How the popular and powerful music genre made education in the U.S. more accessible and fun.
Social Justice
When it came to Russia’s unjust detention of WNBA star Brittney Griner, misogynoir made an already difficult situation more dire, writes scholar Moya Bailey.
An Indigenous Indian tribe once embraced voluntary and assisted euthanasia in specific contexts, a cultural practice fundamentally driven by a care for the common good.
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For Jackson, Flint, and the Navajo Nation, clean water shouldn’t be a pipe dream.
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Communities with infrastructure to support the development of whole, healthy people won’t need police.
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Re-entering society after being incarcerated takes a heavy emotional toll.
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What the evolution of vampire fiction tells us about modern society.
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Against a backdrop of increasing repression and gender-based violence, “femininity influencers” offer what could be seen as comfort in a destabilizing time.
The California Reparations Task Force is readying its final report, which includes suggested financial compensation, to send to the state legislature for debate and approval.
A task force calculated how much Black residents should receive for systemic, state-sanctioned discrimination and ongoing harm.
A campaign to free Black mothers from pretrial detention highlights the role that women play in helping one another navigate a dehumanizing system.
“Helping fellow Native people became the most powerful medicine the service league dispensed for healing a generation of wounded spirits.”
“I know I’m the best mother when I start from the inside out.”
Car accidents and violent police incidents have made L.A. streets among the deadliest in the nation. One organization is advocating for solutions.
For South Asians, King Charles III’s coronation obscures a horror-filled history of mass atrocities, famines, and subjugation.
Native activists are using comedy to fight cultural invisibility and structural oppression.
As public spaces for women continue to diminish each day, some Afghan women have transformed a corner of their own homes into a battleground to resist the Taliban’s oppressive rule.
Native journalist Angela Sterritt highlights the strength and brilliance of Indigenous women as she investigates the cases of those who have gone missing or been murdered.
Three ways to practice community care for movement organizers, unionizers, and other folks on the ground keeping good trouble going.
Keegan Medrano, policy director at the ACLU of Montana, speaks with YES! Racial Justice and Civil Liberties Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on Rising Up With Sonali about the Montana bill banning gender-affirming treatment for minors.
The project began with a number: 562. It was the number of federally recognized tribes in the United States when photographer Matika Wilbur (Swinomish and Tulalip) quit her job, packed
Multiple state bills are undoing protections against child labor, but some groups are pushing back.
The late singer, actor, and activist leveraged his stardom in service of justice in the civil rights era and beyond.
Justice Clarence Thomas’s newly revealed dealings likely broke the law. Amid calls for his resignation are demands to expand the court.
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