Why Empowering Workers Is a Form of Reparations
Slavery was the ultimate labor distortion. A crucial part in the discussion on reparations today should center on reshaping the labor relationship between employers and employees.
Racial Justice
How Public Health Partnerships are Encouraging COVID-19 Vaccination in 4 States
Public health and communications experts from Michigan, Indiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina discuss efforts to encourage people in their states and local communities to get vaccinated.
Uganda’s Long History of Hosting Refugees
The country has a reputation of being progressive on refugee issues—but its efforts are underfunded.
How to Confront Vaccine Refusal in Black and Brown Communities
Getting communities of color vaccinated is a matter of racial justice—and that means confronting the history of medical racism in the U.S. and massive online misinformation.
How U.S. Wars Abroad Are Intimately Tied to Police Brutality at Home
The demands to defund the police are linked to the call for ending militarism. There is a strong case to be made for these movements to join forces against both forms of violence.
As Our Bodies and Planetary Systems Become “Inflamed,” How Do We Heal?
In their new book, authors Rupa Marya and Raj Patel explore how capitalism and colonialism have caused sickness and how Indigenous knowledge can offer healing.
How to Prevent Crime Without Relying on Police
Crime is rising in America. But rather than rely on the knee-jerk response of increased policing, one violence-prevention expert offers his solutions on using a justice-lens to reduce crime.
How Will Recent Political Instability Shape Haiti’s Earthquake Response?
The devastating temblor came just weeks after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse—an event that underscored the precarious political and security environment in modern-day Haiti.
How “Whitey on the Moon” Perfectly Captures Bezos’ Space Joy Ride
The themes of Gill Scott-Heron’s seminal poem written decades ago resonate more strongly than ever as billionaires like Jeff Bezos spend their money on lavish vanity projects.
Decolonizing Our Dreams
Dreams aren’t practical, they are a vision of what is possible.
Beyond “Bridgerton”: Facing Up to Slavery in Europe
This history is visible, but only if you know where to look.
Shapeshifting: Discovering the “We” in Mixed-Race Experiences
For mixed-race people, especially those of us who have one White parent, the answers to questions of identity can be confusing to sort out.
The Fight to Protect Voting Rights Enters the Next Round
Congress members getting arrested is nothing new. It’s just the latest iteration of suppressing Black people’s voting rights.
How Civil Rights Leader Bob Moses Used Math Literacy to Push for Racial Equality
The Algebra Project sprang directly from Bob Moses’ civil rights work in Mississippi, which transformed the state from a segregationist stronghold into a focal point of the civil rights revolution.
How Immigrant Communities Are Addressing Colorism and Anti-Blackness
The #BlackLivesMatter protests in 2020 sparked hard conversations within immigrant communities on how internalized biases based on skin-color remain prevalent.
How Haunani-Kay Trask Shaped Her People’s Struggle for Independence
The Hawaiian movement for self-determination was forever changed by the fierce and unapologetic leadership of the late Haunani-Kay Trask. This loving obituary written by one of Trask’s mentees explores her powerful legacy.
The Unsung Caribbean Roots of the Vegan Food Movement
While eating a plant-based diet is often presented as a white, millennial fad that accompanies gentrification, Black people have a long and rich tradition of plant-based eating.
For Black Women, Self-Care Is a Political Act
“To thrive, we must embrace both our strengths and our vulnerabilities, and give ourselves permission to be human.”
Cities Use Public Transit to Make Nature More Accessible
Seattle is one of several major cities implementing a “transit to trails” program to help more people access local wilderness.
Why Reparations Are About More Than Money
Addressing histories of mass violence have to include both material reparations and public and visible symbolic gestures.
What Critical Race Theory Is—and What It Isn’t
Critical race theory is more patriotic than those who are opposed to it because its framers believe in the promises of equality.
An Independence Day Reflection
Nearly 160 years after Frederick Douglass first delivered his iconic address “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?,” his questions and challenges are as relevant as ever.
Why Juneteenth Matters for White People, Too
The same ethical failing that allowed White people to enslave Africans continues today with indifference to continued Black suffering. It’s time to say “enough.”
Juneteenth Reminds Us That Reparations Are Due
Observances and paid holidays alone can’t fix the problems caused by White supremacy.
On Board with Queer Labor and Racial Solidarity
It was okay to be gay in the Marine Cooks and Stewards. And in the 1940s, MCS integrated to become one of the most progressive unions in the United States.
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