Tag: equality
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.”
Watch: New York City teens take charge in the fight against...
Join Teens Take Charge in their fight: share this video to keep your community informed and help these teens #IntegrateNow.
Can we have fair capitalism?
If we had certain services provided by the government while others provided by private businesses, what would be the best way to make certain that both were being operated properly and in accordance with standards of fairness?
Race for profit: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on how banks & real estate...
Recent census data reveals the homeownership rate for African Americans has fallen to its lowest level since before the civil rights movement.
Bernie Sanders’ plan to end corporate greed
As Sen. Bernie Sanders returns to the campaign trial, he starts off by unveiling a new proposal that would both roll back...
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Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Addicted to war?
War Fever, Trump-Style.
Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.