Democracy

Natavia lives in the 800 square-foot family house her grandmother bought on the east side of Jacksonville, Florida almost 80 years ago. Natavia is the third generation to call the property home. “I value the house for the memories,” she said.

The road to making legal equal protection real, proactive, and effective is long, but it begins with being clear about the destination.

Digital advocacy organizations are distinct from many traditional NGOs, such as Oxfam or Greenpeace. Most NGOs engage in advocacy campaigns based on long-term commitment to a cause, and where expert…

“Native American communities have seen more robust news coverage in recent years, in part because of an increase in Indigenous affairs reporting positions at U.S. newsrooms and financial support from…

A conversation with Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor about building cohesion across differences and organizing transformative social movements.

Nearly every country has committed to preserving 30% of the planet’s land and oceans by 2030 to protect against biodiversity loss. This is an urgent and necessary commitment.But as governments work to meet this and other environmental goals, Indigenous populations — who manage, use or occupy at least…

The expanded child tax credit proposed under the Biden American Rescue Plan is the largest single anti-poverty investment in children since the introduction of Head Start to over half a…

In the days and weeks leading up to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, disinformation about abortion surged online. Many of the false claims, part of a decades-in-the-making coordinated…

The connection between foster care and homelessness is well known among those working in the field. For youth transitioning from care who had a prior episode of homelessness, a future…

If you live in one of the most economically deprived neighborhoods in your city, you might think the government is directing a smaller share of public funds to your community.…

When its six-week abortion ban went into effect on May 1, 2024, Florida joined nearly two dozen other U.S. states that ban abortion or greatly restrict it. These laws came…

Many rural counties in the United States face the dual challenges of lagging economic growth and increasingly severe effects of climate change. While urban areas are not uniformly prosperous and…