Meet the Indigenous Women Keeping Native Businesses Close to Home
Entrepreneurs have limited access to capital and business education on the reservation. A Navajo incubator wants to change that.
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For Women, by Women: A Sisterhood of Carpenters Builds Tiny Houses for the Homeless
A mostly female crew constructs a village of emergency shelters in north Seattle, and finds camaraderie along the way.
Aretha Franklin, “Queen of Soul” and Civil Rights Icon
The legendary singer’s voice came to represent the emotion, frustration, and strength of the civil rights era.
Lawyers Turn to Activism as Civil Liberties Come Under Attack
A new generation of social justice attorneys has risen to defend against the hard-line policies of the Trump administration, from immigration and abortion access to voting and gender rights.
Activism | Gender justice | Democratic reforms | Local power | Citizens United | Native rights | Immigration | Reproductive rights
How to Reclaim the Narrative—and Power—in Post-Truth America
Hope plus action and investment equals revolutionary muscle. Now is the time for the progressive majority to set the terms of the conversation.
Women of Color Face Significant Barriers When Running for Office. But They’re Finding Support
How winning campaigns are working to overcome the sexism and racism that nonwhite candidates face.
Standing Rock Medic Bus Is Now a Traveling Decolonized Pharmacy
These Native herbalists are doing more than just healing sore muscles.
To Build These Homes, We Chose an All-Women Crew
The Mudgirls collective redefines expectations about what a construction site is supposed to look like—child care, breastfeeding breaks, and all.
Black Pride Gives Queer People of Color a Place to Honor Their Identity
LGBTQ celebrations all over the U.S. recognize the interests of those who haven’t found a place within the mainstream community.
“The Price on Everything Is Love”: How a Detroit Community Overcomes a Lack of City Services
A range of neighbor-to-neighbor efforts address basic needs, from health care to food access, that are going unmet by local government agencies.
The Woman Who Pioneered “Housing First”
Three decades ago, one nurse came up with a radical idea: Give homeless folks suffering from addiction and mental illness a safe place to be themselves.
Kennedy Resignation Sparks New Urgency for First-Time Women Candidates of Color
If elected to Congress, they would counter conservative decisions from the court with progressive lawmaking.
How Residents of South LA Are Tackling Environmental Racism
In the polluted Watts neighborhood, residents’ average lifespan is 12 years less than people from affluent areas.
Caravan of Grandmothers Heads to Mexico Border
The group leaving from New York will onboard other “grannies” and allies along the way to support migrating families.
The State That Upended Electoral Politics With a New Kind of Voting
In June, Maine used ranked-choice voting, which opens up the system to third parties and independents.
Immigrant Farmers Revive Dormant Greenhouse to Grow Food From Home
At a small farmers market south of Seattle, you’ll find varieties of ethnic vegetables unlikely sold in your typical supermarket.
With Kennedy’s Vacancy, Only Voting Can Check One-Party Rule
Trump will replace the last centrist on the Supreme Court. Now only voter pushback can restore balance to Congress.
When Girls Take the Lead on Social Justice: 5 Stories
They started a troop focused on girls of color, exposed a human smuggling operation, and generally stepped up when adults didn’t.
How to Call Your Representative to Protest Jailing Immigrant Families
Step-by-step advice, whether your member of Congress is a Democrat or a Republican.
Where Birth Control Is Scarce, Young Women Create Sex Education Outside the Classroom
A Kentucky program trains women to advocate for their reproductive health.
High Schoolers Bring Their Love of Culinary Arts to Feed Local Homeless
It wasn’t enough for a group of students to provide free meals. They’re looking to tackle systemic problems.
Farming as Resistance
Threatened by a mining company, indigenous women in the remote highlands of Guatemala are marching, increasing productivity, and planting trees.
Despite Prosecutor’s Attempts to Stop Her, Georgia Woman Keeps Registering Voters
Jim Crow endures in Georgia as voter suppression efforts persist across the state. But get-out-the-vote activists are undaunted.
Just One State Stands Between Women’s Rights and the Constitution
Movements such as #MeToo and #SheShouldRun have re-energized the Equal Rights Amendment.
It’s Young Black Women’s Turn in Michigan
At 23, Myya Jones is running for state representative. She’s at the forefront of a wave of Black women running for office.
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