Black Trans Women Are Being Killed. Could Paying Them Help Stop This?
A little more financial security could make the difference between life and death for these women, who are often relegated to the margins of society.
Racial Justice
The Collective Healing That Is Owed
Reparations is no longer only about a one-time payout to Black descendants of slavery.
Only Bridging Can Heal a World of Breaking
At a time of heightened polarization and intense inequality in the United States and around the world, social differences run the risk of being turned into fault lines, and exploited
In Detroit, A New Type of Agricultural Neighborhood Has Emerged
The Michigan Urban Farming Initiative is focusing on food insecurity and community investment.
A Year After the Tree of Life Shooting, Anti-Semitism and Anti-Immigrant Racism Thrive
Keeping communities safe against hateful rhetoric will require a bold, expansive vision.
How to Be an Antiracist: A Conversation With Ibram X. Kendi
In his new book, the professor challenges traditional definitions of racism, and who can be racist.
Racial Microaggressions Are Real. Here’s How to Navigate Them
Experts weigh in on ways to deal with microaggressions that don’t burden Black, Indigenous, and people of color who experience them daily.
On Reparations, Let Impacted Communities Lead the Way
Reflecting on yesterday’s grassroots demands for restitution provides solutions for today.
It’s Time for Effective Oversight of Police Violence
Would the possibility of mandatory sentencing make a police officer think twice before pulling the trigger? What about them having to forego their pensions, or pay victims’ families from their 401Ks?
Racial Profiling and the Loss of Black Boyhood
At 13, I was into chess and Dungeons and Dragons. That was the year I hit my growth spurt—and learned what it is to be seen not as a child, but as a threat.
LGBTQ Migrants Find Community at Mexico’s “House of Women”
After traveling thousands of miles fleeing violence and discrimination, LGBTQ women find safety and support in Tapachula, Mexico.
Why Women’s Climate Leadership Is Vital
Women’s leadership won’t be a panacea for the overwhelming whiteness of climate leadership, but it’s a starting place.
Why Detroit Could Be the Engine for the Green New Deal
The city exhibits all of the problems the framework is meant to heal.
Making the Gun Violence Epidemic Visible Through Art and Activism
Two art projects explore the impact of gun violence, with a focus on mass shootings and police brutality.
In Chicago, Police Violence Survivors Heal Through Song
The Freedom Songbook workshop was designed to provide a creative safe space for survivors, and prevent isolation and other PTSD-related issues permeating Black communities.
How We Shut Down the Nation’s Largest Child Detention Center
Now the Trump Administration wants to reopen it.
With Reparations, We Must Demand Repair—and Heal Ourselves
Part two of this six-part series explores the plurality of reparations that includes Black people’s spiritual and psychological healing.
How White Supremacy Intensifies Summer Heat
“Like racism, violence and white supremacy, heat is inextricable from the Black American experience.”
Dealing With Loss When Death Is Uncertain
For families of missing or disappeared persons, mourning the ambiguous loss of their loved ones is complex.
White Supremacy and Artificial Intelligence
Developing technology that doesn’t perpetuate racism demands putting social values before profit.
Toni Morrison on the Necessity of Literature
Reading the celebrated author is a fitting way to mark the 400th anniversary of the first slave ship arriving on U.S. shores.
When ICE Hit Mississippi, Its Citizens Showed Up for Immigrant Families
The Mississippi immigration raid detained hundreds and left children stranded on the first day of school. It also evoked a massive humanitarian response in a state not traditionally friendly to immigrants.
Why Raising “Free-Range” Kids Isn’t an Option for Everyone
Helicopter parenting sparked an alternative movement to give children more independence—but not everyone can share that privilege.
Five Years After Ferguson Uprising, Still Seeking Justice and Healing
On the fifth anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, his family and the town of Ferguson look to the past—and future—to bring about meaningful change.
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