Outdoor Recreation Isn’t Just for Privileged White Folks Anymore
These organizations help kids of all economic, racial, and ethnic backgrounds benefit from adventures in nature.
Social Justice
What School Lunches Have to Do With Fixing Wealth Inequality
Dismantling a capitalist food system could begin with schools, which nationwide spend about $3 billion on food contracts.
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.
The Best Medicine for Confronting Trauma: Be Present
Amid extreme stress and a never-ending stream of bad news, we can reduce harm if we remain connected.
“We Are Still Here”: Native Americans Win a Voice in Government
In light of important midterm election wins, two Native journalists revisit the influence of Indigenous peoples on democracy through the ages.
How Reporters’ Biases Can Affect the News
Students from a historically Black college and a predominantly White university come together and learn how to navigate the intersections of race, class, gender, and disability.
Telling the Truth as a Means of Healing
A new documentary shows how one state is confronting Native American child removal.
The First Guaranteed Basic Income Program Designed for Single Black Moms
The Magnolia Mother’s Trust asks participants what they need to not only pay the bills but also to fight generational poverty.
What Dr. Seuss Can Teach Kids About Consent
It’s never too early to learn that “no” is a boundary, not a punishment.
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.
Free College Tuition Is Nice, But How About Food?
Some schools are looking to helping students meet much more basic needs.
Have Republicans Rallied the Native Vote?
Native voters in North and South Dakota embrace the value of their vote since Standing Rock.
Kids in the Classroom Can Help Single Moms Rise from Poverty
Educators across the country are adopting a policy to allow children in classes, and allowing more student parents to stay in school.
What Is the Real Cost of Mass Incarceration?
The documentary ‘Milwaukee 53206’ depicts the toll of the prison epidemic on families and entire communities.
3 Things You Can Do to Help Avoid Climate Disaster
Hint: Putting solar panels on your house and walking to work are not on the list.
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.
The Power of Sharing Stories
A growing body of evidence points to the mental health benefits of oral storytelling.
5 Ways New Movement Leaders Are Effecting Change
The Parkland students and others are reinventing models for people-powered activism that adapts to today’s rapid pace of change.
The #MeToo Movement’s Roots in Women Workers’ Rights
An unsung shero of the early 20th century, Rose Schneiderman organized women to fight for laws to protect them from sexual harassment and assault in the workplace.
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.
To Love and Worship Freely: Young Muslim LGBTQ Activists Stand Up
These people are fighting the good fight because LGBTQ+ Muslims shouldn’t have to sacrifice one identity at the expense of the other.
Indigenous People Invented the So-Called “American Dream”
Liberty, equality, the pursuit of happiness—these values date back to well before Columbus arrived in the Americas or Pilgrims set foot on Plymouth Rock.
Women in Male-Dominated Harvest Industry Help Each Other
HarvestHER establishes a community for women, recognizing stresses and loneliness of life in conventional agriculture.
What the Maps of Hate Groups Reveal
New research offers clues to stop the spread of organized hate groups in the U.S.
What Brett Kavanaugh Should Have Said
“I support the proposal that the FBI be invited to investigate the allegations, so that we may get closer to the truth of what happened.”
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