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This Experiential Learning Farm Helps Youth Build a Better World

At Freetown Farm, members of the community can learn the names of medicinal herbs and harvest vegetables, all while developing a deeper relationship to the land and local community.

Ambika Chawla | Sep 9, 2021

Reparations | Labor

Why Empowering Workers Is a Form of Reparations

Slavery was the ultimate labor distortion. A crucial part in the discussion on reparations today should center on reshaping the labor relationship between employers and employees.

Joerg Rieger | Sep 8, 2021

Health Justice | Health care | Coronavirus

How Public Health Partnerships are Encouraging COVID-19 Vaccination in 4 States

Public health and communications experts from Michigan, Indiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina discuss efforts to encourage people in their states and local communities to get vaccinated.

Brooke W. McKeever, David R. Buys, Debra Furr-Holden, Omolola Adeoye-Olatunde | Sep 7, 2021

Health care | Coronavirus

How to Confront Vaccine Refusal in Black and Brown Communities

Getting communities of color vaccinated is a matter of racial justice—and that means confronting the history of medical racism in the U.S. and massive online misinformation.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Aug 30, 2021

Activism

How U.S. Wars Abroad Are Intimately Tied to Police Brutality at Home

The demands to defund the police are linked to the call for ending militarism. There is a strong case to be made for these movements to join forces against both forms of violence.

Khury Petersen-Smith | Aug 25, 2021

Indigenous lands | Climate

As Our Bodies and Planetary Systems Become “Inflamed,” How Do We Heal?

In their new book, authors Rupa Marya and Raj Patel explore how capitalism and colonialism have caused sickness and how Indigenous knowledge can offer healing.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Aug 23, 2021

Wealth and inequality | Climate | Wealth

How “Whitey on the Moon” Perfectly Captures Bezos’ Space Joy Ride

The themes of Gill Scott-Heron’s seminal poem written decades ago resonate more strongly than ever as billionaires like Jeff Bezos spend their money on lavish vanity projects.

Colin Bogle | Aug 12, 2021

Decolonizing Our Dreams

Dreams aren’t practical, they are a vision of what is possible.

Samir Doshi | Aug 10, 2021

Beyond “Bridgerton”: Facing Up to Slavery in Europe

This history is visible, but only if you know where to look.

Ruth Terry | Aug 10, 2021

Voting Rights | Voter suppression

The Fight to Protect Voting Rights Enters the Next Round

Congress members getting arrested is nothing new. It’s just the latest iteration of suppressing Black people’s voting rights.

Mark Allan Williams | Aug 6, 2021

Education | Activism

How Civil Rights Leader Bob Moses Used Math Literacy to Push for Racial Equality

The Algebra Project sprang directly from Bob Moses’ civil rights work in Mississippi, which transformed the state from a segregationist stronghold into a focal point of the civil rights revolution.

Hasan Kwame Jeffries | Jul 30, 2021

Immigration

How Immigrant Communities Are Addressing Colorism and Anti-Blackness

The #BlackLivesMatter protests in 2020 sparked hard conversations within immigrant communities on how internalized biases based on skin-color remain prevalent.

Macollvie J. Neel | Jul 28, 2021

Native rights | Activism

How Haunani-Kay Trask Shaped Her People’s Struggle for Independence

The Hawaiian movement for self-determination was forever changed by the fierce and unapologetic leadership of the late Haunani-Kay Trask. This loving obituary written by one of Trask’s mentees explores her powerful legacy.

Anne Keala Kelly (Kānaka Maoli) | Jul 27, 2021

Sustainable food and farming | Food Justice

The Unsung Caribbean Roots of the Vegan Food Movement

While eating a plant-based diet is often presented as a white, millennial fad that accompanies gentrification, Black people have a long and rich tradition of plant-based eating.

Paige Curtis | Jul 21, 2021