For many people, living in their vehicles is the best they can do. Here’s how cities can help.
Many of us don’t look up from our smartphones long enough to notice what’s around us.
Research suggests that structured engagement with someone who holds divergent views can be transformative, even without a concrete resolution.
Speaking out when we see misogyny in action isn’t an affront to other men. It’s an invitation to do better.
The city amended a decades-old ordinance to recognize tribal sovereignty and create more services for Native people living in urban centers.
The institutions responsible for harming people operate across borders far more than most people realize, yet many groups are joining forces to gain strength.
Harper Lee’s novel is the closest thing America’s had to required reading. But the book’s failings in confronting racism are more apparent than ever to White educators—and Black ones wonder what took so long.
The U.S. military’s carbon footprint is bigger than 140 countries combined. To seriously address climate catastrophe, we must dismantle its vast infrastructure.
Mental illness doesn’t discriminate based on your bank account, but treatment is much more difficult to access when you’re living in poverty.
White men, many of us fathers, have viciously held on to power but neglected to use it to make things better for other parents and children.
The recent spate of anti-abortion legislation is rooted in White extinction anxiety and carries on a long tradition of White people controlling the lives and reproduction of people of color.
An economic system that serves everyone and the planet is necessary for our survival. Here are some guiding principles to get us there.
Residents in a rural Puerto Rican community are reviving a historic botanical garden to serve as an example of local and sustainable farming.
How to match your vacation to your social justice values.
The story of a young visionary who cast off gender and started a successful American movement for freedom, tolerance, and love.
In Sudan, pro-democracy protestors brought down two violent regimes over the past three months. On June 30, they hope to bring down a third.
It wasn’t the first time queer folks fought back, but it was a rallying cry for the next wave of gay liberation.
A clear and shared vision among Democrats is the only way to compete against “Make America Great Again.”
There are only a few men who seem not to have gotten the memo. Unfortunately for us, they’re the men at the top of the Democratic field.
In 2019, legislators in seven states expanded abortion rights while some states moved to restrict or ban them.
Choosing a veggie burger won’t stop climate disaster, but here’s why you should do it anyway.
It’s found more than 5,000 racist, sexist, and Islamophobic Facebook posts and comments by law enforcement.
While Congress stalls, you can take other kinds of actions to help immigrants in transition, in detention, and in crisis.
Not all the rich are created equal, and it will take different policy approaches to redistribute some of their wealth.
Sizeism is everywhere in our culture, from the workplace to the playground. It’s time to change that.
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