In a world where the U.S. federal government still executes incarcerated people, it’s easy to see the nation-state’s vicious obsession with the idea of “irredeemable criminality.” There are few places ...

“I no longer believe in the Democratic Party,” says Kylie Sparks, a Los Angeles–based actor, writer, and organizer. Sparks volunteered for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in 2012 and worked on ...

Since taking office in January 2025, President Donald Trump has launched an all-out assault on the nation’s past. He has cut funding and signed executive orders targeting historical programming at ...

Aliana Alexandra Coello Exclusa is an Afro-Boricua decolonial feminist, facilitator, organizer, educator, and scholar from Santurce. For 10 years, she has worked with various grassroots organizations ...

By now, people in the United States and around the world are accustomed to the current U.S. regime being compared to the rise of the Nazi regime in 1930s Germany. But there is a much more recent ...

Lynda V. Mapes covers environmental and Indigenous issues for the Seattle Times. She is author of six books, including most recently Orca: Shared Waters, Shared Home, winner of the 2021 National ...

How Haryana Became the First Indian State With Safe Homes In the early 2000s, people in Haryana scorned and actively attacked intercaste and interfaith couples, as well as couples from the same Gotra ...

When Renee Lau, a special projects coordinator at the trans-led housing and wellness center Baltimore Safe Haven, transitioned at the age of 63, she lost everything. “My marriage fell apart,” she says ...

One day a week, 70-year-old Javier Gastelum sits beneath a shade tree outside a bakery near his home to chat with old friends and sell a few pounds of fresh Mexican cheese. For 30 years, Gastelum’s ...

The “Solving Plastic” Issue.From the Editors Introduction: The Solving Plastic Issue In this issue we explore the history of plastic, its global impacts, and some of the most inspiring solutions we’ve ...

Victoria Davila, 23, poses for a portrait during an interview with AFP at the shelter for migrants from the LGBTQ community called "Casa Frida" in Mexico City on June 24, 2024. LGBTQ migrants, ...

Public Pharmaceuticals Written by Dana Brown The global medicines market is dominated by large private drug companies responsible for a decline in meaningful innovation as well as skyrocketing prices, ...