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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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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.
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.
As more states enact punitive laws restricting abortions, reproductive justice organizations look for new ways to regain ground and expand their movements.
3 composters who are thinking about the soil as well as better food waste systems.
How communities are addressing the digital divide equitably and quickly.
These creators are reclaiming their pasts and futures through transformative art.
Three groups using mutual aid as a tool for natural disaster response.
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
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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
It’s about more than dancing and lip-syncing to disco hits. These drag queens are working to make the world a better place.
These people are fighting the good fight because LGBTQ+ Muslims shouldn’t have to sacrifice one identity at the expense of the other.
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.
From computer screens to street play, these three game developers are redefining the medium by revealing a powerful new social potential in games.
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.
Three extraordinary, everyday people who will make your day better.
Designing nonviolent ways for humans and animals to live in harmony—in the city.
Leading teenagers in the clean-up of their hometown, Worcester, Mass.
Nurturing African-American culture through gardening.
Creating a pollination pathway for urban bees.
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