Ending gender-based violence key to health and well-being
While more evidence on preventing violence and supporting survivors is needed, the time for action is now.
‘A win for Civil Rights’: Federal judge blocks Florida GOP’s anti-protest law
"We are glad the court has agreed to suspend enforcement of this key provision while we continue to advocate to ensure that protesters in Florida can safely exercise their right to speak out against injustice."
Colorado Springs agrees to pay nearly $3M settlement after fatal police shooting
“Nothing in this nightmare could ever make what happened to my son ok or justifiable. There is no amount of money that will bring him back."
How one cooperative is trying to develop an alternative economy in Oakland
Repaired Nations seeks to build wealth for the Black community in the East Bay through education and empowerment of its residents and youth.
NPR devotes almost two hours to Afghanistan over two weeks—and 30 seconds to US...
If NPR cared about the Afghan people, its coverage would be aimed at informing listeners about how their country’s policies are dramatically hurting Afghans.
48,000 unionized University of California academic workers launch ‘historic’ strike
"We're fighting so those of us who do the majority of teaching and research do not have to live with severe rent burdens and debt, while highly paid administrators live in publicly funded mansions," explained one strike leader.
Taking a hard look at police killings
Can re-imagining city budgets make our communities safer?
What’s really behind Republicans’ mounting transphobia?
And why all of us must speak out against it.
The evil that guns do
The firearms lobby suggests that because morality can’t be legislated, the evil of gun violence can only be controlled by... more guns.
Oscar Shoutouts Roundup
Several winners at last night's awards ceremony used their acceptance speeches to speak out on causes meaningful to them.