The growers have the money but . . . the farmworkers have the time. 鈥擟esar Chavez From 1962 to 1993, more than 2,200 people鈥攁ll ages, all walks of life, and
I didn鈥檛 know Christians could be Democrats until I got to college. Though affiliated with the relatively conservative Christian Reformed Church, my school had a small but vocal minority of
鈥淲e do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors. We borrow it from our children,鈥 affirms the Oglala-Sioux version of a belief common to several indigenous cultures. To David Brower,
Like so many activists, Jess Tilley discovered grassroots organizing through personal hardship. In 1997, she was living in Northampton, Massachusetts, regularly injecting heroin. A limited access to clean needles led
The Alliance for Boys and Men of Color鈥檚 Healing Together Campaign aims to end intimate partner violence by advocating for policy changes鈥攁nd seeking healing for both survivors and the people who harm them.
From reinstating voting rights of those with felony convictions to helping people obtain IDs, grassroots and state-level efforts are making it easier to vote.
The institutions responsible for harming people operate across borders far more than most people realize, yet many groups are joining forces to gain strength.