How to Make City Budgets Racially Just? Let Citizens Do the Numbers
The Movement for Black Lives is calling on cities to launch participatory budgeting processes to make public spending fairer.
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Trump鈥檚 Fake Critique of Trade Deals Leaves Out Workers
We must build a movement for trade justice that rejects both Trump鈥檚 opportunism and the long-standing neoliberalism of the major political parties.
Divest From Prisons, Invest in People鈥擶hat Justice for Black Lives Really Looks Like
Instead of addressing the roots of drug addiction, mental illness, and poverty, we鈥檝e come to accept policing and incarceration as catch-all solutions. It鈥檚 time for a change.
Why I Dropped Everything to Head to Standing Rock
After industry and greed destroyed my life in northern Pennsylvania鈥檚 Marcellus shale fracking country, I knew I needed to stand with the water protectors.
Why 鈥淒iversity鈥� Is Nearly Meaningless
Author Jeff Chang talks about Trumpism, Whiteness, and cultural equity in his new book, 鈥淲e Gon鈥� Be Alright.鈥�
White People: Stop Saying We Need Dialogue
Instead, White folks need to realize we have the power to stop police violence and defend Black lives.
National Prison Strike Exposes Need for Labor Rights Behind Bars
At 29 prisons, thousands of inmates have stopped work to protest unfair labor practices. So where are the unions?
When They Shot Terence Crutcher, This Time I Watched
Now I see that nothing can guarantee my son鈥檚 safety if he encounters police. That鈥檚 a hard thing for a mother. But it should be a hard thing for everyone.
Want National Security? Dismantle the War Machine
A military response to violence creates more violence. For real security, we need to stop climate change and work toward shared prosperity.
Beyond Hamilton: How Diversity Could Save the Future of Theater
Many worry audiences are aging out, but the reason isn鈥檛 that people of color can鈥檛 afford tickets鈥攊t鈥檚 that they feel excluded.
In Detroit, Freedom Schools Offer an Alternative to City鈥檚 Struggling Education System
As Detroit鈥檚 public schools fight to stay afloat, Black families turn to a civil rights-era approach to education.
Free College Tops Black Lives Reparations List
Better education and loan forgiveness are key strategies to address disparities for Black communities and their next generations.
In Baltimore, I Found a City Taking Progress Into Its Own Hands
鈥淐onversations have changed. The structure of power has not. And that鈥檚 where we are today.鈥�
Black Lives Matter 鈥淎nthem鈥� Writer Talks Music, TPP, and Being a Mom to a Black Son
Singer-songwriter Taina Asili鈥檚 latest video, 鈥淎nd We Walk,鈥� makes the connection between racial justice and climate justice.
Why Bicycle Justice Isn鈥檛 a White Guy in Spandex
Well, it doesn鈥檛 have to be. People of color make up the fastest-growing demographic among cyclists, and everyone benefits.
Sick of 鈥淲hite Nonsense鈥�? This Social Media Posse Will Come to the Rescue
A new social media crew is calling out fellow White people who use their accounts to post racist comments, as well as those who simply need a quick privilege check.
Meet the Ex-Inmate Whose Successful Prison Rehab Program Goes Beyond Drug Treatment
As California reduces its prison population by tens of thousands, the TimeList Group鈥檚 unique approach to rehab keeps parolees from going back.
Why We Need to See Those Videos of Police Brutality
Outrage over videos of violent injustice will help spark deep social change.
How We Report on Structural Racism Can Hurt Us鈥攐r Heal Us
Too many headlines and stories right now are contributing to a polarized society, but media could instead play an important role in revealing our shared humanity.
This Presidential Race Is a Clear Choice: Fight, Flight, or Fellowship
Will we respond to Trump鈥檚 appeal to the reptilian brain or choose Clinton鈥檚 call to our higher nature?
After the Violence and Videos, Therapists Learn to Treat Racial Trauma
From specialized clinics for African Americans to social media events that take the shame out of sharing, there's a movement to heal the psychological scars of racism.
Fear: What Police Reform Doesn鈥檛 Address
The most effective reforms are the ones that build community trust between citizens and the police that serve them.
This Country Needs a Truth and Reconciliation Process on Violence Against African Americans鈥擱ight Now
America has a long history of violence against black citizens. What response can disrupt patterns set by centuries of racism?
Stop Asking Me to Denounce Islam to Prove I Care About LGBT Rights
Surely, I am not less queer just because I am Muslim.
Forget Hunger Strikes. What Prisons Fear Most Are Labor Strikes
Prisoners throughout Alabama and Texas reclaim their humanity鈥攁nd power鈥攂y shutting down the economic infrastructure of their prisons.
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