My Mom Fled War Too: Finding Compassion for Syrian Refugees
Like refugees everywhere, my mom gave her children the gift of a better life鈥攁nd an understanding of what it means to risk everything for it.
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Paris Attacks and Climate Change Push Us to Fix a World of Broken Systems
The rise of ISIS, the 鈥渨ar on terror,鈥� the attack on Paris鈥攖hese are symptoms of a civilization in its twilight. But the displays of global solidarity show that the seeds of a new paradigm are being planted.
Can Cities End the School-to-Prison Pipeline? Relentless Organizers Are Tallying Wins
鈥淲e have always said that this is a battle of imagination over incarceration.鈥�
Meet the Indian Women Trying to Take Down 鈥淐aste Apartheid鈥�
Asha Kowtal and the Dalit Women's Self-Respect March traveled across Northern India to document the ongoing violence against women who were once branded as "untouchable." Now, they're raising new leaders, and finding allies in Black Lives Matter.
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.
Pope Francis Is Right: We Can鈥檛 Make Future Generations Solve Climate Change
If we keep putting it off for our grandchildren to deal with, there will be no turning back.
Newark’s Citizen Disciplinary Board Could Flex Rare Muscle Over Police
More than 200 cities have civilian boards that recommend consequences for police who break the rules. Most boards lack enforcement power, but Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is trying to change that.
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.
Inside the Texas Megachurch Where 90 Percent of Worshipers Are LGBT
There are hundreds of LGBT-friendly churches around the country鈥攁nd many are in conservative cities where you'd least expect them.
California Settlement May Release 2,000 Prisoners From Solitary Confinement
For one man, the class-action settlement means being around other people for the first time in 25 years.
Sci-Fi Fandom Declares Victory After Reactionary Nominees Lose Big at the Hugos
Despite a deck stacked against women and people of color, the voters rewarded both.
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.
Sad Puppies, Rabid Chauvinists: Will Raging White Guys Succeed in Hijacking Sci-Fi鈥檚 Biggest Awards?
More and more women have been nominated for Hugo Awards in recent years鈥攗ntil this year. Here鈥檚 what鈥檚 at stake.
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.
Study Shows Mindful Meditation Helps Reduce Racial Bias
A new study shows that meditation can transform racial bias at any age.
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.
Watch These 12-Year-Olds Talk About Race More Candidly Than Most Adults Do
These New York City middle-schoolers opened up about their experiences with race and racism in WNYC's "Being 12" series.
17 Ways You Can Work For 精东影业
Be present, question assumptions, and be loud! Social transformation starts with everyday people working for change.
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.
How a White Supremacist Became a Civil Rights Activist
The story of a KKK leader鈥檚 transformation shows us that we need not live forever with the kind of violence we saw in Charleston last week.
Watch Jon Stewart鈥檚 Moving Comments on Charleston Shooting and Racism in America鈥�
For once, Stewart had no jokes to offer.
What I Learned From My Weeklong Obsession with Rachel Dolezal
Is Rachel Dolezal blacker than I am, or a misguided white woman in need of a reality check? I asked two black women鈥攐ne who worked with Dolezal and another who is a leader in the #BlackLivesMatter movement鈥攖o weigh in.
Can Money Help Shrink Jail Populations? The MacArthur Foundation Is Betting $75M on It
The grants will help jail systems develop a plan for eliminating 鈥渢he overuse and misuse of jails.鈥� But prisoner advocate Dan Berger says this doesn鈥檛 address larger issues like police bias and racism.
Audio: Desmond Tutu and His Daughter Mpho On How the U.S. Can Heal From Racial Wounds
The father and daughter recently published The Book of Forgiving, a guide to help perpetrators and victims embrace their mutual humanity.
Chicago Just Became the First U.S. City to Pay Reparations to Victims of Police Torture
For nearly 20 years, officers of the Chicago Police Department tortured more than 100 people. How survivors and their lawyers won a decades-long fight.
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