Massachusetts’s 40-year Right to Shelter for unhoused families has been effectively halted.
Sonya Massey Should Still Be Alive. What Can Be Done to Save Other Black Disabled People?
As a Black woman with a disability, Sonya Massey was particularly vulnerable to encountering police violence. Her death amplifies the need for alternative response programs.
The Looming Threat of Contraception Restriction
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, some advocates have warned that contraception restrictions could be the next blow to women’s reproductive autonomy.
The Future of Climate Justice Is Grounded in Geography
One field exists focused on the intersections of the climate crisis, but it’s been pushed out of colleges and universities nationwide.
Warning Signs for Philanthropy: The Authoritarian Crackdown on Social Movements
A recent DOJ report revealed abuses and misconduct by the Phoenix police. The report also offers a strategy to advocate for philanthropic support for social movements in solidarity against authoritarianism.
Why Investing in Girls and Gender-Expansive Youth of Color Is Critical: A Conversation with Monique Couvson
As the only national philanthropic intermediary organization focused on girls, femmes, and gender-expansive youth of color, Grantmakers for Girls of Color is intentional about meeting their needs.
Organizing for Fair Wages and Fair Treatment in a Nonprofit
At a community development nonprofit, workers felt underpaid and overstressed. By organizing and articulating clear demands, however, the workplace was transformed.
Regenerative Housing Initiatives: From Private Equity to Community Ownership
In response to private equity and other real estate “bad actors,” residents are organizing to make community-sourced solutions for land and housing a reality.
Corporate Economic Blackmail and What to Do about It
Companies may throw a bone to communities, but it’s nowhere near the money they take and not enough to enable taxpayers to ever break even. And when costs and benefits are crunched by race, income, and geography, such deals worsen racialized inequality. In short, what passes for “economic development” is too often little more than politician-abetted corporate extraction of public resources.
They Need Us More Than We Need Them—The Power of Debtor Organizing
Mass indebtedness presents an opening for a new form of resistance to exploitation. As in the words often attributed to J. Paul Getty: “If you owe the bank $100,000 the bank owns you. If you owe the bank $100 million, you own the bank.”
Demand for DEI Exceeds Action, Report Finds
Demand for DEI initiatives is high and grew since last year; but most US institutions are falling short, Edelman study finds.
Cuts to the Arts Are Latest Maneuver in Culture Wars
With the stroke of a pen, Florida governor Ron DeSantis slashed the state’s public arts budget.