Racial Microaggressions Are Real. Here鈥檚 How to Navigate Them
Experts weigh in on ways to deal with microaggressions that don鈥檛 burden Black, Indigenous, and people of color who experience them daily.
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Colonization, Fire Suppression, and Indigenous Resurgence in the Face of Climate Change
The 130-year legacy of fire suppression in the U.S. is a process that continues to dispossess Native peoples of their lands.
While Supreme Court Waffles, Cities Stand Up for LGBT Workers鈥� Rights
No ruling, even from the highest court in the land, will invalidate state and city-level protections.
On Reparations, Let Impacted Communities Lead the Way
Reflecting on yesterday鈥檚 grassroots demands for restitution provides solutions for today.
Five Ways to Empower Voters Now
From reinstating voting rights of those with felony convictions to helping people obtain IDs, grassroots and state-level efforts are making it easier to vote.
It鈥檚 Time for Effective Oversight of Police Violence
Would the possibility of mandatory sentencing make a police officer think twice before pulling the trigger? What about them having to forego their pensions, or pay victims鈥� families from their 401Ks?
For Indigenous Peoples Day, Tribes Return to Alcatraz 50 Years Later
A new generation of Native activists will take a canoe journey around Alcatraz to mark Indigenous Peoples Day and pay homage to occupation of the island 50 years ago.
Making National Parks Accessible to Native People Again
A violent, racist history has kept Native people off their ancestral lands for decades. How can we remove the barriers that still exist today?
Racial Profiling and the Loss of Black Boyhood
At 13, I was into chess and Dungeons and Dragons. That was the year I hit my growth spurt鈥攁nd learned what it is to be seen not as a child, but as a threat.
Why Aren鈥檛 Fossil Fuel Companies Held Accountable for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women?
Resource extraction takes a toll on more than just the economy and the environment.
Leveraging White Privilege for Racial Justice
These White people aren鈥檛 just checking their privilege. They鈥檙e using it to bring about positive racial change.
LGBTQ Migrants Find Community at Mexico鈥檚 鈥淗ouse of Women鈥�
After traveling thousands of miles fleeing violence and discrimination, LGBTQ women find safety and support in Tapachula, Mexico.
Gun Violence Research Matters. Here鈥檚 Why
Private and individual donors鈥攁nd recently a few states鈥攈ave been stepping into a federal funding void to finance gun violence research.
Why Women鈥檚 Climate Leadership Is Vital
Women鈥檚 leadership won鈥檛 be a panacea for the overwhelming whiteness of climate leadership, but it鈥檚 a starting place.
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.
Appalachia鈥檚 Deep History of Resistance
Protest runs through the region鈥檚 veins like coal seams through the mountains.
As Abortion Access Dwindles, This App Offers Safe, Discreet Options
Obtaining medically accurate information about abortion can be difficult yet dire for pregnant people desperate for answers.
Four Climate Scientists on How to Take On Climate Change Today
鈥淓very single person can make a huge difference, and when we come together to work, anything is possible.鈥�
How Not to Be an Invasive Species
The descendants of settlers and immigrants can鈥檛 become Indigenous to the land where we live. But we can follow the models of coexistence.
Why Detroit Could Be the Engine for the Green New Deal
The city exhibits all of the problems the framework is meant to heal.
Rethinking 鈥淢uffins with Moms鈥� and 鈥淒onuts with Dads鈥�
While student鈥揻amily events are well-intentioned, they can also exclude certain students. Teachers are pushing for activities that include all the important adults in a child鈥檚 life.
Making the Gun Violence Epidemic Visible Through Art and Activism
Two art projects explore the impact of gun violence, with a focus on mass shootings and police brutality.
Rent Is Recognition and Restitution for Seattle鈥檚 Native Inhabitants
A grassroots movement encourages non-Native city dwellers to pay monthly reparations to the Duwamish, a Native American tribe that鈥檚 petitioned for federal recognition for the last 40 years.
In Chicago, Police Violence Survivors Heal Through Song
The Freedom Songbook workshop was designed to provide a creative safe space for survivors, and prevent isolation and other PTSD-related issues permeating Black communities.
How We Shut Down the Nation鈥檚 Largest Child Detention Center
Now the Trump Administration wants to reopen it.
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