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Radical Readers
These bibliophiles teach kids to love reading—and themselves.
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People We Love
The Right to Recreation
These community activities are about equality as much as entertainment.
Tech-quity and Inclusion
Everyone deserves access to the devices, affordable internet, and knowledge to participate in our digital world.
Elder Power
These first-time activists show that the front line isn’t just for the young.
Black Growing Traditions
Black farmers are reasserting themselves in food cultivation and building on the practices of earlier generations.
Sacred Activism
Like water itself, the protection of this vital resource takes many different forms.
Ink Outside the Lines
Although tattoo art has origins in communities of color, today it is largely a white-dominated field in the U.S. Three tattoo artists of color share their views of the changing field.
Beyond Decolonization
These activists are working to ensure Indigenous perspectives are included in fields as diverse as education, health care, and scientific research.
Seeking Just Trials
Trials are far from impartial if the defendant is poor or reliant on public defenders. These people are working to re-balance the scales of justice.
Preventing Prison and Recidivism
These three activists are working to support people at risk of either going to prison for the first time or returning to prison after release.
Fighting Back for Abortion Rights
As more states enact punitive laws restricting abortions, reproductive justice organizations look for new ways to regain ground and expand their movements.
Going Beyond Composting
3 composters who are thinking about the soil as well as better food waste systems.
Closing the Digital Divide
How communities are addressing the digital divide equitably and quickly.
Re-Visionary Artists
These creators are reclaiming their pasts and futures through transformative art.
Hurricane Relief Through Mutual Aid
Three groups using mutual aid as a tool for natural disaster response.
Working for Anti-Racism Within Social Media
As creators and artists, people of color have found systemic racism working against them in the social media world, just as in the offline world. Here are three people who
Diversifying the Tech Workforce
People We Love
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
Drag Queen Activists
It’s about more than dancing and lip-syncing to disco hits. These drag queens are working to make the world a better place.
To Love and Worship Freely: Young Muslim LGBTQ Activists Stand Up
These people are fighting the good fight because LGBTQ+ Muslims shouldn’t have to sacrifice one identity at the expense of the other.
How to Stop a Pipeline: The People Behind the Unist’ot’en Encampment
In British Columbia, a clan of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation has reoccupied its traditional lands in order to stop several proposed energy pipelines.
When Gamers and Activists Collide, It’s Not About Winning—It’s About Social Change
From computer screens to street play, these three game developers are redefining the medium by revealing a powerful new social potential in games.
This Fifth-Grader Raised $200,000 to Clean Up the Gulf Oil Spill by Selling Watercolors
These three young activists found creative ways to tackle issues from climate change to voting rights.
When Her Photo Became an Anti-Feminist Meme, This College Woman Fought Back—and Thousands Joined Her
From internet memes to campus quads, young people are reworking feminism to meet today's challenges.
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