For decades the myth of failing public schools justified industrial-scale testing and a privatization agenda. Now radical educators are bursting the bubble test, getting culturally relevant, and restoring justice to the classroom.
In the rush to privatize the country’s schools,
corporations and politicians have decimated school budgets, replaced teaching with standardized testing, and placed
the blame on teachers and students.
A growing number of towns and cities have found a practical solution to homelessness through the construction of tiny-house villages—and housing officials are taking notice.
Local landowners and environmentalists who have long opposed the pipeline project are celebrating the decision.
As executive director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, Fania Davis sees programs like hers as part of the way to end the school-to-prison pipeline.
Since I quit watching porn a year ago, I've become more present in the moment, more loving, and a better friend to the women in my life.
Residents whose tap water was polluted are finding that rainwater is an affordable alternative.
Gwendolyn Ferreti Manjarrez is an organizer with the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice. Here, she speaks about the role of grassroots groups in the fight to roll back HB 56.
New Mexico's traditional landrace chile varieties have adapted to hot days, cold nights, and long dry spells. But can they survive modern agribusiness?
In 2013, 46 states introduced 237 bills designed to make voting easier, while restrictive measures were introduced in only 33.
Four ways to have an equitable, earth-loving, and awesome wedding.
Lama Tsomo is a Tibetan Buddhist lama, a former homesteader, and an heiress to a family fortune who lives a quiet life in the mountains of Montana. Now she is beginning to teach the practices and insights gained through years of solitary retreats and study.
In the midst of Seeger's countless documents was one that stood out. The editor who found it reflects on coming back to that letter today.
The controversial trade deal poses serious threats to humans and the environment. We can find better tools in the fight for dolphin rights.
The public comment period for the Keystone XL pipeline opened on Wednesday. This video is the comment from California-based climate group Movement Generation.
Recent signs that Barack Obama may approve the Keystone XL pipeline have some environmentalists feeling down about the future of the climate. But huge and positive changes are quietly taking place.
Donations to a California nonprofit don't just fund one solar installation, but circulate from one project to the next.
Immunologist Peter Doherty shows us that the fate of birds and humans are more connected than we might think.
A trade deal likely to harm environmental and labor protections may be losing momentum. But it's not dead yet.
When Her Photo Became an Anti-Feminist Meme, This College Woman Fought Back—and Thousands Joined Her
From internet memes to campus quads, young people are reworking feminism to meet today's challenges.
The Empathy Library is a new digital archive where people can point to the books, movies, and other media that help us learn to understand one another.
The high-tech hubs and natural gas drilling the president called for in his state of the union speech aren't the answer to our economic woes. Instead, we need to follow the leadership already coming from communities, workers, and small-business owners.
"The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to a close."
While the president outlined important steps forward last night, bolder steps are needed. Here are eight with the power to truly create the universal opportunity the president called for.
Kelly Sue DeConnick is a woman author working in the comic book industry, who's had successful titles in both mainstream and independent forms. In this Q&A, she talks about her feminism, creativity, and her love for old-school "exploitation" movies.
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