Activism
Valuable Resources: The Ableist Fight Over Plastic Straws
Straws are easy to target, but cities and companies still rely on environmentally harmful practices.
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What Just Happened? : From Fake News to Real Bullets
We all knew this would eventually happen.
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What Just Happened? : Family Separation, Government Gaslighting
If you live in the United States, the Trump administration is carrying out these tactics in your name. Don’t let them.
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Reparations as Revenge: Reina Gossett Wants Her Just Due
It takes me being in space with other Black trans people to have a collective imagination around reparations.
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The Prison Paradox: Ending Mass Incarceration in the Age of Cosby
It’s time to rethink accountability.
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Wobbling Toward Recovery: “Geeta’s Guide To Moving On” Subverts Self-Discovery Tropes
Geeta’s Guide to Moving On excludes whiteness from the breakup and self-discovery narrative.
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Gun Violence is Gun Violence: Two Students on What’s Changed After Parkland and What Hasn’t
Of her eight classes, Kenidra Woods only feels safe in one.
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More Than Checking Privilege: The Gun Debate Has To Get Serious About Race
The tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School didn’t only affect white students.
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Sometimes it Snows in April: The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Still Echoes Through Today’s Gun Violence Activists
For decades, April has marked a somber commemoration in the annals of gun violence, and this month is no exception.
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There Goes the Neighborhood: Can YIMBYs Reverse the Impact of Gentrification?
In cities with crunched markets, many people still can’t afford to buy or rent.
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