It was a bitter reality to witness residents in this country having to fend for themselves against the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Millions have lost their jobs and homes. Hundreds of thousands have lost their lives.
The pandemic has brought home some undeniable truths about the way our country is run, and specifically, how it stacks up against the rest of the world.
Frustrations with the U.S. prison system have prompted a global search for alternatives. Yet the solution might not be as simple as “be like Scandinavia.”
A visual exploration of the lasting harm of Canada’s residential schools on the Indigenous population.
Can Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation efforts help the U.S. with its own reckoning?
The national ethos of economic equity was decades in the making.
Even nations with long histories of inequality and violence carry lessons for how to move toward what might be called a more perfect union.
Both Western and traditional medicine agree, cranberries are more than just tart and tasty.
We need to build on past achievements, expand our ideas of the possible, and move toward a shared vision of the future—with disabled people at the forefront of the push toward justice.
Mark P. Fancher is a human rights attorney, writer, and activist. Over the course of his 36-year career he has fought: police misconduct, over-incarceration, employment discrimination, racially discriminatory school discipline,
Fall 2020: The Black Lives Issue Hundreds of you ordered a box of our Black Lives issue to share in your communities, and even more joined YES! Presents for a
Dear Reader, I am writing this letter to you three weeks before Election Day. I don’t know the outcome, but you do. From where I sit, even if the ultimate
Kathleen Macferran is a certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication. She works internationally, helping communities and organizations strengthen communication and transform conflict. Kathleen Macferran Menomonie, Wisconsin What are
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“Strategic discrimination” is a subtle yet pervasive behavior that keeps people from voting for women and people of color.
“There’s something about immigrants that makes us almost expansive in our thinking, because in our neighborhood, the world meets.”
Living in the United States, I came to understand the ancient Mexican tradition of honoring the dead.
Federal law enforcement is concerned that the violent opposition to civil rights demonstrations and pandemic safety measures may foreshadow violence on Election Day or soon after. West Virginia officials are downplaying the threat.
Witchcraft is having a moment. But look past pop culture's teenaged spellbinders and consider the encouraging example of the unconventional crone.
Demanding an end to the escalating violence of Nigeria’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad has mobilized youth across religious and ethnic divides.
Author Sady Doyle says LGTBQ teens need more representation in horror. So they wrote the book they’d wished they’d read when they were young.
How Nick and Jenny summoned the Devil and ushered in the apocalypse before they graduated from high school. (Also, they’re sorry about that.)
“We have every right to do our jobs and represent our communities without fearing for our safety.”
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, five quick tips that really do work!
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