Young Black people have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus shutdown. As we reopen, their unique needs should be met.
Cellphone videos of vigilante violence and fatal police encounters should be viewed with the solemn reserve of lynching photographs.
George Floyd’s death—and so many before his—was avoidable. But until Black Lives Matter to elected officials, police officers, and White Americans, the uprisings will continue.
A weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
A weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, on birthdays in a pandemic.
There’s a mentality in prisons that places more value on power than protecting human life and we need to talk about that.
The pandemic is the gravest crisis for tipped workers and the service sector in U.S. history, but also the greatest opportunity for transformation.
The idea of death is front and center for many people right now, and this psychological tendency has a strong influence on human behavior.
Graduations are another casualty of the coronavirus pandemic. This hits harder for students of color.
We need a different way to name the type of partnership between people and their government.
“Quarantine Life” is a collection of comedic shorts from Appalachian filmmakers that is both funny and relatable.
Being fully present to what is happening in the world is a radical act that can transform grief into action.
Could this be the beginning of a new food economy?
“Gardens represent resiliency, strength, wellness, culture.”
A weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, circle back to this email.
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The cultural work we do in our homes and the activism we do to end systems of oppression may look different during this pandemic, but it matters all the more.
This pandemic re-emphasizes the ways in which global tragedy can draw clear markers between one generation and the next.
Although each state's constitution contains a right to education, state courts interpret these rights in different ways—sometimes to the detriment of children.
When the Trump Administration fails the test of guiding the nation during a crisis, local officials have picked up the reins of power—for better or for worse.
Growing interest in regenerative land practices and demand for organic food have led to consistent expansion of acres devoted to organic farming.
Success during a pandemic depends on striking “a fine balance” between the powers of central governments and those at the state and local level.
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Young voters broke overwhelmingly for Bernie Sanders in the primary. Now Joe Biden has to earn their votes.
While the pandemic has created new challenges for refugees, it has also sparked a new sense of unity.
The pandemic may foreshadow how climate change will disrupt our communities, but it has also unveiled a counterrevolution already brewing among young people.
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