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Disability Justice | Health Justice | Health care

How to Get Nurses Back in Homes Supporting Disabled Children

Faced with a national shortage of nurses, children with disabilities or chronic illnesses in California are unable to access the home nurses to which they’re entitled by the state. Advocates say the problem is fixable.

Claudia Boyd-Barrett | Feb 21, 2023

Gender justice | Women

Embracing Financial Protections for Abuse Survivors

Even after leaving a domestic violence situation, survivors are often saddled with mountains of debt incurred by their abusers. Can a new California law offer protections?

Claudia Boyd-Barrett | Jan 27, 2023

Health Justice | Health care

Our Right to Heal: Liberatory Harm Reduction

Harm reduction was adopted by public institutions to help stem the spread of HIV/AIDS in the 1980s. But it originated in self-advocacy by drug users, sex workers, and trans activists.

Shira Hassan | Jan 19, 2023

Gender justice | Pollution | Water

Reproductive Justice Includes Access to Safe Drinking Water

Pregnant people across the country lack safe drinking water—so grassroots organizations are stepping in.

Sarah Sloat | Jan 12, 2023

Health care | Health Justice

Congress Keeps Falling Short on Protecting Patients

A law supposed to protect patients from hidden charges on medical bills is still riddled with loopholes. Only universal health care will fix it.

Vijay Das | Jan 9, 2023

Health Justice | Health care

Inclusive Public Health Messaging Helps Tackle Infectious Diseases

As the U.S. gets hit with multiple illnesses, public health messaging is critical. Here’s how to ensure it reaches the communities most impacted.

Ken Ho | Jan 6, 2023

Native rights | LGBTQ+

Beyond the Binary: Retelling the Diné Creation Story

“Along with the power of creation, we were given the power to choose.”

charlie amáyá scott | Jan 4, 2023

Doulas Work on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis

As trusted community figures, doulas are increasingly helping their clients stay safe during heat waves, hurricanes, and wildfires, all of which put pregnant people at higher risk.

Hannah Docter-Loeb | Dec 30, 2022

Health Justice | Immigration | Mental health | Health care

How Imams Can Destigmatize Mental Health Care Among Muslims

Post-9/11 Islamophobia has triggered a mental health crisis among Muslims. Now, the shift toward seeking mental health care is happening at Islamic centers and mosques.

Majd Al-Waheidi | Dec 28, 2022

Fat Liberation

How to Navigate Body Shame

Capitalism and White supremacy have given us many reasons to hate our bodies because they teach us to be ashamed of them—and to shame others.

Gabes Torres | Dec 22, 2022

Health care | Women | Fat Liberation | Health Justice

Beyond BMI: A New Book Embodies Fat Liberation

Evette Dionne’s new and highly personal book pushes back against cultural and medical fat shaming.

Evette Dionne | Dec 6, 2022

It’s Time to Make Accessibility Our Collective Responsibility

More than 30 years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the burden of enforcement often still falls on disabled people and their families.

Jennifer McLelland | Dec 2, 2022

Coronavirus | Health Justice | Health care

Poor Public Policy—Not Individual Moral Failure—Is What Threatens Public Health

People misuse morality to demonize one another’s choices and actions, letting policymakers and corporations off the hook.

Jill Neimark | Nov 30, 2022

LGBTQ Rights | Gun Violence | LGBTQ+

The Deadly Consequences of Hate

LGBTQ people have always been the ones to keep each other safe. But we shouldn’t have to.

Evette Dionne, Sunnivie Brydum | Nov 22, 2022

Health Justice

The Black Mothering Body, Fortified

In creating new life, Black mothers must overcome medical malpractice and social unsafety together.

Gloria Alamrew | Nov 21, 2022

Reproductive Justice

La Lucha Sigue: Lessons From Latin America’s Abortion Victories

Abortion advocates reeling from the end of Roe v. Wade can look to Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina for perspective, strategy, and hope.

Tina Vasquez | Nov 21, 2022

Disability Justice

Ramping Up Fashion’s Accessible Future

The fashion industry is designing adaptable clothing for disabled people, but is that enough to undo the industry’s ableism?

Christopher Reardon | Nov 21, 2022

Fat Liberation

The “Obesity Crisis” Is a Fatphobic Myth

Fatness is treated as a moral failure, but the facts show it is all systemic.

Evette Dionne | Nov 21, 2022

Gender justice | Political Systems

How Women of Color Have Built Political Capital in Elections

She the People Executive Director Aimee Allison explains how women of color are both running for office and voting in ways that demand to be seen and heard.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Nov 7, 2022

Group of diverse disabled people celebrating

Gender justice | LGBTQ+

New Book Says It’s Time to Move Beyond Disability Rights and Embrace Disability Justice

“The Future Is Disabled” by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha moves much-needed conversations on disability and mutual aid into the spotlight while pushing readers to confront their preconceived ideas about who belongs in the future.

Anna Hamilton | Nov 3, 2022

Women | Immigration | Reproductive rights | Activism | Gender justice

Intersectional Activism in a Post-Roe World

Abortion bans tend to disproportionately impact vulnerable populations in low-income, rural communities. Here’s how young people of color are fighting back.

Cynthia Via | Oct 13, 2022