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Maternity Care Gets a Racial Justice Focus
Black birth workers give mothers of color healthier, safer options for labor and recovery.
Patience Gray鈥檚 Italian Slow Food Education
Foraging for weeds and mushrooms with a visionary of the sustainable food movement.
This Chef Is Fighting Gentrification With Hot Chicken
Tunde Wey鈥檚 dinner series-slash-public art project raised $50,000 to address Nashville鈥檚 affordable housing crisis.
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.
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.
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.
Meet the Indigenous Women Keeping Native Businesses Close to Home
Entrepreneurs have limited access to capital and business education on the reservation. A Navajo incubator wants to change that.
For Women, by Women: A Sisterhood of Carpenters Builds Tiny Houses for the Homeless
A mostly female crew constructs a village of emergency shelters in north Seattle, and finds camaraderie along the way.
Aretha Franklin, 鈥淨ueen of Soul鈥� and Civil Rights Icon
The legendary singer鈥檚 voice came to represent the emotion, frustration, and strength of the civil rights era.
Lawyers Turn to Activism as Civil Liberties Come Under Attack
A new generation of social justice attorneys has risen to defend against the hard-line policies of the Trump administration, from immigration and abortion access to voting and gender rights.
Democratic reforms | Local power | Citizens United | Racial Justice | Native rights | Immigration | Reproductive rights | Activism | Gender justice
How to Reclaim the Narrative鈥攁nd Power鈥攊n 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鈥檙e Finding Support
How winning campaigns are working to overcome the sexism and racism that nonwhite candidates face.
Standing Rock Medic Bus Is Now a Traveling Decolonized Pharmacy
These Native herbalists are doing more than just healing sore muscles.
To Build These Homes, We Chose an All-Women Crew
The Mudgirls collective redefines expectations about what a construction site is supposed to look like鈥攃hild care, breastfeeding breaks, and all.
Black Pride Gives Queer People of Color a Place to Honor Their Identity
LGBTQ celebrations all over the U.S. recognize the interests of those who haven鈥檛 found a place within the mainstream community.
Local economies | Affordable housing | Local power | Citizens United | Racial Justice | Cooperatives
鈥淭he Price on Everything Is Love鈥�: 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.
The Woman Who Pioneered 鈥淗ousing First鈥�
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.
Kennedy Resignation Sparks New Urgency for First-Time Women Candidates of Color
If elected to Congress, they would counter conservative decisions from the court with progressive lawmaking.
How Residents of South LA Are Tackling Environmental Racism
In the polluted Watts neighborhood, residents鈥� 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 鈥済rannies鈥� and allies along the way to support migrating families.
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鈥檒l find varieties of ethnic vegetables unlikely sold in your typical supermarket.
With Kennedy鈥檚 Vacancy, Only Voting Can Check One-Party Rule
Trump will replace the last centrist on the Supreme Court. Now only voter pushback can restore balance to Congress.
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