The Parkland students and others are reinventing models for people-powered activism that adapts to today’s rapid pace of change.
And several other reasons that the midterm elections are testing how far some states can go in disenfranchising certain voters.
An unsung shero of the early 20th century, Rose Schneiderman organized women to fight for laws to protect them from sexual harassment and assault in the workplace.
Pramila Jayapal writes about the Night of 1,000 Conversations, in which more than 2,500 strangers in 28 states gathered to discuss the role of immigration in the country’s past, present, and future.
Instead of complaining about younger people being politically apathetic, older generations need to show empathy and provide mentorship.
These people are fighting the good fight because LGBTQ+ Muslims shouldn’t have to sacrifice one identity at the expense of the other.
Meet the Joneses. They are your average U.S. energy consumers, and they decided to do their part. Watch how they go carbon-neutral in a decade, and then try it yourself.
Liberty, equality, the pursuit of happiness—these values date back to well before Columbus arrived in the Americas or Pilgrims set foot on Plymouth Rock.
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A program in eastern Kentucky is retraining miners in industries that help mitigate the environmental impacts of mining on communities.
After 2,000 years of practice, Buddhist monks know that one secret to bliss is to put your mind to it.
In a push to divest public funds from corporate giants, Los Angeles is asking voters to approve a city-owned bank.
HarvestHER establishes a community for women, recognizing stresses and loneliness of life in conventional agriculture.
Alcoholics Anonymous was established as a form of benign anarchy. Members have to want to help themselves—and one another.
New research offers clues to stop the spread of organized hate groups in the U.S.
“I support the proposal that the FBI be invited to investigate the allegations, so that we may get closer to the truth of what happened.”
Their coach, with his young son on his lap, just sat there and laughed. Here’s what happened next.
Survivors of sexual assault like Christine Blasey Ford deserve our support, not our opposition.
Native women revitalize ceremony to resist the legacy of patriarchy that supports a long-entrenched history of abuse.
Many in North Carolina were left homeless by the storm and its still-receding floodwaters. This nonprofit wants to shrink the amount of time it takes to rebuild after a disaster.
Rather than continue on a path to militarize the border, we should consider the alternatives.
A new measure will make it easier for retiring owners to sell their businesses to employees—and save jobs into the bargain.
To explore more fully what White kids think about race, I went straight to the source: White children themselves.
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More than 40 families in Iowa are fighting to contain the spread of concentrated animal feeding operations.
The current political landscape is inspiring more people from the U.S. and abroad to visit the sites where the civil rights movement made history.
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