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We are alienating each other with unrestrained callouts and unchecked self-righteousness. Here鈥檚 how that can stop.
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Confederate Statues Have Been Invisible to Most White People
We鈥檝e been living alongside the Confederacy too long, and white people are finally starting to notice.
Charlottesville Was Not a 鈥淧rotest Turned Violent.鈥� It Was a Planned Race Riot
Isn鈥檛 it time for the media to be honest and call white supremacists the domestic terrorists that they are?
How to Go the Resistance Distance: Pop-Up Schools for Novice Activists
Modeled after the Civil Rights Era鈥檚 citizenship and freedom schools, the new Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership teaches skills for the Trump Era.
Signs of Revolution in a Not-Yet-Great America
Since the president sees himself foremost as a negotiator, perhaps it鈥檚 time for a negotiated revolution. Not to break us apart, but to bring us together.
A Small Act of Scientific Civil Disobedience
Big science publications put important peer-reviewed research behind expensive paywalls. But some scientists have found creative ways around them.
Black Communities, not Trump Executive Orders, Will End 鈥淐arnage鈥�
In Chicago and Detroit, citizens already are protecting their neighborhoods from violence. If the president wants to send in help, they say, he can start with education, housing, and justice.
Detroit鈥檚 Massive Muslim Community Looks for Allies in the Trump Era
Fifty-five percent of Americans know very little or nothing at all about Islam, but this group wants to change that.
To Women Marchers: Just Because You Don鈥檛 Feel Welcome Doesn鈥檛 Mean You Don鈥檛 Belong
Issues that impact the womanhood of any one of us鈥攄irectly or indirectly鈥攊mpact all of us.
Has History 鈥淪anitized鈥� King鈥檚 Words? Inside the Push to #ReclaimMLK Day
Organizers hope to connect today鈥檚 civil rights movements to those of the past with a week of demonstrations across the country leading up to Inauguration Day.
What鈥檚 Up, Pussy Hat? Knitting Activists Cause Shortages of Pink Yarn
In the weeks leading up to Inauguration Day and the Women鈥檚 March on Washington, a furious knitting revolution is sweeping craft baskets across the country.
North Dakota鈥檚 Public Bank Was Built for the People鈥擭ow It鈥檚 Financing Police at Standing Rock
The nation鈥檚 only state bank was created to empower small farmers and local economies, but now it鈥檚 being used to silence indigenous people with militarized force. How did this happen?
20 Ways to Take a Bigger, Louder Stand in the Post-Election World
Many of us are rekindling our activist spirit knowing that the next four years will require everyone to act.
How to Attempt Racial Healing鈥擡ven During a Trump Presidency
America鈥檚 past truth and reconciliation processes show us what works.
How Cities Can Protect People Threatened By Trumpism
Cities can offer shelter and protection to their vulnerable citizens and become a place progressives can exert real power.
The Call to 鈥淓nd the War on Black Lives鈥� Starts With Accountability
Next year, the DOJ will collect nationwide data on police shootings and other violent encounters with the public. Is that enough progress?
Who Deserves a Liberal Arts Degree? For Inmates, It鈥檚 a Way Out
Obama's controversial pilot program will make higher education dollars available to inmates this year. Proponents hope it will build on the success private liberal arts programs are achieving in prisons across the country.
It鈥檚 Citizens Who Will Save Us From Citizens United
Constitutional amendment organizers are confident of an eventual victory. 鈥淭he push toward justice has always started at the grassroots.鈥�
Will Historic Standing Rock Talks Change U.S.-Tribe Relationships?
The Department of Justice promised to consider nationwide reform in how the U.S. treats tribal land. Legal experts consider what, exactly, that might look like.
My Brush With Terrorism Helped Me Find My Courage
Sometimes it seems that the world is responding to violence only with violence, but there are other possibilities.
A Test of U.S. Climate Leadership Will Be How We Treat the Standing Rock Sioux
Can we trust Clinton-Kaine promises of an energy future 鈥渨here no one is left out or left behind鈥�?
As #BankBlack Moves Money, Black Credit Unions Are Ready
While the number of Black-owned banks is down to only 22, there are 318 Black credit unions uniquely positioned to invest in their communities.
#WallOffTrump: How Humor Defied Racism at the RNC
Laughter makes us feel safer, stronger, and more together. In Cleveland, activists used it to flip Trump's own ridiculous words upside down.
In New York, Republicans and Democrats Join Forces to Overturn Citizens United
Seventeen states have called for a constitutional amendment to reduce the influence of money in politics. So who鈥檚 next?
Climate Change Film Tells Us 鈥淗ow to Let Go of the World鈥�
In his new documentary, Josh Fox says we can use love to push aside the fear and hopelessness that comes with climate change.
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