutors and policymakers are beginning to work toward a legal system designed to benefit all people.
A Vision for Civil Liberties
November 2019 marked the launch of Protect Press Freedom, a campaign using radio, video, print, and social media to promote a simple but important truth: “To remain free, we must
High School Health Workers? It Works
A medical school and Georgia students partner to reduce public health disparities.
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