The personal is still political – and it’s planetary, too
I had an abortion and now I'm not ashamed.
Will San Francisco be the second city to tax extreme CEO-worker pay gaps?
In November 2019, SF voters will decide the fate of a proposed tax on corporations that pay their top exec more than 100 times worker pay.
On a Philippine island, indigenous groups take the fight to big palm oil
After years of struggling against the odds for the rights to their land, the indigenous peoples of Palawan appear to be making progress.
Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest is the tip of the iceberg: human trafficking is the world’s...
Experts have drawn parallels between the theoretic constructs of human trafficking to that of intimate partner violence, in terms of power and control.
Know your rights: How immigrant rights activists are preparing for looming ICE deportation raids
“We tell our community members that no matter what ICE does, don’t open the door.”
The other Mexican migration
Instead of building a senseless border wall to keep people out of the US, our leaders ought to be looking across the border for ideas on how to build a better healthcare system.
How movements can use drama to seize the public imagination
Drama is useful in getting attention for our issues. The Sunrise Movement is only one of the recent movements that grew by...
How Albuquerque hopes to meet the unique needs of urban Native Americans
In Albuquerque, Native Americans account for about 4% of the population, yet they make up 44% of the city’s homeless population, according...
Economy boom? Nearly half of all Americans still struggle to pay their bills
The 'booming economy' has done “little to narrow the persistent economic disparities by race, education, and geography.”
What is the point of your human life?
For some time now, I’ve been trying to assess the point of one’s human life. What makes you (or me) important or...