Waiting Tables or Harvesting Food, Why Fair Labor Is Still About Civil Rights
For too many women, deciding whether to stand up to harassment at work is a choice between earning enough tips to put food on their tables or not.
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5 Places to View Pre-Colonial America
The ancient history of this country is often overlooked. Here are landmarks significant to Indigenous people that were renamed by white settlers.
Don’t Just Resist. Return to Who You Are
Let’s re-experience our homelands the way our ancestors did and regenerate that culture.
White Allies, Let’s Be Honest About Decolonization
I want to experience the solidarity of allied actions that refuse fantastical narratives of commonality and hope.
The Revolution Is Being Podcasted
These popular audio shows use compassion, practical tools, and a little millennial humor to encourage listeners to engage.
How This Tribe Got Their Coastal California Lands Returned
The Kashia’s success might be the first time that a tribe in the U.S. has held a private deed—as well as management rights—to their ancestral lands.
Tax Overhaul and the Immorality of Inequality
A society that fails to invest in its children, to protect its land and water, or to build a future is courting collapse.
“Decolonization Starts Inside of You”
Photographer Josué Rivas spent seven months living at Standing Rock, documenting the gathering force of Native Americans and their allies. He says it wasn’t just a protest; it was an awakening.
The Indigenous Collective Using Tattoos to Rise Above Colonialism
Spirit writing is more than tattoos. It’s guidance from the past that connects our responsibilities to each other and to earth.
How to Say Goodbye When Someone You Love Is Dying
Say what you feel. Connect with other loved ones. Accept the past. Most important, move forward.
What Standing Rock Gave the World
Americans saw the Indigenous struggle—the violence, stolen resources, colluding corporations and governments—that goes hand in hand with protecting the Earth.
5 Things We Know About the People Who Live Longest
How communities are using longevity research to ensure everyone can have a long, healthy life.
Decolonizing Birth: Women Take Back Their Power as Life-Givers
“We’re just beginning to bring those Indigenous perspectives forward again.”
Black Farmers Reviving Their African Roots: “We Are Feeding Our Liberation”
Community farmers in D.C. say crops and methods of their African ancestors hold an essential key to restoring Black health.
The Disruption of White Supremacy
The white male-centric colonial system is incapable of the leadership we need, and Indigenous knowledge is essential for the innovation that will follow this disruption.
I’m Dreaming About a Modern World That Doesn’t Erase Its Indigenous Intelligence
In over 80 nations, oppressive domination has been dismantled.
Joy Through Economic Solidarity
As American capitalism continues to shovel wealth at the very rich by taking resources away from the struggling rest, it’s easy to feel defeated, especially with Donald Trump at the
No Price Tags: These Neighbors Built Their Own Economy Without Money
Time-banking is a model for trading skills, goods, and labor instead of money. There are close to 500 such banks across the country.
How to Bring Caring for Kids and Elders (and Other Acts of Love) Into the Economy
It’s one of the most concrete representations of love that we have, yet it’s extremely undervalued.
A Populism of Hope Begins When People Feel Their Own Power
At work behind almost any great social movement is an engine of counter-economy.
Love Letters to the Resistance
More than 30 writers send messages of hope to loved ones in the time of Trump.
What Happens When the Rich Invest in Racial Equity
Meet the young 1 percenters who decided to invest their wealth in places that long experienced exploitation.
Books Inspiring Us: “Being the Change”
In his new book, NASA climate scientist Peter Kalmus explores the daily practices that build healthy, happy, and resilient communities.
Feeling Burned Out? When We Gather, We Get Energized
Removing debris after a hurricane or giving blood after a shooting empowers us.
Dear Activists: Throw a Better Party
Five ways to make your next protest more inviting and impactful.
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