I tend to lie low during Native American History Month and dodge the Moon of Explaining Indians to White People. But not this year.
Cities are playing a crucial role in protecting reproductive rights as federal and state governments grow more restrictive.
While trust in corporate news has gone down over the past few years, trust in independent news is strong.
The era of empire, white supremacy, dirty energy, and global capitalism is coming to a close.
If we can’t talk about patriarchy, then let’s admit we’re giving up on the goal of a world without rape and harassment.
Sometimes difficult discussion about race and oppression is a solution in itself.
How to embrace the opportunities and challenges associated with raising a child of another race.
It wasn’t just Democrats who won this election, but progressives who didn’t shirk the label.
Dinner table gatherings help to build cultural ties and tear down political walls.
This was the first time most Americans saw an embalmed body, and it changed how we mourn the dead.
After Trump’s victory over Clinton, women realized how much the country needs them in politics.
In this small town, the stage has become a venue to educate political leaders on transgender issues.
A voice and the power to solve problems will make progressive young people see their future in conservative and economically struggling Central Appalachia.
In New Mexico and Colorado, the “acequia” is more than just democratic water distribution—it is at the center of Southwest culture.
After nine months of misogynistic language from doctors and nurses, it’s easy to forget that you’re the decision-maker about your own body.
Marriage research shows how strong relationships survive (even in these hard times).
Sexual abuse is not just a “women’s issue,” and we need to stop treating it as one.
These alternative burial methods give a purpose to your remains.
More compassionate drug policy reforms in California have resulted in a drug death rate 40 percent below the national average.
As a self-identified feminist man who has survived abuse, I wonder how and if I should participate in the conversation.
Meet the social media stars fighting fatphobia.
Are you going to eat that? Because the food industrial complex is the stuff of nightmares.
The effort to restore prairie ecosystems in Washington state before they disappear.
Communities are scrambling to save lives and get people into rehabilitation, but it wasn’t always that way.
In some places in this country, it’s easier to talk about climate change if you avoid the words “climate change.” Melting ice caps and mass migrations are distant and abstract.
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