To cut down on disease, we should make it a top nonpartisan priority to end our nation’s nutrition crisis.
The Tucson, Arizona, food bank isn’t just giving away packaged foods. It’s growing healthy food—and teaching people how.
New series shows “the reality of the problem but also the joy, humor, and humanity that we’re trying to fight for in the first place.”
More than 70 years after hiding in a Berlin cellar, I’m faced once again with neo-Nazis spewing and spreading their hate and beliefs around white supremacy.
“The original sin is the doctrine, ideology, myth, lie, and social construct of racial difference and superiority.”
One of the Affordable Care Act’s fatal flaws enables Republican sabotage. But to lay the groundwork for change, progressives will have to resist powerful senior lobbies.
Here are 10 ways to talk about white privilege on social media without annoying people of color.
Across most Caribbean islands, hazard exposure is about the same, but research shows that poverty and social inequality drastically magnify the severity of disasters.
For starters, it’s way cheaper.
Don’t get distracted by income, author Chuck Collins says. It’s power and hidden wealth driving inequality.
Even Trump supporters agree we can learn something from the country’s universal, low-cost health care system. It’s that good.
During the national anthem of their opening game, the Cleveland Browns locked arms with law enforcement and emergency workers.
South Dakota’s Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate tribal members would rather share their food than sell it. But that gets in the way of building a local cash economy.
Today’s social justice movements must seize opportunities, mobilize quickly, and, finally, embrace a carnival spirit.
Native students have the highest dropout rates, but a college program for educators aims to change that.
Some say safe-parking programs aren’t a solution to homelessness. But these women and families are grateful this church has one.
In Santa Fe, New Mexico, the move to decolonize the annual Entrada celebration shows how complex identity and culture are.
As the nation faces demographic shifts, the push to suppress voting intensifies.
The companies responsible for the climate crisis should cover the costs of fighting wildfires and recovering from hurricanes.
Indian Country could finally see an end to nonconsented infrastructure projects if they follow New Zealand’s Maori in achieving legal protection for natural entities.
Each weeknight, The Free Store redistributes up to 1,500 surplus food items to anyone who wants them—no questions asked.
Kids deprived of recess don’t have time to recharge, learn social skills, or solve their own problems.
And the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network is creating other ways for Black people to circulate healthy food—and wealth.
Meet Jen, who went to sleep-away camp a newbie activist and came back ready to fight for social change.
He wanted to know how institutional racism has made an impact on my life. I’m glad he asked, because I was ready to answer.
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