An artist’s journey into her family’s Whiteness.
Be My Eyes, ArtLifting, and Crisis Text Line remove barriers for the visually impaired, the unhoused, and people in need of counseling.
Xwi7xwa library in British Columbia is working to decolonize the way libraries organize information.
Oregon passed a statewide cap on annual rent increases, and now other states are paying close attention.
The Sexy Sex Ed initiative helps rural young people feel more comfortable discussing their bodies, sex, and reproductive health to empower them to advocate for themselves.
These authors pull no punches in tackling head-on the topics of race, gender, and justice.
Raising the profile of Black birders could help foster a healthy connection between Black communities and the natural world.
It only took a few months for a young environmental scientist from the Bahamas to create a youth movement to ban single-use plastics in her country.
As entire islands disappear in Chesapeake Bay, the oyster is enlisted as a first line of climate defense.
Research shows that small talk and casual connections create happy communities and less-lonely individuals.
The court’s gone conservative. But there’s pretty clear evidence that public pressure can make a difference.
J. J. Mulligan Sepúlveda recalls how his mother’s experience of Pinochet’s Chile influenced his political awakening.
The recent college cheating scandal surprises no one. The superrich have long relied on “legacy admissions” to get them into their elite college of choice.
A coding school that grew out of the 2015 refugee crisis in Germany is helping women and people of color prepare for jobs in technology.
The youth-led movement builds on the momentum of the increasingly Black and Brown leadership behind the Green New Deal.
The ideas behind regenerative farming are simple and ancient.
Pen pal clubs are growing across the U.S. But it’s not just the older generations who are joining them.
Lesson plans tend to gloss over the U.S.’s deeply entrenched institutional racism. Here’s what should be added.
Three different books examine how women’s anger is deflected in patriarchal society—and its political might.
Bad-faith smears of Rep. Ilhan Omar and many others are being used to crush Palestinian rights, undermine social movements, and divert attention from real anti-Semitism.
Oregon may become the first state to lower the voting age to 16 years in all local and statewide elections.
We can empower children to be a part of the solution.
A grassroots co-op turns small individual investments into bigger returns.
The day I joined my community garden marked not just the beginning of my healing, but also the start of my family’s suburban homesteading journey.
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