How You Can Help as Migrant Caravans Arrive at the U.S. Border
These are steps you can take right now to assist the refugees, who have risked everything to escape extreme poverty, gang violence, and political instability at home.
Racial Justice
12 Photos of the Migrant Caravan: Hope and Self-Determination
Photojournalist Rob Wilson has been traveling with the caravans from Central America to document the journey of people looking for a better life.
Why Co-ops and Community Farms Can’t Close the Racial Wealth Gap
Circulating local dollars can’t create wealth when there’s not enough to begin with.
Telling the Truth as a Means of Healing
A new documentary shows how one state is confronting Native American child removal.
This Isn’t the First Time White Supremacists Have Tried to Cancel Birthright Citizenship
History shows that a broad coalition of civil rights activists is how to fight back.
When White Nationalism Lives Too Close to Home
Even the liberal Bay Area is not immune to a newly empowered wave of extremism. Now is the time for us to be constant gardeners of wisdom, compassion, and courage.
What It Means to Be a Nation of Immigrants
Pramila Jayapal writes about the Night of 1,000 Conversations, in which more than 2,500 strangers in 28 states gathered to discuss the role of immigration in the country’s past, present, and future.
What Will Climate Change Do to the U.S.-Mexico Border?
Rather than continue on a path to militarize the border, we should consider the alternatives.
Are Today’s White Kids Less Racist Than Their Grandparents?
To explore more fully what White kids think about race, I went straight to the source: White children themselves.
Civil Rights Tours Draw in New Generations
The current political landscape is inspiring more people from the U.S. and abroad to visit the sites where the civil rights movement made history.
4 Black Female Judges Use Their Courtrooms to Break the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Inspired by Ava DuVernay’s documentary ‘13th,’ and their own experiences, these women mentor youth to keep them out of the criminal justice system.
I Support NFL Players’ Protests. But I’m Not Boycotting the NFL
Because at this moment in time the power of Black athletes is overcoming the power of White billionaires.
A Way to Talk About Race, 6 Words at a Time
The Race Card Project eases people into conversations around the uneasy topic of race and racism.
This Chef Is Fighting Gentrification With Hot Chicken
Tunde Wey’s dinner series-slash-public art project raised $50,000 to address Nashville’s affordable housing crisis.
World to Flint Kids: We Still See You
An 11-year-old social media celebrity collects thousands of encouraging letters from around the globe to remind her Flint schoolmates they are not forgotten.
Harry Belafonte and ‘The Long Road to Freedom’
On the anniversary of the March on Washington, we revisit an interview with the musician and civil rights activist about his anthology of Black music.
What Is Barbershop Therapy?
Barbers in the South are training as first responders to assist the men in their chairs with their mental health concerns.
U.S. Cities Issue IDs to Protect Undocumented Immigrants
A growing number of communities have implemented municipal identification programs, and not just in politically progressive areas.
Aretha Franklin, “Queen of Soul” and Civil Rights Icon
The legendary singer’s voice came to represent the emotion, frustration, and strength of the civil rights era.
The Black and the Blue: Tackling Police Racism and Abuse on a Systemic Level
An African American law enforcement expert finds hope in the firing of a racist police chief.
I Stopped Playing the “Strong Black Woman”
We are paying for this myth we’ve bought into with our lives.
Water Protectors Take Action to Keep Pipeline Out of Black and Indigenous Communities
An encampment of protesters in Louisiana is resisting the crude oil industry, whose environmental disasters disproportionately affect the poor and people of color.
A Conservative Town Embraces Its Immigrants, Documented or Undocumented
Once famous for gunslingers and cowboys, Dodge City, Kansas, relies on its Hispanic population—and not just for economic survival.
Lawyers Turn to Activism as Civil Liberties Come Under Attack
A new generation of social justice attorneys has risen to defend against the hard-line policies of the Trump administration, from immigration and abortion access to voting and gender rights.
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How to Reclaim the Narrative—and Power—in Post-Truth America
Hope plus action and investment equals revolutionary muscle. Now is the time for the progressive majority to set the terms of the conversation.
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