How Muslims Are Rebuilding Ramadan鈥檚 Community Spirit
Even though Ramadan is about community, the pandemic forced us into isolation. Now, we are cautiously emerging, rebuilding our ties, and reimagining how to mark the holy month of fasting.
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Art and Identity on the Spectrum
What does creativity look like on the spectrum? We asked four autistic artists to show us how they would like to be seen.
Instead of 鈥淭ough on Crime鈥� Policies, California Could Fund Better Solutions
State legislatures and elected officials around the country have almost always responded to crime with more police funding in spite of little to no positive results. Instead, they could tackle the recidivism rate, solve the housing crisis, and reduce poverty.
On Mass Migration and Not Becoming Immune
How much suffering must a human go through to be seen as equal?
Unlearning Racism As a Non-Black Person of Color
A young, mixed-race Iranian American realized during the 2020 racial justice uprisings that being a person of color didn鈥檛 mean she was automatically an expert on race and racism.
Interrupting Cycles of Harm, Inside and Outside Prison Walls
Formerly incarcerated mental health care providers are supplementing traditional resources for those still in prison鈥攚ith mutually beneficial results.
Who Gets to Define Classical Music?
The recent outrage over the Grammy nominations of two Black artists in classical categories is part of a long-standing problem in the White-dominated genre.
The Two-Spirit Diplomat Who Mediated Two Worlds
WeWha was a celebrity in the U.S. capital, and loved for their gender-fluid self at home.
Unpacking Ketanji Brown Jackson鈥檚 Supreme Court Nomination Hearings
Republican Senators on the Judiciary Committee engaged in aggressive political attacks on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings. But they couldn鈥檛 take away from the historic significance of the first Black women to be nominated to the court.
Flipping the Message About Refugees, With a Poem
In form and message, a poet shows both adults and kids that the world can be looked at another way.
Native American Storytelling, One Pint at a Time
These native breweries are taking back the social and economic power of storytelling.
States Advance Anti-Transgender Agendas鈥擯art of a Longtime Strategy by Conservatives to Rally Their Base
Some 30 states initiated anti-trans legislation in 2021, and 7 more in 2022.
Why Is Breonna Taylor鈥檚 Father Still in Prison After Decades?
Everette Taylor has been as good a father as the prison system has allowed. He鈥檚 one of millions of Americans who remains incarcerated for far too long.
Why Everette Taylor Is a Victim of Our War on Drugs
Breonna Taylor's father, who remained close to all six children, including Breonna while she was alive, is being held in a Michigan prison. An incarcerated writer makes the case for Everette鈥檚 freedom.
In Conversation with Everette Taylor, Breonna Taylor鈥檚 Father
Everette Taylor didn鈥檛 get to say goodbye to his daughter. Stuck behind prison walls, Taylor speaks with 大象传媒 about how he remains connected to his surviving children despite decades of incarceration.
Critical Race Theory Opens Up New Opportunities for Student Learning
Amid the heated national controversy about CRT in schools, some Black educators are openly using the framework to help students better understand history and contextualize current events.
What I Didn鈥檛 See as a Jewish Israeli
After 59 years in Israel, visiting the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah shook my identity.
How to Address Poverty Among Latinx Children
There is a crisis of poverty among Latinx immigrant children in the U.S., particularly among undocumented, mixed-status, and single-parent households. But it doesn鈥檛 have to be that way.
Inhabiting Worlds Where Black Lives Really Matter
If we鈥檙e not governed by subconscious beliefs and dread, what becomes possible?
What Black Disabled Women Want
The basic human rights of proper health care and opportunities through work should be available to everyone.
How to Prevent Burnout Among Black Movement Leaders
What would our movement be like if we abundantly supported Black leaders to transition to their next role in our ecosystem, instead of choosing to isolate them in burnout?
A Program for Youth Is Reshaping Arts Education in Chicago
鈥淚t鈥檚 not about the art that鈥檚 made in the end. It鈥檚 about the process, the discussions, and the relationships that you鈥檙e building with the people around you.鈥�
Billionaires Will Not Save Us. Here鈥檚 What Will
Relying on billionaires is a colonialist solution. It is high time that we instead draw from Indigenous peoples and learn how to work with the natural world, not against it.
The Freedom Convoy Reminded Me That I, Too, Have Rights
Rightwing movements on both sides of the northern border are growing increasingly vocal. A Canadian living in Texas reflects on what the 鈥淔reedom Convoy鈥� protests mean to her.
When Witnessing Becomes Activism
Witnesses, whether by accident or vocation, help to shape how societies understand social upheaval and respond to social change.
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