What the Gun Control Movement Can Learn From Marriage Equality
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“See You Yesterday” Filmmakers Use Sci-Fi to Discuss Police Brutality
The genre offers a creative opportunity to tell Black stories, using fantasy and adventure to bring awareness to real-world injustice.
“When They See Us” Is Triggering. That’s Why You Should Watch It
Ava DuVernay’s Netflix miniseries pulls back the layers of a corrupt, barbaric system that devalues Black and Brown lives.
How Colorado Halved Abortion and Teen Birth Rates
The decline is happening across the country, and it’s about more than just contraceptives.
Drag Queen Story Hour Brings LGBTQ-Friendly Fun to the South
Teaching inclusivity and diversity to kids is important—but especially where LGBTQ role models are less visible.
Fifty Years After Stonewall, the Real Fight for LBGTQ Rights Is Local
As legislation has languished in Congress, many cities and states are moving forward with their own non-discrimination bills.
Damon Young Tells His Story in “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker”
I think that we should all know by now that trying to do or alter our behavior in a way to appease Whites is useless.
The Joyful Intersections of Disability Justice, Care, and Pleasure
A different kind of disability care is possible—and necessary.
When Does a Person of Color Get to Be an Expat?
Around the world, the term is often synonymous with White people from affluent countries.
A Visitor in My Homelands: Too African for the U.S. and Too American for Nigeria
My relationship to my ancestral home is complicated yet precious.
When I Discovered My Town Is Where Immigrant Families Are Separated
A Texas journalist’s investigation revealed the worst and best of America—including the Angry Tías from the community who are providing help.
With Abortion, We’re More Than Empowered Warriors or Fragile Survivors
Celebrating only “strong” women and nonbinary people doesn’t advance the cause of feminism or gender equality.
Our Public Schools Are Still Separate and Unequal
We are dealing with the repercussions of separating children by race, now more than ever.
How Grassroots Funds Are Ensuring Abortion Access Despite Bans
Reproductive rights advocates in the Southeast are working nonstop to help low-income women.
What Your Body Has to Do With Social Change
Using somatics to explore trauma can help make authentic connection and collectivity more possible.
Lakota Youth Head Out on Search and Rescue Mission on Horseback
It took riders 10 hours to reach remote families stranded in the aftermath of the “bomb cyclone” that devastated the Pine Ridge community.
Stop Ignoring Mothering as Work
No one should be forced to mother, but women who choose that journey deserve political, social, and structural support.
Black Communities Are Reclaiming Space Outdoors, From Backyard Gardening to Mountain Climbing
For many, fostering new relationships with nature and outdoor recreation starts with their children.
The First City to Remove and Replace a Confederate Monument
Montana’s capital will install a public art project in the spot where a Confederate fountain had stood since 1916.
Why We Need More Black Characters in Fantasy
From Harry Potter to the Hunger Games, the worlds of fantasy in fiction and film are mostly White. This limitation is more influential than we may realize.
Debt Collectors Over Kids’ School Lunch Bills? It’s Real
School nutrition advocates say universal school lunch programs are the surest way to guarantee healthy meals for all students—without impacting school operating budgets.
The Kitchen as Classroom: How Food Helps Students Learn Leadership
The Detroit Food Academy works with local educators, chefs, and business owners to teach young people entrepreneurial skills.
What I Saw in Gaza Changed Me Forever
My true liberation as a Jewish person is bound up with the liberation of Palestinian people.
Will Caster Semenya Be the One to Finally Bring Down Gender Policing?
On what basis do you exclude athletes because of who they are? Natural testosterone is a human condition.
Why I Decided to Come Out to My Students as a Trans Man
I had read stories of teachers being fired. I decided that was a risk I was willing to take for the opportunity to teach with my whole self.
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