If They Die of an Overdose, Drug Users Have a Last Request
Thousands of drug users across the country signed their names to a sort of last will and testament, requesting that prosecutors not file homicide charges against their loved ones.
Democracy
World to Flint Kids: We Still See You
An 11-year-old social media celebrity collects thousands of encouraging letters from around the globe to remind her Flint schoolmates they are not forgotten.
First Nations Celebrate Win Against Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
Here’s how indigenous leaders pulled together a grassroots movement to resist the pipeline expansion.
Berry Farmers Break Free From Big Agriculture
These farmworkers created an organic co-op that guarantees fair wages and healthy working conditions while preserving indigenous heritage.
When School Is Based on What Kids Want to Learn
With self-directed education, students become their own teachers. But the biggest learning curve may be for parents.
What to Do When a President Believes He’s Above Justice
To protect our democracy, Congress must value the Constitution over partisan politics.
Why Mister Rogers Is the Role Model We Need Right Now
The unconventional children’s television pioneer celebrated dignity and kindness in the age of mass media.
U.S. Cities Issue IDs to Protect Undocumented Immigrants
A growing number of communities have implemented municipal identification programs, and not just in politically progressive areas.
What All That Noise Is Doing to Your Health
Our mental and physical well-being suffer from the sonic overload of modern life.
Tomato Canning as Protest: How a Community Resisted Corporate Farming
A Missouri town’s summer ritual brings much-needed support to small family operations.
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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 nonwhite candidates face.
The Challenge for Communities to Rise and Take Care of Their Own
As the federal government abandons its responsibilities, it will be up to the states, the cities, the communities, and the people to rebuild a unified state.
Who Represents Us When Our Political Parties Represent Only Corporations?
Our future depends on bridging the partisan divide that elevates corporate interests above our personal well-being.
Families of Interned Japanese Americans See Parallels to Detentions at Border
Debates over confining migrant parents and children stir activism in a new generation of Japanese Americans.
“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.
Resisting the Power Structures That Keep Colonialism Alive
We must look at the roots of capitalism, white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and anti-Blackness to leave settler colonialism in the past.
To Combat Gentrification, One City Is Changing How Homes Are Bought and Sold
The city of Buffalo is supporting its first community land trust, designed to give neighbors control over land use and to keep housing affordable.
How Roe v. Wade Changed Motherhood and Marriage
Two generations later, more women are postponing marriage, graduating college, and entering the paid labor force.
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.
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.
Pruitt’s Out, But What We Need Are Local Leaders Who Will Act on Climate
The real conflict of interest—and the lasting damage—was Pruitt’s choice to put fossil fuel interests over the planet’s life support system.
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.
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