Pressure from activists has led all but five major banks to break ties with private prisons. Multibillion-dollar corporations like GEO Group and CoreCivic are running out of financial partners.
In San Francisco, high housing costs have spurred the development of a new kind of housing co-op—one that designs, builds, and owns “granny flat” units at scattered sites throughout the city.
Violence against transgender people is on the rise and the majority of victims are transgender women of color.
It’s out of fashion to ban books in a democracy, but prisons and jails have a long history of doing so—even as ever greater numbers of our people are incarcerated. But what is banned?
In terms of economic indicators such as revenue and employment, the nonprofit sector’s growth has been significant. So why aren’t the values that nonprofits espouse more prominent?
Remanded from federal court, the issue of gerrymandering and voting rights once again arises, making its way into state courts in North Carolina.
The Hawaiian state attorney general’s office has subpoenaed documents from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, a semi-autonomous agency, over the latter’s support of Native Hawaiian sovereignty protests.
In a 76-page report, Democratic members of the US Senate Finance Committee call for the NRA’s tax-exempt status to be reviewed by the IRS.
The Honduras Museum of National Identity appears to be having its own identity crisis, as current social realities challenge state-favored narratives of Mayan glory.
Activism at work is easier when the economy is strong. When the next recession comes, will activism decline as well?
These days, the phrase “systems change” is often used as a disembodied, technical term. But real systems change isn’t about technique; it’s about changing relations of power.
A summer project examining the histories of the more than 100 slaves owned by George Mason leads the namesake university to commission a memorial, slated to open in 2021.