When Soldiers Come Home, Who Tends to Their Moral Injuries?
Listening can help ease the transition home for veterans and ultimately heal us as a nation.
Mental health
Stop Asking Me to Denounce Islam to Prove I Care About LGBT Rights
Surely, I am not less queer just because I am Muslim.
How I Got Strong and Sexy, Despite Medical Drama and a Hidden Disease
For years, I suffered alone with Crohn鈥檚 disease. But a one-night stand and Bag Lady Mama鈥檚 body-positive Facebook page changed that.
What If Mental Health First Aid Were as Widespread as CPR? New York City鈥檚 Planning to Do It
One in every four Americans experiences mental illness, and lack of police understanding can lead to tragedy. Here鈥檚 what could happen if we were all trained to deal with depression and anxiety.
The Next Libyan Revolution Will Be Led by Women Wielding Words鈥擭ot Guns
鈥淪oft power鈥� gives communities words and tools to fight against violence, fear, and corruption and offers youth weapons of peace against an enemy that wants to drag them into war.
Finally, the U.S. Steps Closer to Racial Healing With a National Truth and Reconciliation Commission
South Africa used truth and reconciliation to address its racist history. Now these organizers think it's time for the United States to do the same.
Forget Nutraloaf鈥擯risoners Are Growing Their Own Food
From New York to California, prison gardening programs serve as cost-effective food sources and provide inmates with better nutrition.
5 Prisons Improving Life on the Inside
From canine cellmates to computer training, prisons across the country are finding small ways to make life behind bars better for inmates.
Are Candidates Exploiting the Families of Black Victims for Votes? Sandra Bland鈥檚 Mom Says 鈥淣o鈥�
Black votes matter, but some question whether Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton鈥檚 endorsements from relatives of police brutality victims are appropriate.
Women Are Better At Expressing Emotions, Right? Why It’s Not That Simple
Men and women both suffer from a culture that discourages us from expressing complex emotions. The answer is deeper listening, and it's the key to healthier, more engaged lives.
The Bravest Response to Fear
From strangers on the street to Muslim refugees鈥攚hy we should embrace the humanity of people we may fear.
The Brilliance of Using Pillowcases to #GiveRefugeesRest
A human rights campaign to protest Islamophobic rhetoric sent message-scrawled pillowcases to 31 governors who expressed support for refugee bans. And more are on the way.
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.
After Trauma: A Graphic Journey Through Wild Healing
In this collection of watercolor illustrations, a comics artist illustrates her journey through grief after the sudden death of her first child.
It Took Me Years to Believe That Black Lives Matter. Now Here鈥檚 What I Need From You
Internalized racism prevented me from seeing how the system works.
Radical Farmers Use Fresh Food to Fight Racial Injustice and the New Jim Crow
If we are to create a society that values black life, we cannot ignore the role of food and land.
6 Strategies to Make Powerful Social Change鈥擲tarting With 鈥淪tay Woke鈥�
Bree Newsome鈥檚 removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina Statehouse reminds us that real change comes from people power.
Video: 10 Years After Katrina, Has New Orleans Recovered?
This new documentary looks at gentrification in New Orleans and its effects on the city's low-income communities.
School Behind Bars: How College Kids and Incarcerated Youth Benefit From Learning Together
Graduates of an 鈥淚nside-Out鈥� program in Oregon say that the experience transformed the way they see the prison system鈥攁nd themselves.
The Indigenous Rituals That Heal Us
How the Medicine Wheel can guide us to transform communities that have suffered from racial injustice
Rev. Sekou on Today鈥檚 Civil Rights Leaders: 鈥淚 Take My Orders From 23-Year-Old Queer Women鈥�
A leading activist pastor speaks about the emerging face of civil rights leadership in 21st century America.
Truth and Reconciliation at Work: How These Commissions Help Heal Wounds From Racial Injustice
Fania Davis explains how Truth and Reconciliation Commissions can help communities heal from a history of racial violence and oppression.
Why Bree Newsome鈥檚 Action Was the 鈥淎mazing Grace鈥� I Needed
She showed us that we liberate ourselves through our actions. She reminded us, in the midst of deep sorrow, that we, who want to see a better America, must keep living, fighting, breathing, doing.
A Rabbi’s Plea: We Need Slavery Reparations In Order to Move Forward
It鈥檚 clear that the trauma of slavery continues to impact the contemporary American psyche.
Things White People Should Never Say
鈥淚鈥檓 not racist, but...鈥� and other things to avoid saying when talking about race.
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