They were part of a civil rights movement with broad aims and an economic justice focus that has gone less valorized in history than lunch-counter activism and voting rights crusades.
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The Fight Starts Here: Immigrant Rights in Oregon
White supremacists are using Oregon as a testing ground for their anti-immigrant agenda. Here’s what immigrants and communities of color in the state are up against—and how we’re fighting back.
My Mother’s Very Specific Meat-Related Rule for Finding Love
Grandma Daniels rejected the idea that women should get less of anything: whether education, respect, or protein.
In Defense Of Mo’Nique: Likeability Shouldn’t Matter When We’re All Disenfranchised And Paid Less
Whether you work in the entertainment industry, as a domestic worker, or as a community grassroots organizer, most — if not all — Black women are being underpaid for doing the exact same work as their non-Black woman peers.
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Cannabusiness Leaders of Color Are Already Breaking Barriers in the Industry, Their Communities
What I discovered was a growing Black- and people of color-led marijuana movement that centers our resilience as we fight to end cycles of poverty and mass incarceration in our communities.
The State of Our Union: From Chaos to Connection
Resistance is not enough to change the destruction around us. It’s time to reshape the chaos into a whole and interconnected world.
Strong Families New Mexico Legislative Report Card
The 2017 report seeks to inform policy makers, organizations and community members about both the policies that promote equitable outcomes for all families and the policies that harm families.
The Laughable Hypocrisy of the ‘Pro-Life’ Movement Under Trump
The contemporary anti-abortion movement has never really cared about lives outside the womb. Now they’re praising Trump as a “pro-life” icon while his administration neglects undocumented immigrants, sick kids, and poor families.
Fat, Black, and Flexible: Yoga star Jessamyn Stanley Says ‘Confidence Is a Fickle Bitch’
As a champion of the fact that all bodies will not be the same or contort the same, Stanley has become an unintentional guru.