Cop Cities Meet Growing Resistance Nationwide
Faced with the spread of militarized police training facilities known as "cop cities," grassroots activists are taking the call to #DefundPolice to cities nationwide.
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Choose Us Over Guns
Keeping guns out of schools should be a no-brainer.
The Movement to Ban Plastic Production
Frontline communities continue to pay for plastics鈥攆rom production to pollution. Now advocates are trying to reach consensus on a global plastics treaty before it鈥檚 too late.
Opinion | Gentrification | sustainable development | green gentrification | upzoning | Green Cities | Progress 2025: Climate and Environment | Progress 2025 | Sustainability
Green Cities Are for People, Not Profit
Across the country, activists are battling gentrification and working to build sustainable cities that don鈥檛 displace working-class communities of color.
Pride Is Power: How Queer People Are Defeating Anti-LGBTQ Laws
Faced with unprecedented numbers of anti-LGBTQ bills, queer people are taking to the state houses, courts, and communities to prove that love wins.
Opinion | Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene | Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Body | Black Women | Georgia | GOP | Republican | Rep. Jasmine Crockett
In Defense of Butch Bodies
There鈥檚 power in a viral clapback. But what of the already-marginalized people whose identities again become a public punchline?
The New Autonomy of Abortion
Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, abortion freedom now hinges on access to pills.
Defending Native Sacred Sites From Elon Musk and SpaceX
The Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas is suing to protect the tribe鈥檚 ancestral land.
How to Reduce School Shootings
A combination of policy changes and increased safety measures could help reduce the risk of school shootings, says psychology professor Paul Boxer.
Opinion | Republicans | abortion rights | SB 6 | Roe v. Wade | Gerrymandering | California | Gavin Newsom | Voter Suppression | California Recall | Supreme Court | Nick Rathod | Joe Biden
California鈥檚 Recall Election Is a Wake-Up Call for Democrats
If Tuesday鈥檚 recall vote in California passes, the Golden State will go the way of Texas, and Democrats will have only themselves to blame.
Opinion | Georgia | Voting | Republicans | Democracy | voting rights | Democrats | Krysten Sinema | Donald Trump | Joe Manchin | Supreme Court | Voting Rights Act | Joe Biden | Greg Abbott | 2020 Election | Brnovich | Arizona | Voter ID
Does Every Vote Still Count?
Democrats don鈥檛 seem too worried about the current Republican war on voting rights. They should be.
A House That Love Built鈥擡ven With a Border Wall in the Backyard
Dolores and Rogelio navigate the political contrasts and conflicts of life in El Paso, Texas.
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