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Native Americans on Police Response to Capitol Insurrection
鈥淣o way would Black or Brown people be treated that way had they attacked a symbol of our democracy.鈥
Stephanie Woodard | Jan 08, 2021
Health & Happiness
When Mental Health Crisis Responders Reach Rural Residents
Rural communities from Iowa to South Dakota to Colorado are rethinking who they send as first responders to help those in a mental health crisis.
Tony Leys & Arielle Zionts | Oct 25, 2022
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How Memory Can Help Heal Trauma鈥擣rom Colombia to Chicago
Whether framed as historical or liberatory, memory work is helping survivors of state-inflicted violence process and begin healing from their trauma.
Laura Zornosa | May 18, 2021
Democracy
Baltimoreans Celebrate Charging of Officers鈥擝ut Say It鈥檚 Just First Step
鈥淚t鈥檚 not 鈥榞ame over,鈥 it鈥檚 鈥榞ame on.鈥 Now, we can actually start to see things happening.鈥
Araz Hachadourian & Mary Hansen | May 03, 2015
Economy
How We Shut Down the World Trade Organization
Twenty years ago, activists converged at 鈥淭he Battle in Seattle鈥 to protest the WTO鈥檚 exploitative trade agreements. Their protest is still relevant today.
Lisa Fithian | Nov 29, 2019
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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.
Sonali Kolhatkar | Nov 15, 2021
Economy
10 Years After Occupy Wall Street, Its Legacy Remains Strong
In popularizing the terms 99% and 1%, Occupy renewed a sense of class consciousness. It also flipped the national conversation from Tea Party-led austerity to income and wealth inequality.
Arun Gupta | Oct 20, 2021
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Can Juneteenth Move Beyond Symbolism?
In order to fully realize the promise of Juneteenth, historian Yohuru Williams says we need to move beyond symbolism to doing the hard work of addressing structural racism.
Sonali Kolhatkar | Jun 16, 2022
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Police Are Still Killing Unarmed Black People
The Hands Up Act could do something about it.
Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Jun 11, 2019
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The Day the Indians Took Over Seattle鈥檚 Fort Lawton鈥攁nd Won Land Back
The takeover only lasted a few minutes. However, its impact was felt as far away as Europe.
Frank Hopper | Aug 31, 2023
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How Many More Times Must We Say the Same Thing?
No more reforms. It鈥檚 time for true transformation.
Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Apr 15, 2021
Health & Happiness
How #FergusonSyllabus Helps Teachers Discuss Police, Racism, and History
鈥淭eachers are better prepared because #FergusonSyllabus created a space for exchange among educators about best practices and materials for illustrating the best and worst of our democracy.鈥
Liz Pleasant | Jan 13, 2015
Democracy
Will Washington鈥檚 Police Accountability Measure Work?
Frank Hopper shares the story of how Washington鈥檚 Puyallup Tribe helped pass Initiative 940, the nation鈥檚 first measure ending qualified immunity for police.
| Mar 13, 2024
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7 Reminders for White Parents Talking to Their Kids About Police Killing Black People
Don鈥檛 worry about traumatizing children. Show them that having strong feelings about horrible things happening in the world is part of being human.
Katie Tastrom | Jul 10, 2017
Environment
There Is No Climate Justice Without Racial Justice
鈥淲ithout a focus on correcting injustice, work on climate change addresses only symptoms, and not root causes.鈥