How Special Elections Could Cost the Republicans
This week, Georgia heads to the polls. Last week, the GOP in Kansas barely earned a win.
Democracy
In Berlin, a Model for Creative and Affordable Housing
Cities with vibrant arts, music, and social scenes are being hit hard by gentrification. But Berlin鈥檚 鈥渃o-housing culture鈥� shows that a city鈥檚 future doesn鈥檛 have to go that way.
How One Person鈥檚 Small, Brave Compost Pile Changed New York City
While we work to make our government budge, don鈥檛 forget that we can also make change ourselves by starting small and local.
The Kendall Jenner Pepsi Memes Made You a Better Person. Think About It
Those cleverly captioned photos shared on social media can spark conversations and help build empathy.
Wildfires Are Essential: The Forest Service Embraces a Tribal Tradition
The Karuk were once denied the right to practice an ancient tradition. Now scientific and resource management circles are seeing the merits of controlled burning.
Photo Essay: These Sculptures Tell the Story of the First Japanese Americans Sent to Camps
The memorial wall is 276 feet long鈥攐ne foot for every Japanese person who lived on Bainbridge Island in 1942.
How a Faculty Fast Pushed a University to Finally Denounce Trump鈥檚 Travel Ban
In South Carolina, a university president鈥檚 middle-of-the-road response to the executive order sparked a string of campuswide resistance efforts to protect the rights of international students.
Rosie the Riveter for the 21st Century: You Dreamed, We Drew
Readers submitted their ideas for updating the classic icon. See the winning poster ideas鈥攁nd download your favorites.
Defend Democracy
Post-fascist Europe tells us exactly how to defend our democracy. From Timothy Snyder's bestselling book: "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
Signs of Revolution in a Not-Yet-Great America
Since the president sees himself foremost as a negotiator, perhaps it鈥檚 time for a negotiated revolution. Not to break us apart, but to bring us together.
An Outside-the-Doctor鈥檚-Office Approach to Health Care
Research is showing that health care can be an engine for community change.
The Real Work Can Begin When We Allow Uncertainty
Our current political climate is volatile, scary, and uncertain. But maybe the not knowing and the confusion will finally allow us to arrive at a true beginning.
ING Bank Just Divested Their DAPL Financing鈥擶e All Helped to Change Their Mind
Last month, bank officials met face to face with leaders of the Standing Rock Sioux, and this week they announced the bank had sold the loan at the request of tribal leaders.
What Grace Lee Boggs Would鈥檝e Taught Activists in This Moment
Three principles to help you avoid burnout and continue working toward a better world.
Minnesota Churches Face Tough Questions in Offering Sanctuary to Immigrants
For these churches, giving protection to immigrants is no longer a matter of if, but when. And what will happen if ICE comes to their doors?
Where They Teach Students How to Revitalize Their Local Communities
New college programs offer fledgling community organizers 鈥渁 sense of optimism about how they can effect change in their own backyard.鈥�
How the Neighborhood That Inspired 鈥淭he Wire鈥� Is Pulling Its Residents Out of Poverty
When large institutions like universities and hospitals agree to hire and spend locally, they can transform neighborhoods hardest hit by poverty and unemployment.
Small-Scale Farming Could Restore America鈥檚 Rural Towns
Although many people in these struggling regions voted for the new president, his cynical answers will not bring them prosperity. But I saw what could.
5 Ways to Help Immigrants
People are turning their frustrations with the Trump administration into actions that make a meaningful difference in the lives of vulnerable community members.
Trying to Be a Proud Latina When People Prefer Whiteness鈥擡ven in My Mother鈥檚 Homeland
For people of color to be seen as fully American, we are often forced to denounce parts of our identities.
A Small Act of Scientific Civil Disobedience
Big science publications put important peer-reviewed research behind expensive paywalls. But some scientists have found creative ways around them.
How to Resist From a Place of Love: Self-Care for the Long Haul
If you want to sustain yourself for the work ahead, here鈥檚 some advice: It doesn鈥檛 matter whether the other side 鈥渄eserves鈥� anger.
The Many Benefits of Making (and Eating) Chocolate Right Where It Grows
Dried cocoa beans historically have been shipped to Europe and the U.S. for chocolate making. But keeping the process close to home empowers farmers and supports local economies.
Why Defending Human Rights Is Women鈥檚 Work
鈥淚t is important to celebrate these women who are building a more peaceful world that is open, just, and filled with love.鈥�
Why Women Are Skipping Work and Wearing Red Today
U.S. organizers of International Women鈥檚 Day urge women to find creative ways to strike on March 8.
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