Photo Essay: First Nations Take Their Last March Through Canada’s Dystopian Tar Sands
Organizers agreed that the annual marches have helped raise awareness about the mining project. But their work is far from done.
Social Justice
How Mischief-Makers Built Australia Through Pranks and Protests
In his new book "How to Make Trouble and Influence People," Iain McIntyre offers readers an alternative version of Australian history.
These Native American Filmmakers Are Telling Their People’s Stories鈥擳heir Way
Longhouse 无码视频 helps indigenous artists step behind the camera and document their lives.
Canadian Govt Approves Pipeline Through British Columbia鈥擝ut Landmark Court Ruling May Stop It
First Nations groups say that the pipeline would disrupt their traditional seafood harvest and endanger their culture.
Change Is Divine: How Sci Fi Visionary Octavia Butler Influenced This Detroit Revolutionary
鈥淭he ideas in Butler鈥檚 fiction challenge us to contend with our own choices and take responsibility for our own power.鈥�
Anti-Homeless Spikes? Heartless. Cementing Over Them? Ingenious.
Londoners have made their feelings clear about a corporate "solution" to the problem of homelessness鈥攁nd the company listened.
First He Came Out as Undocumented. Then As Gay. Here’s What It Means For Immigration Debate.
Felipe Matos told his story in three words: "I am undocumented." It was an act of desperation鈥攂ut it gave him a sense of agency and power.
11 Years After Her Death, This 23-Year-Old Peace Activist Keeps Inspiring Us
Rachel Corrie was killed in 2003, but her passion for peace lives on in her writings.
Zydeco and Justice: Louisiana’s Hyperlocal KOCZ Builds Community and Self-Reliance
Low-power FM radio stations bring a much-needed focus on local issues and culture.
Watch the Beautiful One-Minute Ad Asking the Washington Football Team to Change Its Name
With the owner of the team vowing "NEVER" to change its name, Native American tribes around the country launch a national campaign to do just that.
This East LA Band’s Rebel Version of “La Bamba” Speaks Out Against Racism
Las Cafeteras uses acoustic instruments and punk attitude to spread their message of social justice and equality.
鈥淣ever Think You鈥檙e Worth Less Than the Boss鈥�: How a Mexican Seamstress Learned to Speak Up for Justice
Ana Ju谩rez started her first job at the age of fifteen, as a sewing operator鈥檚 assistant in Mexico. She was working at a local contracting company of global brands like Levi Strauss & Co. when senior workers began to organize.
A Modern-Day Debtors鈥� Prison? Judges Push Back Against the South鈥檚 Privatization Wave
In Southern states, small-town courts have outsourced probation management to for-profit companies charging fees out of reach to the country's poorest residents. Many people end up in jail for nonpayment. These judges want private companies out of their courts.
Language Matters: How #YesAllWomen Named a Problem With No Name
If you lack words for a phenomenon, an emotion, a situation, you can鈥檛 talk about it鈥攚hich means that you can鈥檛 come together to change it.
鈥淚n 10 Years, I Want to Walk Again鈥�: How a Worker Making Circuit Boards Got Sick鈥攁nd Is Holding Samsung Accountable
While manufacturing circuit boards for Samsung, Hye-kyeong Han was diagnosed with a brain tumor, leading her to undergo a number of surgeries and radiation treatments. She was just 26 years old.
鈥淣ow They Can鈥檛 Get Me to Stop Talking鈥�: How a Teenage Tobacco Farmworker in North Carolina Found Her Voice
In North Carolina, when school gets out each summer, a stream of young people鈥攏early all Latino鈥攈ead into the fields to help bring in the state鈥檚 most profitable crop: tobacco. Neftali Cuello was twelve years old when she first accompanied her family into the fields.
Tennessee Tied Teachers’ Jobs to Standardized Test Scores. Here’s How They Pushed Back鈥擜nd Won.
The teachers found their careers at risk when an erratic statistical tool became a key measure of their success.
Remembering Maya Angelou: Fiery Poet of Peace
In Angelou鈥檚 poem 鈥淎 Brave and Startling Truth,鈥� we can sense the poet鈥檚 yearning for a more peaceful and loving future.
From Stand-up to Twitter, A New Generation鈥檚 Fresh Take on Storytelling
Today's storytellers show that each of us can be part of something more powerful, diverse, and creative than we might have imagined.
Meet 6 Nutrition Blogger Moms Who Crashed the McDonald’s Shareholder Meeting
Current trends suggest one in three kids will develop Type 2 diabetes as adults. These moms told McDonald鈥檚 CEO Don Thompson what they think about the fast food industry targeting their kids.
The War on Drugs Destroys Lives鈥擧ere Are 6 Things You Can Do About It
The movement to end the violence through the decriminalization of drugs has never had so much momentum. And it's never been easier to get involved.
Meet the Girl Who Sparked Brown v. The Board of Education With a High School Walkout
The stories of people behind the landmark decision鈥攍ike that of 16-year-old Barbara Rose Johns鈥攁re even more compelling and inspiring than the sea-changing ruling itself.
The Coal Workers You Didn’t Know Existed鈥擜nd Why They May Be At Risk
Thousands of workers may be at risk of chronic disease from the chemicals used to process coal鈥攊ncluding MCHM, which recently contaminated the drinking water of nearly 300,000 West Virginia residents.
New York Inmates Draw Strength from Prison-Themed Hip-Hop Album
Members of the Rochester-based group Da Cloth have sent the tape to more than 150 inmates.
How Macklemore’s Trumpet Player Is Bringing Music Back to His Kenyan Hometown
The Madaraka festival is a celebration of African cultural heritage and modern-day entrepreneurship鈥攁nd the proceeds will help build a recording studio for 68 youth in Kenya.
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