The antidote to a false narrative on the right is to create a better one on the left to counter it.
State legislatures and elected officials around the country have almost always responded to crime with more police funding in spite of little to no positive results. Instead, they could tackle the recidivism rate, solve the housing crisis, and reduce poverty.
Women often suffer the most from environmental degradation. A nonprofit in Colombia is trying to make their needs central to conservation.
Studies show that parents are generally less happy than their childless peers—and lack of government support is largely to blame.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, illustrator and journalist Sarah Lazarovic explains why she needed to work on climate full-time.
Energy democracy calls for public control of energy sources for the common good.
The real estate industry has long had a Whiteness problem. An emerging Black developer in Baltimore is challenging the state to help fix the appraisal gap and other injustices.
The gas industry envisions a network of fossil-fuel dependent plants. Local activists imagine a different path.
Regenerative grazing is booming along the Mid-Atlantic, potentially helping to mitigate cows’ climate impact.
Wichita, Kansas, is using about 70% of its vouchers to help unsheltered people and those fleeing domestic violence, one of the highest usage rates in the country.
How much suffering must a human go through to be seen as equal?
A young, mixed-race Iranian American realized during the 2020 racial justice uprisings that being a person of color didn’t mean she was automatically an expert on race and racism.
In the newly released IPCC report, scientists concluded that immediate cuts are necessary to stop emissions. Systemic changes currently underway in the transportation sector could begin lowering that emissions footprint—but will it be enough?
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Six essential things to know about the month of Ramadan, from a religious studies expert.
Formerly incarcerated mental health care providers are supplementing traditional resources for those still in prison—with mutually beneficial results.
Black women like Jada Pinkett Smith and Representative Ayanna Pressley are coming forward to shed light on a little known hair loss condition that disproportionately affects Black women.
The recent outrage over the Grammy nominations of two Black artists in classical categories is part of a long-standing problem in the White-dominated genre.
WeWha was a celebrity in the U.S. capital, and loved for their gender-fluid self at home.
A new documentary interviews “Greenham Common Women”—tough, dedicated protesters in the struggle against nuclear weapons and nuclear war.
Unlearning our punitive impulses will take slow, hard work, says adrienne maree brown. But it is possible.
Republican Senators on the Judiciary Committee engaged in aggressive political attacks on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings. But they couldn’t take away from the historic significance of the first Black women to be nominated to the court.
Attachment theory can be helpful in holistically supporting refugee children by using its evidence to improve refugee relief and resettlement.
This month’s puzzle will provide you with a handful of contemporary heroines to remember before they’re gone.
Activists in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Nebraska are proving that building collective community power can successfully counter Big Oil’s monied interests.
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