This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On Jan. 7, 2025, people across the Los Angeles area watched in horror as powerful winds began spreading wildfires through neighborhood after neighborhood. Over three weeks, the fires destroyed more…
The rise in online violence against women human rights defenders, activists and journalists has reached a tipping point, often fueling offline attacks, according to a new report released today, produced…
My fiancé left me a few months after I recovered from COVID-19. Recovered is probably the wrong word. I could remember my birthdate again. I no longer spoke nonsense when…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In times of extraordinary uncertainty, grief, and antagonism, we find strength in regrounding in our values, fortifying our strategies, and taking action toward the future we know is possible. In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As college campuses grapple with protests, “free speech zones,” where schools limit activities such as pamphleteering or demonstrations to contained areas on campus, may sound like a good thing. And…
October was LGBTQ History month thanks to a history teacher from rural Missouri. Rodney Wilson made history in 1994 when he came out as gay to his St. Louis high school classroom, not far…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Transgender Day of Remembrance honors trans people lost to homicide and violence at memorials around the world. This year, LGBTQ+ advocates are using the somber day to call on politicians…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Seventy years have passed since Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat on a Montgomery bus, and yet the country still tries to shrink her into that single moment —…
Matthew Hart, Executive Director of the Global Philanthropy Project (GPP), and Sarah Gunther, the Fund Our Futures Campaign Manager, had one critical thing in common; both are deeply and personally…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While serving a sentence of 28-years-to-life in New York State prisons for killing a rival drug dealer, John J. Lennon, a leading incarcerated journalist, has published works of journalism in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As one housing advocate recently explained about how grassroots initiatives rebuild community and prevent homelessness, “Bottom-up activities at the block level may do more to assist with resilience and community…
We launched our New York Rural Organizing Portfolio in June 2024 with an attainable yet impactful goal: raise $15,000 in general operating funds for each of the thirteen organizations featured…