Tag: equality
Supreme Court rules in favor of Civil Rights Act of 1964...
"LGBTQI people have a right to the same protections as everyone else, and they deserve to be able to live their lives without fear of discrimination—something the Supreme Court has affirmed today.”
Creating a mixed race legal system
We should swear an oath that our children will never need to experience a George Floyd death, and the unfairness and inequality that we have today shall be no more.
Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Costa Rica—first in Central America
"This change will cause a significant social and cultural transformation of the country."
Beyond #Metoo, 3 movements making a difference for gender equity
From closing the wage gap and protecting reproductive rights to ending gender-based sexual exploitation, the push to support and empower women and nonbinary people has roots that date back generations.
White nationalism and public health
We can start small—sign a petition calling for equity in health care—and think big as we consider the stakes of the 2020 election.
We are the majority; we must turn that into power
We are building toward being a movement that can make transformational changes over the next decade.
If current trends hold, women around the world will have to...
"To build fairer and more inclusive economies we must instill gender parity across education, health, politics, and economic participation."
Black farmers embrace practices of climate resiliency
They are using heritage farming practices to undo some of the damage brought on by decades of intense tillage by early European settlers.
NYC students strike to demand racial equity in nation’s largest—and most...
“We, the students, have had enough. It is past time to integrate our school system, and we will not relent until the adults stop acting like children.”
When disaster strikes, indigenous communities receive unequal recovery aid
“There are huge gaps in the way the federal government responds to tribes when a natural disaster occurs.”