How the Climate Change Generation Is Redefining Community
We need to shift more than just our economy. We need to revolutionize our concept of community.
Political Power
大象传媒 believes in the fundamental right of people to determine their own political future, and reports on efforts to expand access to democracy and voter enfranchisement, while also acknowledging the limits of electoral politics, and “democracy” as it has been used as a bludgeon by imperial powers.
Coronavirus Is a Historic Trigger Event. Now Is the Time for a Social Movement to Rise
We can build a powerful people鈥檚 response to provide care in our communities and reshape the limits of what is politically possible.
How Schools Worldwide Are Tackling the Coronavirus Challenge
Schools are closed for hundreds of millions of students, but educators, parents, and children are still learning鈥攊ncluding how to keep a sense of connection.
Appalachian Students Displaced by Outbreak Get a Lifeline
Kentucky鈥檚 Berea College closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, but it鈥檚 not stopping the work of supporting students.
Poets of Color Pave the Way for the Next Generation
Today in the U.S., a number of contemporary poets carry the torch of their work pushing for social change in their communities.
Facing COVID-19 With Community Instead of Fear
As the coronavirus spreads anxiety and panic across the globe, people are finding ways to
share information and support each other.
Are Community Schools the Future of Education Reform?
鈥淚f we help them tap it, our kids have endless potential.鈥�
Harvard Students Connect the Dots Between Slavery and Prison
Students suing the Ivy League say rather than helping to dismantle the system of 鈥渉uman caging,鈥� the school is profiting from it.
Teen Wellness Starts Inside High Schools
Planned Parenthood鈥檚 new Wellbeing Centers in Los Angeles offer much-needed resources and care for teens and their parents.
Environmental Activists of Color
Young Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color at the center of environmental justice movements are often overlooked. This was evident in 2019 during Swedish teen climate activist Greta
Could the U.S. Reinstate the Military Draft?
Fears of a new U.S. war in the Middle East surged at the beginning of the year, along with speculation that the government could reinstate the military draft. In this
Meet the Women Challenging India鈥檚 Anti-Muslim Law
The leaderless sit-in demonstrations by Muslim women have continued around the clock for the last three months and are now being replicated in cities across the country.
When Cops Evicted These Moms, the Housing Conversation Changed
Just after 5 a.m. on Jan. 14, about 30 deputies from the Alameda County Sheriff鈥檚 Office arrived at 2928 Magnolia St. in West Oakland. They came armed with rifles and
10 Things You Should Know About Socialism
What do we mean when we talk about 鈥渟ocialism鈥�? Here are ten things about its theory, practice, and potential that you need to know.
I Turned My Child Marriage Trauma into Activism
Between 2000 and 2010, nearly 250,000 minors were married in the U.S.
Asylum Seekers Receive Grassroots Aid Along the Border in Mexico
Gaby Zavala was in her obstetrician鈥檚 waiting room in Brownsville, Texas, when she first saw the video. Across the river in Matamoros, Mexico, a 15-year-old Honduran girl had been swept
Minneapolis Activists Ask Local Leaders to Invest in Communities, Not Cops
In dramatic effect, a Minneapolis resident dumps a bag of money onto a podium during public comments at the final City Council meeting on the 2020 budget last month. The
How Educators Are Rethinking The Way They Teach Immigration History
In the summer of 2017, before her senior year of high school, Isabelle Doerre-Torres met Carlos,* a Salvadoran immigrant on the verge of deportation. Doerre-Torres was an intern at a
Gabby Giffords: There is Only One Side When It Comes to Gun Violence
Former U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat from Arizona, retired from Congress after she was shot in the head at point-blank range during a congressional event in her district in
Nurturing the Future of the Northern Triangle
Gabriela Yanes, 19, is from one of El Salvador鈥檚 most dangerous municipalities, Las Palmas. Her parents run a food store out of their home, selling rice and other basic commodities
Alicia Garza: How to Prepare for 2020
Who鈥檚 ready for 2020?! As we head into the next decade, many of us are already worn down, discouraged, and exhausted from the rapid-fire struggles of the past three years
How to Start a Union When You Don鈥檛 Have the Right
The growers have the money but . . . the farmworkers have the time. 鈥擟esar Chavez From 1962 to 1993, more than 2,200 people鈥攁ll ages, all walks of life, and
The Christian Right and Left Share the Same Faith But Couldn鈥檛 Be More Different
I didn鈥檛 know Christians could be Democrats until I got to college. Though affiliated with the relatively conservative Christian Reformed Church, my school had a small but vocal minority of
How Youth Have Changed the Climate Movement
鈥淲e do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors. We borrow it from our children,鈥� affirms the Oglala-Sioux version of a belief common to several indigenous cultures. To David Brower,
A Return to Nature-Based Education
At the beginning of the 20th century, untempered industrialization and rampant deforestation prompted the conservation and preservation movements. The creation of Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks at the end of
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