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Beyond Decolonization
These activists are working to ensure Indigenous perspectives are included in fields as diverse as education, health care, and scientific research.
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Seeking Just Trials
Trials are far from impartial if the defendant is poor or reliant on public defenders. These people are working to re-balance the scales of justice.
Preventing Prison and Recidivism
These three activists are working to support people at risk of either going to prison for the first time or returning to prison after release.
Fighting Back for Abortion Rights
As more states enact punitive laws restricting abortions, reproductive justice organizations look for new ways to regain ground and expand their movements.
Going Beyond Composting
3 composters who are thinking about the soil as well as better food waste systems.
Closing the Digital Divide
How communities are addressing the digital divide equitably and quickly.
Re-Visionary Artists
These creators are reclaiming their pasts and futures through transformative art.
Hurricane Relief Through Mutual Aid
Three groups using mutual aid as a tool for natural disaster response.
Working for Anti-Racism Within Social Media
As creators and artists, people of color have found systemic racism working against them in the social media world, just as in the offline world. Here are three people who
Diversifying the Tech Workforce
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Environmental Activists of Color
Young Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color at the center of environmental justice movements are often overlooked. This was evident in 2019 during Swedish teen climate activist Greta
Drag Queen Activists
It’s about more than dancing and lip-syncing to disco hits. These drag queens are working to make the world a better place.
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.
How to Stop a Pipeline: The People Behind the Unist’ot’en Encampment
In British Columbia, a clan of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation has reoccupied its traditional lands in order to stop several proposed energy pipelines.
When Gamers and Activists Collide, It’s Not About Winning—It’s About Social Change
From computer screens to street play, these three game developers are redefining the medium by revealing a powerful new social potential in games.
This Fifth-Grader Raised $200,000 to Clean Up the Gulf Oil Spill by Selling Watercolors
These three young activists found creative ways to tackle issues from climate change to voting rights.
When Her Photo Became an Anti-Feminist Meme, This College Woman Fought Back—and Thousands Joined Her
From internet memes to campus quads, young people are reworking feminism to meet today's challenges.
This Guy Moved Into His Parents’ House So a Homeless Family Could Live in His
Three extraordinary, everyday people who will make your day better.
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Designing nonviolent ways for humans and animals to live in harmony—in the city.
People We Love: Asa Needle
Leading teenagers in the clean-up of their hometown, Worcester, Mass.
People We Love: Leia Lewis Henderson
Nurturing African-American culture through gardening.
People We Love: Sarah Bergmann
Creating a pollination pathway for urban bees.
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