Murmurations: Black Imagination Can Build a Better World
Black Imagination is an abolitionist tradition that offers us an invitation to act with hope amid times of great transition.
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Making Legal Abortion Accessible in India
Rural healthcare workers in India are fighting to overcome stigma and systemic shortcomings to help patients.
Health Rebounds After a Coal Processing Plant Closes in Pittsburgh
Shutting down carbon-spewing facilities can benefit human health as much as planetary health.
Accessing Mental Health Care for Survivors of Violence
Mental health care is critical for survivors, but access often comes with a slew of challenges.
Teaching Parents How to Prevent Teen Relationship Violence
The ReDefine Parenting Program empowers parents, caregivers, and children to speak up when they hear or see abusive behavior.
Murmurations: Experiencing Urban Earth Beauty
A note from adrienne maree brown: Suhaly offers her healing touch to the world through her Moon Mother Apothecary. I always have one of her healing salves on me. She
Children With Complex Medical Needs Belong at Home
We could do more to allow these children to stay at home, instead of being forced into institutionalized care.
The Power of Sharing Birth Stories
Why childbirth stories are valuable in shaping family transitions.
Can Astrology Be a Tool for Liberation?
Astrology is a map that directs us to deep connections and meaning-making.
Murmurations: Lessons from Pride and Parades
In a world obsessed with the concept of forever, Cherizar Crippen encourages us to recognize the beauty in impermanence.
A Summer Solstice Spell for Prideteenth
To mark the summer solstice, Juneteenth, and Pride month, Junauda Petrus offers a spell rooted in the erotics of abolition.
The Not-So-Rebellious Youth Revolution Coming to Your County
Data from rural Placer County, California, mirrors a larger national trend that shows fewer teen pregnancies, reduced youth crime rates, and higher educational attainment.
Young Readers Find Hope—and Escape—in Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
Reading science fiction and fantasy can help young people learn how to cope with stress and anxiety.
For the Colonized Body, Tattoos Are Reclamation
There is something medicinal in choosing the kinds of scars that mark us.
Embracing Death as Community Care
An Indigenous Indian tribe once embraced voluntary and assisted euthanasia in specific contexts, a cultural practice fundamentally driven by a care for the common good.
FDA’s Blood Ban Reversal for Gay Men, Explained
The FDA’s latest move represents a seismic shift for gay and bisexual men as well as for the critically low U.S. blood supply.
Cheat Codes for Domestic Violence Survivors
Seeking safety and support when fleeing domestic violence can feel like navigating a terrifying video game—but there are “cheat codes” and secret power-ups to be unlocked, if you know the right words.
Finding Freedom in Black Motherhood
“I know I’m the best mother when I start from the inside out.”
Good Care for Good Trouble
Three ways to practice community care for movement organizers, unionizers, and other folks on the ground keeping good trouble going.
Protecting Survivors from Violent Partners and Their Guns
The culture and availability of guns in the U.S. means that domestic violence often includes the use or threat of firearms.
How to Fight Back Against Our Own Morality Police
From the streets of Iran to the corridors of power in the U.S., the forces that police our morality undermine our mental health and wellbeing.
Murmurations: Embracing Black Earth Wisdom
Leah Penniman encourages us to recognize Earth as teacher, text, and kin.
Gender-Affirming Care Has a Long History in the U.S.
And not just for transgender people.
Turning Grief Into Healing
A mother, author, and advocate reflects on her own journey out of domestic violence in hopes of helping others break free.
Can Paying Parents Lead to Healthier Children?
It was like money falling from the sky. Except the city of Los Angeles would be sending it to her in a debit card every month. A thousand dollars. To
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