What Welcome Really Looks Like: Softening Hearts to a New Generation of Refugees
The story of the Central American refugees is so essentially American that it鈥檚 a wonder we can鈥檛 recognize how much they belong here.
Activism
大象传媒 Media鈥檚 coverage of activism centers on the ways that grassroots mobilization and activism work to change the political zeitgeist around the most pressing social issues we are facing.
How to Treat a Stranger in Need: A Moral Response to the Migrant Caravans
Throughout history, the biblical story of Exodus has inspired people around the world fleeing persecution.
These Performers Literally Play for Their Lives
O+ Festival was created to address the lack of affordable medical care for a chronically underinsured population: artists and musicians.
Don鈥檛 Trash Thanksgiving. Decolonize It.
Despite the holiday鈥檚 false origin tale, we can celebrate in ways that honor those originally dishonored by the day.
12 Photos of the Migrant Caravan: Hope and Self-Determination
Photojournalist Rob Wilson has been traveling with the caravans from Central America to document the journey of people looking for a better life.
How You Can Help as Migrant Caravans Arrive at the U.S. Border
These are steps you can take right now to assist the refugees, who have risked everything to escape extreme poverty, gang violence, and political instability at home.
The Best Medicine for Confronting Trauma: Be Present
Amid extreme stress and a never-ending stream of bad news, we can reduce harm if we remain connected.
How Reporters鈥� Biases Can Affect the News
Students from a historically Black college and a predominantly White university come together and learn how to navigate the intersections of race, class, gender, and disability.
What Is the Real Cost of Mass Incarceration?
The documentary 鈥楳ilwaukee 53206鈥� depicts the toll of the prison epidemic on families and entire communities.
3 Things You Can Do to Help Avoid Climate Disaster
Hint: Putting solar panels on your house and walking to work are not on the list.
When White Nationalism Lives Too Close to Home
Even the liberal Bay Area is not immune to a newly empowered wave of extremism. Now is the time for us to be constant gardeners of wisdom, compassion, and courage.
5 Ways New Movement Leaders Are Effecting Change
The Parkland students and others are reinventing models for people-powered activism that adapts to today鈥檚 rapid pace of change.
The #MeToo Movement鈥檚 Roots in Women Workers鈥� Rights
An unsung shero of the early 20th century, Rose Schneiderman organized women to fight for laws to protect them from sexual harassment and assault in the workplace.
To Love and Worship Freely: Young Muslim LGBTQ Activists Stand Up
These people are fighting the good fight because LGBTQ+ Muslims shouldn鈥檛 have to sacrifice one identity at the expense of the other.
What the Maps of Hate Groups Reveal
New research offers clues to stop the spread of organized hate groups in the U.S.
I Was Catcalled by 11-Year-Old Boys and Wish I鈥檇 Responded in the Moment
Their coach, with his young son on his lap, just sat there and laughed. Here鈥檚 what happened next.
Locals Unite to Stop Hog Farms From Polluting Their Community
More than 40 families in Iowa are fighting to contain the spread of concentrated animal feeding operations.
Civil Rights Tours Draw in New Generations
The current political landscape is inspiring more people from the U.S. and abroad to visit the sites where the civil rights movement made history.
How to Sue a Dictator
A brutal regime from across the Pacific Ocean ordered the assassination of two union activists in Seattle. Here鈥檚 the true story of how the killers鈥攊ncluding the president of the Philippines鈥攚ere made to answer for the murders.
4 Black Female Judges Use Their Courtrooms to Break the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Inspired by Ava DuVernay鈥檚 documentary 鈥�13th,鈥� and their own experiences, these women mentor youth to keep them out of the criminal justice system.
I Support NFL Players鈥� Protests. But I鈥檓 Not Boycotting the NFL
Because at this moment in time the power of Black athletes is overcoming the power of White billionaires.
What History Books Left Out About Depression Era Co-ops
It would seem that a movement that provided livelihood for more than 300,000 people in California alone would merit discussion in the history books.
A Way to Talk About Race, 6 Words at a Time
The Race Card Project eases people into conversations around the uneasy topic of race and racism.
#MySmallWorks: Your Small Actions Have Big Power
Don’t listen to the cynics. Your small actions can create powerful change.
All around us are tiny opportunities to make the world a better place. Do you take public
9/11 Brought Them Together. They鈥檝e Been Preaching Love Ever Since
A rabbi, a minister, and an imam forge a bond, discovering new spiritual depths via dialogue and friendship.
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