After moving to several unfamiliar cities in the past year, author and scholar Norell Edwards asks: “What does allyship look like while protecting my own safety?”
Social Justice
In the decade since it began, #BlackLivesMatter has shifted the nation's collective consciousness, whether we wanted it shifted or not.
Legalizing cannabis nationwide isn‘t enough to repair the harm caused by the War on Drugs, explains Chelsea Higgs Wise of Marijuana Justice.
Hollywood still has a long way to go on racial justice and reparations, says actor and activist Kendrick Sampson.
It's true that far-right groups are relying on radio communications. But radio’s connection to movement organizing has a much longer and richer history.
Communications specialist Jessica Aiwuyor explores the importance of personal histories and storytelling to shift national culture toward reparations.
Two experts on racial narratives explore how media can begin to repair the harms of racism and move toward reparations.
“The only way that we are going to get people to have a decent, equitable future is to completely re-envision this entire rubric that is suffocating and killing our people,” says lawyer Noelle Hanrahan.
Astrology is a map that directs us to deep connections and meaning-making.
A young activist is building a tradition of economic and social equity for Black workers as a pathway toward reparations.
Maurice Mitchell of Working Families Party showcases how a new, young crop of candidates of color is demanding reparations once in office.
The decision shows that Native nations can win—even against the odds—by uniting in a collective effort.
A gun control organization run by women of color is putting white women on the frontlines of demanding a ban on guns.
Kenniss Henry discusses how and why the idea of reparations for Black people is finally gaining steam.
Long-time activist and attorney Nkechi Taifa speaks out on the importance of reparations-related education.
A transracial adoptee’s search for her Indigenous roots.
L.A.’s district attorney just charged a polluting plant with 22 felonies.
What does queer joy look like in this political moment? Three queer artists respond.
Reparative justice expert Dreisen Heath translates activism into policy to realize reparations for Black Americans.
Progressive Congressional representative Jamaal Bowman discusses why the demand for reparations is central to racial justice.
Has a fixation with visibility hindered the fight for collective LGBTQ liberation?
“Deep canvassing” offers a model for how anti-racist Americans can practice what they preach and work to promote racial justice narratives.
In Haaland v. Brackeen, the justices affirmed that Native Americans are not a race—they are independent nations.
Edgar Villanueva explores how to disrupt a capitalist system that fuels the racial wealth gap.
Having faith in a democratic system requires restitution for the harms of slavery and on-going racism, says Cliff Albright of Black Voters Matter.
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