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Democracy

Where Mutual Aid Comes to Its Own Assistance

Amid police crackdowns on mutual aid efforts around housing, many activists are finding support in each other.

Shane Burley | Mar 20, 2023
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Democracy

For Women Like Charleena Lyles, Trauma Has Trickled Down for Generations

How symptoms of mental illness manifest in Black women, and the steps you can take toward healing.

Angela O鈥橲haughnessy | Jun 26, 2017
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Zoot Suits: A Fashion Movement that Sparked Mexican American Resistance

This June marks the 74th anniversary of the Zoot Suit Riots, a series of weeklong race riots that swept Los Angeles in the summer of 1943. The spirit lives on today.

Angela O鈥橲haughnessy | Jun 09, 2017
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Environment

My Indigenous Culture Is an Act of Resistance

Two generations saw our Inuit and Dine homelands in Northern Canada nearly destroyed. Now my way of life is one of cultural repair.

Siku Allooloo | Sep 27, 2019
Economy

How a Black Commons Could Help Build Communal Wealth

A long history of racism has prevented many Black folks from owning land or homes鈥攎aking it harder to accrue wealth and pass it on to future generations.

Julian Agyeman & Kofi Boone | Jun 26, 2020
Democracy

How Women of Color in Congress Are Pushing a Grassroots Agenda

Despite roadblocks, "the Squad鈥 has pushed progressive legislation, scrutinized the powerful, and changed the conversation around who gets to hold political power.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Jul 29, 2021
Environment

Nature Welcomes Queer People When Society Doesn鈥檛

For the city鈥檚 LGBTQ community, Toronto鈥檚 outdoor spaces have been sites of both liberation and violence.

KC Hoard | Jun 28, 2024
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Love, Justice, and Common Humanity: A Student鈥檚 Perspective on Finding Hope

Because the humanity of every person is what we fight for when we advocate to end police violence, to support better treatment for COVID patients and doctors, or to institute justice everywhere.

Miriam Awan | Jul 14, 2020
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NBA Athletes Weren鈥檛 Just Boycotting Games鈥擳hey Were on Strike

When NBA players refused to take the court, athlete activism escalated to a new level.

Abraham I. Khan | Aug 31, 2020
Environment

Is 2020 the Opening for a Just Transition?

As the U.S. considers how to reopen, stimulate, and recover its economy post-pandemic, how radically could it be reimagined?

Breanna Draxler | Sep 29, 2020

Social Media for the Revolution

Has the age of digital organizing come and gone?

Reina Sultan | Mar 04, 2024
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Democracy

No 鈥淰ictories,鈥 No 鈥淒efeats鈥: Watch Your Words If You Value Social Change

Taking a lesson from Standing Rock, we must be careful with language while working toward progress in the Trump years.

Arun Gupta | Dec 09, 2016
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Democracy

Meet the McDonald鈥檚 Cashier Taking on Her CEO for Climate Change

If raising a family on a McDonald鈥檚 salary wasn鈥檛 hard enough, Tina Sandoval is working to transform the fast-food industry into one that is good for both people and planet.

Brooke Anderson | Jun 17, 2016
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Confronting Caste

A Dalit American leader offers a profound meditation on the violence of caste apartheid, pathways to abolition, and collective healing.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Nov 21, 2022
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The Battle for Reality

What really happened at the 1999 WTO demonstrations in Seattle? On television, it looked like vandalism and random violence. On the streets, it looked like part festival, part uprising, part police riot. Now there鈥檚 a movie version. Activist and author David Solnit was there鈥攐rganizing in the streets and speaking up on the set.

David Solnit | Jul 30, 2008
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