Financial aid doesn’t work unless we’re honest about costs.
As a fifth-generation coal miner, I see the region’s Trump signs and pro-coal stickers as symbols of defense against a world that views us as lesser.
While we work to make our government budge, don’t forget that we can also make change ourselves by starting small and local.
The U.S. does not have to choose between backing the Assad regime or extremist groups. There is another choice: Syria’s homegrown pro-democracy resistance.
There are serious questions as to whether Trump’s bombing of the Syrian base has anything to do with protecting civilians.
Those cleverly captioned photos shared on social media can spark conversations and help build empathy.
Runaway CEO pay contributes to income inequality and ultimately harms companies, so local governments aren’t waiting for a federal fix.
Students learn about the front lines of global warming and how to be climate activists.
“At their heart, her stories were about the religious freedom, sovereignty, and human rights sought by Indigenous people everywhere.”
Local control is a foundational conservative principle—but progressives also embrace it.
Unlike self-esteem, the good feelings of self-compassion do not depend on being special and above average, or on meeting ideal goals.
The Karuk were once denied the right to practice an ancient tradition. Now scientific and resource management circles are seeing the merits of controlled burning.
The Appalachian Regional Commission helps to create jobs and improve economic fortunes of “distressed counties” in West Virginia and Kentucky.
The documentary dates the problem to the war on drugs and the establishment of mandatory minimum sentences.
“Love people, use things, because the opposite never works.”
“Sanctuary policies are legal, and Trump’s executive order is not.”
The memorial wall is 276 feet long—one foot for every Japanese person who lived on Bainbridge Island in 1942.
In South Carolina, a university president’s middle-of-the-road response to the executive order sparked a string of campuswide resistance efforts to protect the rights of international students.
In Kansas, a new matchmaking service is helping transition small businesses to new hands. Could it be a model for the rest of rural America?
It’s likely that the Trump-Ryan failure will push state legislatures to consider expanding Medicaid—putting even more people under the public insurance system.
Readers submitted their ideas for updating the classic icon. See the winning poster ideas—and download your favorites.
Research is showing that health care can be an engine for community change.
Since the president sees himself foremost as a negotiator, perhaps it’s time for a negotiated revolution. Not to break us apart, but to bring us together.
Our current political climate is volatile, scary, and uncertain. But maybe the not knowing and the confusion will finally allow us to arrive at a true beginning.
Last month, bank officials met face to face with leaders of the Standing Rock Sioux, and this week they announced the bank had sold the loan at the request of tribal leaders.
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