Environmental Justice

The Trees Are Speaking

Indigenous scientists are hurrying to learn what they can about intact old-growth forests before they are gone.

Lynda V. Mapes | Apr 22, 2025
Environmental Justice

Terra Affirma: A Hybrid Wild

Not all bedrock is stone.

Sarah Gilman | Apr 21, 2025
Disability Justice

How Including People With Disabilities Benefits Everyone

The presence of employees with disabilities can make companies and organizations more collaborative, inclusive, and attractive to job seekers.

Lauren Shallish | Apr 19, 2025
Political Power

Rising Up in the Streets: Millions Say “Hands Off” to Trump

An estimated 3 million people protested around the U.S. on April 5.

| Apr 18, 2025
Economic Power

Self-Determined: Foundations Must Match the Far Right’s Commitment to Systemic Change. Here’s How.

In today’s hostile political climate, philanthropy must move beyond performative gestures and into authentic partnership.

Kellian Staggers | Apr 17, 2025
Activism

Students Continue Resisting Israeli Genocide

In the face of Trumpian repression, student activists are not backing down from fighting for Palestinians.

| Apr 17, 2025
Activism

Organizing Principles for Anti-Trump Resistance

Though the Trump administration’s fascism is unprecedented in the modern day U.S., there are still lessons to be learned from earlier resistance movements.

| Apr 16, 2025
A photograph of a safe home in India, a nondescript concrete structure along a sidewalk.
Racial Justice

Safe Homes: India’s Mixed-Status Couples Navigate Caste and Faith

India’s social fabric remains hostile to interfaith and intercaste couples. But “safe homes” offer some security.

Poorvi Gupta | Apr 16, 2025
Body Politics

Rebuilding the World through Queer Video Games

Video games will not fix a broken world, but queering them can show players and non-players alike how to reimagine ours.

Bo Ruberg | Apr 15, 2025
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont speaks at a rally on Mar. 21, 2025 at Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado.
Activism

Why Sanders’ Call to “Fight Oligarchy” Resonates More Than Ever

Bernie Sanders is attracting crowds of tens of thousands across the U.S. as he rallies against the growing influence of billionaires within the federal government.

Lourdes Medrano | Apr 14, 2025
A photograph of an adult holding the hand of a small child looking out on a body of water.
Body Politics

The Fight to Preserve Medicaid for Disabled Children in California

A budget proposal from House Republicans could gut Medi-Cal. Families and advocates want to preserve a more certain future for their children’s care.

Claudia Boyd-Barrett | Apr 11, 2025
An image from the documentary Patrice: The Movie, which is available to stream on Hulu. Patrice, a black woman wearing a red shirt, has a toast with wine glasses with her partner Gerry, a white man in a grey sweater, both seated at a dinner.
Body Politics

‘Patrice’ Captures the Fight for Marriage Equality for Disabled Couples

Disabled couples risk losing their benefits when they marry. A new documentary spotlights the fight to change that.

Vilissa Thompson | Apr 10, 2025
Education

Resisting Repression: What’s Next for the Student Fight for Palestine?

Facing suspensions and threats from the Trump administration, students are evolving their organizing defenses.

Julia Luz Betancourt | Apr 09, 2025
Racial Justice

Trauma Prevention Is Crime Prevention

When people's needs are met, there is less violence—and less need for policing and prisons.

Sonali Kolhatkar & Dortell Williams | Apr 08, 2025
Labor

How Popular Resistance Constrained Trump in His First Term

If activists want to oppose Trump in his second term, then they must study the successful progressive movements of his first one.

Kevin A. Young | Apr 07, 2025
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