5 Places to View Pre-Colonial America
The ancient history of this country is often overlooked. Here are landmarks significant to Indigenous people that were renamed by white settlers.
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How Tucson Preserves Its Native Food Heritage
The prevalence of food-related disease among indigenous people, like members of the Tohono O鈥檕dham Nation, is glaring鈥攁nd drives many of the city鈥檚 food justice efforts.
Call for Submissions: The Mental Health Issue
Send us your leads and pitches by May 1.
Taking MLK鈥檚 Message Global
The civil rights icon saw economic issues to be intertwined with racial justice. Today鈥檚 globalized economy makes justice that much harder to achieve.
Today鈥檚 Young Adults Want to Redesign Capitalism. But Into What?
The data suggest that today鈥檚 young people are losing faith in capitalism鈥攁nd ready to embrace something much more fair.
Mothers Dying After Childbirth Is a Medical Issue鈥擝ut Cultural, Too
Even as the U.S. rate of infant mortality has decreased, the rate of maternal mortality has increased. Here鈥檚 what male-dominated medicine has to do with it.
The Revolution Is Being Podcasted
These popular audio shows use compassion, practical tools, and a little millennial humor to encourage listeners to engage.
White Allies, Let鈥檚 Be Honest About Decolonization
I want to experience the solidarity of allied actions that refuse fantastical narratives of commonality and hope.
How This Tribe Got Their Coastal California Lands Returned
The Kashia鈥檚 success might be the first time that a tribe in the U.S. has held a private deed鈥攁s well as management rights鈥攖o their ancestral lands.
5 Indigenous Women Asserting the Modern Matriarchy
They鈥檙e reclaiming the tradition of female leadership and turning the old, white, male-dominated perspective of history on its head.
What鈥檚 Wrong With Saying Stephen Hawking Is 鈥淔inally Free鈥�
Our disabilities are not our bodies. Our disabilities are a society based on capitalist assumptions that greatness confers meaning in one鈥檚 life.
An Illustrated Essay: Why I Love the Real Marjory Stoneman Douglas
The spirit and sass of the Parkland school鈥檚 namesake live on in the million young anti-violence activists who have risen up since the shooting.
Conservatives Agree the New Pro-War Ideologues Are Dangerous
Alarm over John Bolton, who has pushed for pre-emptive war in North Korea and bombing Iran, isn鈥檛 just among progressives.
鈥淒ecolonization Starts Inside of You鈥�
Photographer Josu茅 Rivas spent seven months living at Standing Rock, documenting the gathering force of Native Americans and their allies. He says it wasn鈥檛 just a protest; it was an awakening.
When They Couldn鈥檛 Afford Internet Service, They Built Their Own
The digital justice project is putting people online and providing technology training in Detroit neighborhoods.
#DeleteFacebook? Not in Indian Country
The social network has done more for bolstering the modern Indigenous rights agenda than perhaps any other platform of our time.
How Facebook鈥檚 Data Has Been Turned Against Its Users鈥攁nd Democracy
The company does more than just sell your data. It has put modern democracy at stake.
Students Look Beyond Gun Control Laws to Prevent Violence鈥攁nd It鈥檚 Working
As lawmakers argue over how best to address school shootings, student clubs are focused on reducing youth violence at schools and in their communities.
The Indigenous Collective Using Tattoos to Rise Above Colonialism
Spirit writing is more than tattoos. It鈥檚 guidance from the past that connects our responsibilities to each other and to earth.
What Standing Rock Gave the World
Americans saw the Indigenous struggle鈥攖he violence, stolen resources, colluding corporations and governments鈥攖hat goes hand in hand with protecting the Earth.
The Importance of Movies Like 鈥淏lack Panther鈥� and 鈥淎 Wrinkle in Time鈥�
Researchers say that negative media portrayals of racial groups harm the self-esteem of children of color.
Tribes Build a Traditional Watch House to Stop Kinder Morgan Pipeline Expansion
And since the fall, Tiny House Warriors have been putting homes in the path of the pipeline.
The Racist Origin of the Second Amendment and the Rise of Black Gun Ownership
Many people of color are faced with uneasy support for a civil right that began as a way to oppress them.
Why Reading Sherman Alexie Was Never Enough
As the #MeToo spotlight moves to Indian Country, epidemic violence against Native women meets tokenism in publishing.
99 Problems and SATs Ain鈥檛 One: How Hip-Hop Literacy Programs Improve Student Reading Skills
Teachers hope programs like this will create 鈥渁 paradigm shift to how hip-hop is viewed culturally and its place in education.鈥�
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