A task force calculated how much Black residents should receive for systemic, state-sanctioned discrimination and ongoing harm.
A campaign to free Black mothers from pretrial detention highlights the role that women play in helping one another navigate a dehumanizing system.
Seeking safety and support when fleeing domestic violence can feel like navigating a terrifying video game—but there are “cheat codes” and secret power-ups to be unlocked, if you know the right words.
“Helping fellow Native people became the most powerful medicine the service league dispensed for healing a generation of wounded spirits.”
“I know I’m the best mother when I start from the inside out.”
For South Asians, King Charles III’s coronation obscures a horror-filled history of mass atrocities, famines, and subjugation.
Native activists are using comedy to fight cultural invisibility and structural oppression.
As public spaces for women continue to diminish each day, some Afghan women have transformed a corner of their own homes into a battleground to resist the Taliban’s oppressive rule.
Native journalist Angela Sterritt highlights the strength and brilliance of Indigenous women as she investigates the cases of those who have gone missing or been murdered.
As the landscape of films and scripted television has changed dramatically, Hollywood's writers have seen their earnings plummet. Now, they’re on strike.
Three ways to practice community care for movement organizers, unionizers, and other folks on the ground keeping good trouble going.
The culture and availability of guns in the U.S. means that domestic violence often includes the use or threat of firearms.
From the streets of Iran to the corridors of power in the U.S., the forces that police our morality undermine our mental health and wellbeing.
Amid the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of people who have health insurance actually rose, and has now hit record highs.
The project began with a number: 562. It was the number of federally recognized tribes in the United States when photographer Matika Wilbur (Swinomish and Tulalip) quit her job, packed
Multiple state bills are undoing protections against child labor, but some groups are pushing back.
The late singer, actor, and activist leveraged his stardom in service of justice in the civil rights era and beyond.
On most days, Sandra de Leon prunes grapevines in Northern California’s wealthiest vineyards. But today she is dressed head to toe in a yellow fire-resistant suit, helmet, safety goggles, and
Leah Penniman encourages us to recognize Earth as teacher, text, and kin.
And not just for transgender people.
A psychotherapist shares how to move from inertia to action with an eye to climate justice.
A mother, author, and advocate reflects on her own journey out of domestic violence in hopes of helping others break free.
April is Arab American Heritage Month, but do most non-Arabs in the U.S. truly understand just how much racial and religious diversity there is in this community?
Turns out, being able to laugh at something increases our ability to understand it—and take action.
More Americans are choosing human composting—now legal in six states—to avoid mainstream deathcare.
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