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40,000 Former Convicts in Maryland Just Got New Voting Rights. Here鈥檚 How It Happened
Just in time for this year鈥檚 presidential primary, a new law in Maryland will allow former offenders on probation or parole the right to vote.
How Women-Led Movements Are Redefining Power, From California to Nepal
In the face of corporate domination, economic injustice, and climate change, movements led by women offer a revolutionary path.
How to Pick a President Without Being Sexist
The presidential race is basically an expensive hiring process with 319 million stakeholders. If businesses and government agencies go to such great lengths to eliminate gender bias in their hiring, shouldn鈥檛 we do the same for our elections?
The Program Helping Youth Unify the Most Segregated City in America
In Chicago, low-income kids don鈥檛 usually have the opportunity to travel outside their own neighborhoods. My Block, My Hood, My City is changing that.
The Feminist Rappers Who Are Updating Sweden鈥檚 Old-Fashioned Definition of Rape
In Sweden, Femtastic gives survivors of sexual violence a voice in a male-dominated music industry.
A Kentucky Domestic Violence Shelter Helps Women Grow Food鈥攁nd Confidence
Many survivors of domestic violence have had their attempts at work and creativity sabotaged for years. On these 40 acres of rolling farmland, they're being restored.
Is Cooking the Future of Medicine?
At Tulane鈥檚 Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine, students are learning to pair nutrition with allopathic care鈥攁nd other schools are catching on.
Brooklyn Youth Create Jobs (and Community Roots) Through Local Compost Program
This neighborhood made gardens out of vacant lots to tackle gentrification and high youth unemployment.
Flint Whistleblowers Who Exposed Their Poisoned Water: We鈥檙e Just Getting Started
Long before the state declared an emergency in Flint, Michigan, a pastor, a mother, and an attorney teamed up to reveal the state鈥檚 lies about their drinking water.
White Privilege II Showed Me What an Unruly Mess We鈥檙e In
A Seattle music writer quoted in Macklemore鈥檚 controversial new song appreciates how it speaks to young white people鈥攂ut wishes it had gone further.
Why Young Latinos in Rural California Support Sanders
In California鈥檚 predominantly Spanish speaking Eastern Coachella Valley, younger Latinos are showing support for Sanders, upending the narrative that his appeal does not extend beyond white voters.
A Bold Shift to Make Public Schools Serve Low-Income Students
Last year, New York City began turning schools in poor neighborhoods into community schools鈥攃ombining rigorous instruction and extracurricular enrichment with a broad social support system.
How One Affluent Town Helps Its Neediest Students Get Into (and Stay In) College
In New England, a community program matches college-savvy parents with first-generation college-bound students to help them navigate the overwhelming application process.
New York鈥檚 鈥淐arwasheros鈥� Push for Safer, Fairer Workplaces
Car washes are the 鈥渨ild, wild West鈥� of workplace regulation. The Car Wash Accountability Act will improve that鈥攊f it is ever implemented.
What the Oregon Standoff Is Really About
The people occupying a wildlife reserve in eastern Oregon say they鈥檙e speaking for ranchers. But a closer look shows they鈥檙e associated with movements most people find alienating. If we want to build any solidarity with those living in rural areas, we need to understand the difference.
How This Black Student Used Documents and DNA to Find Her Slave Ancestors
Like many African Americans, Lakisha David wanted to trace the roots of her family, who for years were documented only as property. Here鈥檚 how she did it.
How Do You Explain Where You Came From When Your Grandparents Were Immigrants?
As a child of Indian immigrants, Rupa Shenoy has learned when strangers ask her where she鈥檚 from, they don't want to hear 鈥淚owa.鈥�
Every 30 Seconds a Latino in the U.S. Turns 18. The Challenge Is Getting Them to Vote
If they vote more, Latino youth can be a powerful force in coming elections.
3 Ways to Bring David Bowie鈥檚 Spirit to Your Social Change Work
David Bowie pushed boundaries, challenged norms, and helped pop culture become more inclusive. Here鈥檚 how to keep his legacy alive.
In Photos: The Seed-Saving Farmers Who Pass Down Land to Their Daughters
In northeastern India鈥檚 mountainous state of Meghalaya, youngest daughters inherit the land鈥攁nd the ancient food heritage of their mothers.
Uber鈥檚 Immigrant Drivers Look Forward to Better Pay鈥攁nd Bigger Voice
A union for Seattle Uber drivers means finally having the right to a two-way conversation with their multibillion-dollar employer.
How Filipina Beauty Queens Are Lobbying for Trans Rights
In the first episode of their new documentary series, A Woman's Place, filmmakers explain how transgender beauty queens are lobbying for their rights outside of pageants.
Project Fatherhood: Uniting the Men of LA鈥檚 Toughest Communities
In the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, Project Fatherhood helps end the cycle of absent fathers and gives men a place to discuss what it means to be dads, partners, and sons in one of the city's roughest areas.
Six Hopeful Breakthroughs from 2015
Despite conflicts and crises at home and abroad, 2015 offered glimpses of the road to a more just, compassionate, and sustainable world.
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