Town meetings expose community health crisis after Houston fire
By Mirinda Crissman and Gloria Rubac April 6, 2019 On March 17, a petrochemical fire at Intercontinental Terminals [...]
Racism & Oppression
Georgia, #1 in maternal deaths, passes country’s most restrictive abortion law
By Dianne Mathiowetz April 4, 2019 The Georgia legislature succeeded in passing the most restrictive law governing access [...]
Black students at Princeton Theological Seminary demand reparation for school’s slavery connections
By Betsey Piette April 3, 2019 Black students at Princeton Theological Seminary say it’s time for the institution to [...]
Black and Brown workers reveal Philadelphia City Council gentrification scheme
By Ted Kelly March 25, 2019 Abdul-Aliy Muhammad of the Black and Brown Workers Cooperative. (Photo Credit: Ted Kelly) At 2 [...]
Never forget the 2018 Austin bombings
By Teresa Gutierrez March 25, 2019 One year ago, from March 2 through 21, this city was gripped by acts of terror when Mark [...]
Russell Westbrook incident exposes ongoing racism
By Monica Moorehead March 20, 2019 Russell Westbrook is a super-talented guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder and a former [...]
Elizabeth Jennings — a New York City pioneer
By Dolores Cox March 21, 2019 More than a century before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus [...]
Fighting Islamophobia worldwide is how to respond to the massacre in New Zealand
March 19, 2019 The world reverberated on March 15 to the horrifying news that 50 people had been murdered and scores [...]
Students lead campaign against Confederate statue at University of Mississippi
By Minnie Bruce Pratt March 11, 2019 Oxford, Miss., March 9 — A home-grown, student-led campaign delivered four powerful [...]
People of color & women make history with Hollywood awards
By Monica Moorehead March 7, 2019 Ruth Carter On Feb. 23, one day before the 91st Academy Awards (aka the Oscars) ceremony, [...]
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