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Garment Workers Organize to End Wage Theft
A historic victory over the fashion industry in California is creating ripples for global change.
California Forms a State-Level Reparations Task Force
The first of its kind, the nine-member task force will study and develop reparations proposals in order to start repairing the harm done to African American families and communities by U.S. policies.
Community Organizers Are Helping Immigrants Navigate COVID Misinformation
Lies, conspiracy theories, and quack cures about COVID-19 are all over the internet鈥攁nd immigrants are particularly vulnerable. But concerted community efforts can combat it.
Incarcerated Seniors Deserve a Chance to Come Home for the Holidays
Years of 鈥渢ough-on-crime鈥� policies have resulted in growing numbers of elderly people remaining in prison for decades. It鈥檚 past time to enact policies that help them come home.
Why Are Women of Color in Academia Expected to Do Diversity Work?
Female faculty members of color are disproportionately called upon by both colleagues and students to do diversity, equity, and inclusion work鈥攚ith no compensation for this labor.
Facial Recognition Tech Perpetuates Racial Bias. So Why Are We Still Using It?
This unregulated technology has served to enhance discriminatory practices by law enforcement and further endanger the lives of communities of color.
A Tribute to Indigenous Mothers by Their Indipino Children
Indigenous and Aboriginal women on Bainbridge Island had to hide their identity. Now, their adult children embrace it.
The Importance of Knowing AIDS History
To understand the AIDS crisis that started 40 years ago, we need to listen to those who experienced it.
Facing Eviction from an Urban Farm, Baltimore Activists Continue Their Fight for Food Sovereignty
After years of relying on fresh produce from a local urban farm, Baltimore鈥檚 Cherry Hill neighborhood is rallying together to save their farm from the city鈥檚 eviction notice.
How to Show Solidarity with Black Lives Matter this Holiday Season
Melina Abdullah of Black Lives Matter explains how the 3 core tenets of the Black Xmas campaign are building Black, buying Black, and banking Black.
This Is What Trans Solidarity Really Means
2021 was the deadliest year on record for trans people, just like the year before. Reversing that trend requires trans solidarity built upon mutual aid.
Native Survival Memories for the Future
The innovative ways Native peoples organized to survive the pandemic鈥攁nd beyond.
Chasing Liberty Along the Nez Perce Trail
鈥淔or 16 disquieting days, Sassia and I felt like we were chasing liberty鈥攂ut whose, was the daily question. It never seemed like it was ours, or that of others obstructed from the American Dream. Not the Nez Perce鈥檚, for sure.鈥�
The Gentrification of Wilderness
鈥淢aybe people are indeed loving places and species to death, but since BIPOC are largely disconnected from the organized outdoors, it鈥檚 white people who are spreading this toxic form of tough love.鈥�
A New Podcast Aims to Shift the Narrative on Police Abolition by Centering Movement Voices
The podcast, produced by the Detroit Justice Center, highlights how organizers are engaged in the hard work of abolishing police and prisons, and offers a counter-narrative to mainstream media reports.
Abolition Through the Ages: Reform Versus Transformation, Then and Now
Just as slavery couldn鈥檛 be reformed and had to be ended, policing can鈥檛 be reformed and has to be abolished, say leaders of modern-day abolitionist movements.
Sustaining the Chicano Movement Across Generations
In 1970, tens of thousands of people in East Los Angeles marched for equality, identifying themselves as 鈥淐hicano.鈥� Today, the Chicano Moratorium continues as young and old learn from one another.
A Road Trip to Explore Race Along the Nez Perce Trail
鈥淚 felt a kinship with the Nez Perce who, like my Japanese American community, were banished to less desirable land.鈥�
The Attractive and the Anonymous: Inequity in Media Coverage for Victims of Violence
The Gabby Petito case illustrated yet again how media outlets disproportionately fixate on missing and murdered White women. Veteran journalist Guillermo Torres analyzes why鈥� and how editors can do better.
My Memories of Diwali Celebrations are Antithetical to India鈥檚 Hindu Fundamentalists
鈥淚ndia鈥檚 rightwing Hindu supremacists want to control how we celebrate Diwali, a Hindu-origin tradition that is widely embraced and signifies the universal idea that good will triumph over evil.鈥�
A Master Altarista Explains the Essentials of a D铆a de los Muertos Altar
Mother of nine, matriarch Ofelia Esparza learned how to make D铆a de los Muertos altars from her mother. Now, she鈥檚 passing on the craft to a new generation.
Community Altars for D铆a de los Muertos Symbolize Tradition, Loss, and Hope
The annual Los Angeles Noche de Ofrenda in Grand Park鈥攚here D铆a de los Muertos blossomed into a national and international phenomenon鈥� returns after a one-year hiatus.
Chicano Artists Resist Commercialization of D铆a de los Muertos
After decades of dedicated work by Chicano artists in East L.A. to promote D铆a de los Muertos as a festival unique to their community, it is now a hyper-commercialized enterprise. Still, many are working to recenter the festival鈥檚 original intent of honoring the dead.
Baltimore鈥檚 Community Land Trusts Offer a Pathway to Housing Justice
After years of grassroots activism, the city has found success in addressing historical housing discrimination through community land trusts.
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