The Really Scary Thing About the CDC’s Seven “Banned” Words The two words we should be worried most about? Fascism and authoritarianism. Mark Rahner | Dec 18, 2017
12 Reasons Biking Is About to Get Way More Popular It’s no longer a white-people thing, a big city thing, or an ultra-fit athlete thing. Jay Walljasper | Dec 16, 2017
What Went Wrong With Men That 12 Million Women Said #MeToo? No one is born a rapist, a sexual abuser, or a porn addict. John Bell | Dec 15, 2017
In Norway, Racism Is Losing. Here’s Why The Scandinavian success comes from focusing on economic justice and making immigrant success stories more visible. George Lakey | Dec 15, 2017
How to Decolonize the Way You Think About Your Body When it comes to eating disorder awareness, communities of color are too often left out of the conversation. Ayu Sutriasa | Dec 14, 2017
We Saved Net Neutrality Once. We Can Do It Again Just a few years ago, powerful grassroots pressure rose up to protect a free and open internet. Adam Eichen, Frances Moore Lappé | Dec 12, 2017
The Radio Show Bringing Prisoners Messages from Home For inmates that can’t afford phone calls, this weekly program connects them to faraway family and friends. Ivy Brashear | Dec 11, 2017
Trump Supporters Infuriated Me. But Then Van Jones Changed My Mind I saw shades of the men in my own life in Jones’ story, and deeper understanding set in. Christine Hanna | Dec 9, 2017
Trump’s Planned Visit to Civil Rights Museum Triggers Boycotts A tone-deaf choice to honor civil rights leaders: Trump is supported by the KKK and refused to denounce white supremacists after Charlottesville. Lornet Turnbull | Dec 8, 2017
Why Trump’s Shrinking of Bears Ears Will Be Reversed Research by environmental and natural resources law scholars shows the president’s action will likely be overturned by the courts. Eric Biber, Mark Squillace, Nicholas Bryner, Sean B. Hecht | Dec 7, 2017
Hear That? It’s New Impeachment Talk as Flynn Turns on Trump While it’s tempting to consider the end of this presidency, we should consider the long road ahead. Chris Winters | Dec 1, 2017
I Can’t Hate Keillor and Lauer If I Want to End the Patriarchy When hatred stops our ability to understand, it prevents our ability to make change. Colin Beavan | Nov 30, 2017
Activism | Local power Why Redneck Revolt Says Deal With Racism First, Then Economics Addressing our systems of White supremacy cannot be dismissed as “identity politics.” Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Nov 29, 2017
2017 Was Terrible for Food Policy. But 2018 Could Shake Things Up Will the farm bill and midterm elections put food back in the spotlight on Capitol Hill? H. Claire Brown | Nov 24, 2017
How Vilifying Teen Girls Has Protected Powerful Men In recent years, increasing the power and independence of young women has brought dramatic decreases in pregnancies and sexual abuses. Mike Males | Nov 20, 2017
Your Uncle Said What? How to Talk About Social Justice With Your Family During the Holidays Finding connection and engaging face to face is important social change work—especially during holiday gatherings. Wyatt Massey | Nov 17, 2017
Reproductive Freedom Depends on Where You Live. How Does Your City Rank? Cities are playing a crucial role in protecting reproductive rights as federal and state governments grow more restrictive. Lornet Turnbull | Nov 13, 2017
The Real Difference Between Men Who Rape and Those Who Don’t If we can’t talk about patriarchy, then let’s admit we’re giving up on the goal of a world without rape and harassment. Robert Jensen | Nov 9, 2017
Why We Keep Talking About Racism Sometimes difficult discussion about race and oppression is a solution in itself. Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Nov 9, 2017
Trans Youth Use Theater to Raise Awareness and Change Policy In this small town, the stage has become a venue to educate political leaders on transgender issues. Sammi-Jo Lee | Nov 6, 2017
What Happens When Men Say #MeToo, Too? As a self-identified feminist man who has survived abuse, I wonder how and if I should participate in the conversation. Colin Beavan | Oct 31, 2017
Opioid Addicts Get Compassion. Crack Addicts Get Mass Incarceration Communities are scrambling to save lives and get people into rehabilitation, but it wasn’t always that way. Lornet Turnbull | Oct 27, 2017
How I Confronted My Own Privilege as a Person of Color The ongoing discourse over racial injustice in my adopted country has had me thinking of my own upbringing in India. Prashant Nema | Oct 26, 2017
Van Jones’ “Messy Truth”: We’re All a Little Right, and We’re All a Little Wrong Liberals and conservatives have too much in common—and too much at stake—to keep hiding behind differences. Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Oct 13, 2017