Good news: Straight people don’t need a parade
Straight pride is already well-represented in everything from children’s books to rom-coms to music videos.
What school segregation looks like in the US today, in 4 charts
"All regions of our country and rural and metropolitan areas alike have changing patterns of segregation that demand the public’s attention and action."
Jerry Brown didn’t invite grassroots activists to his Climate Summit – they came anyway
The youth, indigenous, and climate and environmental justice groups gathered that morning were largely excluded from official programming. So, they created their own.
This July 4th, Trump will take $2.5 million from national park funds
In order to fund Trump’s Fourth of July extravaganza (he is calling “Salute to America”) on the National Mall, he has taken...
Dr. King’s radical revolution of values
Dr. King’s spirit lives on in the new Poor People’s Campaign, and in every place radicals gather to change the world.
Making sense of reactionary victim culture
Along with their portrayal of themselves as the real victims of made up or almost entirely online concepts like ‘cancel culture’, many on the right from politicians to pundits also excel at projection.
How urban planning keeps cities segregated—and maintains white supremacy
Across the U.S., racial segregation was not the byproduct of urban planning but often its intention. Minneapolis, one of the most liberal cities in the country, is no exception.
Scotland Yard investigating sexual assault claims against Harvey Weinstein
Weinstein has reportedly entered rehab in an attempt to lighten his sentence in the face of multiple impending international sexual assault and rape investigations.
“Disaster patriarchy”: V (Eve Ensler) on how the pandemic has unleashed a war on...
“Women are losing their safety, their economic power, their autonomy, their education, and they are pushed onto the frontlines, where they are often used, unprotected and sacrificed.”
Higher education in America’s prisons: 4 essential reads
Research shows that providing education to such young men – and young women – when they become incarcerated makes them less likely to return to prison.