In recent years, increasing the power and independence of young women has brought dramatic decreases in pregnancies and sexual abuses.
New research shows that shuttling even 5 percent of consumer transactions to poorer neighborhoods can reduce income inequality by up to 80 percent.
Finding connection and engaging face to face is important social change work—especially during holiday gatherings.
This rural White organization put out a call for working-class Whites to “reject the idea of whiteness.”
Because two Seattle homeowners were willing to make space, a 75-year-old man who’s been homeless for years now has a house and a community.
Americans are pushing the boundaries of how to memorialize their loved ones and dispose of their remains.
Small businesses could help the struggling Navajo economy deal with the ups and downs of the fossil fuel industry.
“I can lace up my sneakers, walk out my front door, and change my entire body.”
Updated November 2018.
Constitutional law expert John Bonifaz is fresh from a victory in Florida to get big money out of local elections. Now he’s working to oust the president from the White House.
We have opportunities every day to build economies that lift each other up and spread joy.
Cities are playing a crucial role in protecting reproductive rights as federal and state governments grow more restrictive.
I tend to lie low during Native American History Month and dodge the Moon of Explaining Indians to White People. But not this year.
While trust in corporate news has gone down over the past few years, trust in independent news is strong.
The era of empire, white supremacy, dirty energy, and global capitalism is coming to a close.
Sometimes difficult discussion about race and oppression is a solution in itself.
If we can’t talk about patriarchy, then let’s admit we’re giving up on the goal of a world without rape and harassment.
How to embrace the opportunities and challenges associated with raising a child of another race.
It wasn’t just Democrats who won this election, but progressives who didn’t shirk the label.
Dinner table gatherings help to build cultural ties and tear down political walls.
This was the first time most Americans saw an embalmed body, and it changed how we mourn the dead.
In this small town, the stage has become a venue to educate political leaders on transgender issues.
After Trump’s victory over Clinton, women realized how much the country needs them in politics.
A voice and the power to solve problems will make progressive young people see their future in conservative and economically struggling Central Appalachia.
In New Mexico and Colorado, the “acequia” is more than just democratic water distribution—it is at the center of Southwest culture.
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