Two art projects explore the impact of gun violence, with a focus on mass shootings and police brutality.
A grassroots movement encourages non-Native city dwellers to pay monthly reparations to the Duwamish, a Native American tribe that’s petitioned for federal recognition for the last 40 years.
In many rural areas, a lack of banking options has led to an increase in predatory lending. In eastern Kentucky, a new nonprofit is fighting back.
The Freedom Songbook workshop was designed to provide a creative safe space for survivors, and prevent isolation and other PTSD-related issues permeating Black communities.
Now the Trump Administration wants to reopen it.
The fires that spread swiftly across the Amazon in recent weeks drew international attention to a problem Indigenous Brazilians have been facing for years.
Efforts to end partisan gerrymandering suffered a blow in the Supreme Court, but the push to end it now moves to state legislatures, starting with North Carolina.
Twice in 20 years, a president has won office without winning the popular vote. A new movement is looking to change that.
“It can’t just be young people. It needs to be all of us.”
Building a new world will require first reexamining—and dismantling—the cultural ethos of productivity that creeps into our lives every day.
A huge share of U.S. employment is in low-wage jobs where workers are pushed to their limits to maximize profits for massive corporations.
In the face of the climate crisis imperiling endangered species, some activists and governments are turning to a radical, rights-based approach to protect nature.
Part two of this six-part series explores the plurality of reparations that includes Black people’s spiritual and psychological healing.
“Like racism, violence and white supremacy, heat is inextricable from the Black American experience.”
For families of missing or disappeared persons, mourning the ambiguous loss of their loved ones is complex.
Developing technology that doesn’t perpetuate racism demands putting social values before profit.
Where gun access gets easier and abortion access gets harder, women pay the price.
Reading the celebrated author is a fitting way to mark the 400th anniversary of the first slave ship arriving on U.S. shores.
Food security, traditional agriculture, and local self-reliance are key to regenerative societies of the future, say water protectors taking the movement’s lessons forward.
Breakups happen to friends, too. Here’s how to find closure, while preserving your heart and dignity.
If games are a reflection of our values as a society, and can influence how we think and act, can we game our way to a better world?
…and they want to bring back “The Good Death.”
For disabled people, getting around Seattle is a constant challenge. This app wants to make it easier and safer.
The Detroit Blk Gurls Do Tarot Facebook group empowers women in traditional spiritualities.
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