Mark P. Fancher is a human rights attorney, writer, and activist. Over the course of his 36-year career he has fought: police misconduct, over-incarceration, employment discrimination, racially discriminatory school discipline,
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Frustrations with the U.S. prison system have prompted a global search for alternatives. Yet the solution might not be as simple as “be like Scandinavia.”
Fall 2020: The Black Lives Issue Hundreds of you ordered a box of our Black Lives issue to share in your communities, and even more joined YES! Presents for a
Dear Reader, I am writing this letter to you three weeks before Election Day. I don’t know the outcome, but you do. From where I sit, even if the ultimate
A visual exploration of the lasting harm of Canada’s residential schools on the Indigenous population.
Kathleen Macferran is a certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication. She works internationally, helping communities and organizations strengthen communication and transform conflict. Kathleen Macferran Menomonie, Wisconsin What are
The national ethos of economic equity was decades in the making.
Even nations with long histories of inequality and violence carry lessons for how to move toward what might be called a more perfect union.
“For the first 15 years of my work in sustainability, I basically ignored the role of race. I thought ‘Let others do that work. There’s plenty of good I can
Erin K. Robinson started her creative journey making costumes for television and movies in Los Angeles before returning to New York to design for children’s wear companies, such as the
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