After nearly 30 years of collecting rare artifacts, this Detroit teacher launched a mobile museum that travels the country educating people on African American history all year round.
Portland, Ore., climate activists celebrate a win against Big Oil as city- and state-level initiatives gain momentum across the country.
When it comes to professors who deal with racial stratification, we should not be whitewashing reality.
One of the most chilling reasons for being sent back to prison is failure to pay a fine or court or supervision fees.
The complex systems of the natural world can open our eyes to a new way of being.
It’s not just the prisoner who suffers.
The danger to our democracy is not the electoral college. Not gerrymandering. It’s a power imbalance that is old and structural.
At a time when many young Americans are seeking avenues for change in their communities, more schools are offering degrees in social justice.
Research shows community traits such as quality of housing and employment can influence wellness.
As partisan redistricting increasingly biases election results, people are mobilizing through the courts and the ballot box to make elections fairer.
This is how rallies grow into movements and create social change.
Too often, liberal candidates write off red states. But their policies could find a willing audience there.
Focusing on your own happiness can prove self-defeating. Finding your “ikigai” offers an alternative perspective on well-being.
“I wanted to bring these projects to the community, so people can see renewable energy working.”
As American capitalism continues to shovel wealth at the very rich by taking resources away from the struggling rest, it’s easy to feel defeated, especially with Donald Trump at the
Imagination, as Hawaiian Native rights advocate Poka Laenui describes it, is more than an antidote to hopelessness. It is a source of power.
Time-banking is a model for trading skills, goods, and labor instead of money. There are close to 500 such banks across the country.
Without access to routine care, those who lose coverage will make more expensive trips to emergency rooms.
When I lost hope in this world, you offered me a plethora of fully formed universes to learn from.
How to move beyond “awareness” toward better understanding.
Trump’s power is limited. Here’s how people can use their own power to support or oppose his actions.
It’s one of the most concrete representations of love that we have, yet it’s extremely undervalued.
New research offers some simple advice to boost your happiness: Put down your phone and go do something—just about anything—else.
PHOTO ESSAY: Everywhere, walking shoes, water bottles, and thousands of people with a lot to say.
If we don’t make the decisions about what to keep or discard—whether actual or online—then ultimately it’s up to others.
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