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Funders Remain MIA for Many in Asian and Native American Communities

February 15, 2022

Did foundations increase their support of racial justice after the murder of George Floyd? Yes, but not in Asian American, Pacific Islander, or Native communities.

A Love Ethic

By Cyndi Suarez

February 10, 2022

At a time when we are encouraged to privatize love, bell hooks’s love ethic—love as a social pursuit—is more important than ever.

I’m Rooting for Everybody Black: Black Solidarity, Black World Building and Black Love

By Carole V. Bell

February 10, 2022

This essay explores how two impulses—the confrontation of injustice and escape from it—have played out in an emphasis on Black solidarity as a conduit for Black Freedom and in the construction of extensive Black Community and even Black Worlds.

We Owe You Nothing: The Movement to Cancel Student Debt Gains Ground

By Rithika Ramamurthy

February 9, 2022

The fight to cancel student debt gains momentum as members of the Debt Collective call on President Biden to end federal student loan debt by executive order.

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LEADERSHIP

HEALTH JUSTICE

Healing-Centered Leadership: A Path to Transformation

What does it take to heal a broken society? How do we begin to pivot toward values that build greater connection and meaning? The solutions to these challenges require healing our collective trauma and restoring a sense of possibility in our work.

ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY

HIGHER EDUCATION

The Fight Against Caste Oppression Comes to US Higher Education

Caste, like race, is reproduced through economic, social, and political oppression. Recent anti-caste activism in US labor unions—including higher education unions—shows that working people rising up is one of the best weapons against casteism.

RACE + POWER

RACIAL JUSTICE

Leaders of Color at the Forefront of the Nonprofit Sector’s Challenges

Leaders of color are finally being asked to lead nonprofit organizations, but often it is to address longterm racial justice issues that are actually sector-level challenges.