Formed in the early 1930s, this Tennessee institution is still fighting for social and racial justice.
Software Developers in Oakland Are Putting People Over Profit
How coders are working on creating community participation and democratic design.
How the Psychology of Oppression Perpetuates Harm to Animals and the Environment
To achieve justice for all species and the environment, we must create a more relational world.
Activists in Philly Have a Novel Approach to Help De-Oppress Society
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s AORTA helps organizations restructure for greater equity.
Forests Thrive When Indigenous People Have Legal Stewardship of Their Land
This article was produced by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute.
Chicago Teachers Want to Transform Their City into a ‘System of Care’—Will Dems Go Along?
Headbutting and friction continue in the battle of big ideas vs. entrenched leadership.
A Circular Economy
Latino community members in Southern California use the tanda system for mutual financial support.
We Need Public Education to Help Us Address the Challenges We Face, But It’s Under Threat
The Privatisation in Education and Human Rights Consortium
How Corporate News Has Tried to Numb Americans to the Horrors in Gaza
As the Gaza war enters its 12th month with no end in sight, the ongoing horrors continue to be normalized in U.S. media and politics.
The Growth of Malignant and Exclusionary Social Movements
The U.S. and many other societies are cycling into situations of toxic polarization today; discussion, let alone consensus, often appears impossible and the advantage goes to exclusionary social movements built on malignant rather than goodwill impulses.