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After the Headlines, I’m Still Healing

October 1, 2024

By Katerina Klawes

My sexual assault case made national news. Nearly 10 years later, I’m still hoping my story can make lasting change.

The Disposable Industries: Calls to Reopen the Economy Ask Workers to Put their Health At Risk

May 8, 2020

By Stephanie Land

Back in my early 20s, I proudly wore the job title of “coffee girl.” I had five years of experience by the time I was 22, working full-time at a…

Why We Should Celebrate National Poetry Month During a Pandemic

April 22, 2020

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

April is traditionally filled with patronizing one of the oldest forms of literary art — poetry. During National Poetry Month, audiences typically attend readings and discussions and use this time…

Convening of the Housing Narrative Project: Re-centering the Conversation About Housing Around Love, Belonging, and Human Dignity

March 4, 2020

By Michael Jackson

The year-long Housing Narrative Project is rooted in a bottom-up approach that listens to the voices of the most impacted and those working on the front lines of the housing…

In memory of Toni Morrison

September 3, 2019

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

The first book that I read by Toni Morrison was her artfully bejeweled 1970 novel, The Bluest Eye. I was in the upper grades in high school, maybe 16 or…

We’re Making Significant Steps Toward a New Federal Minimum Wage

August 29, 2019

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

In my years participating in progressive movements, fighting “the good fight” alongside other visionary activists and progressives with very different personalities, different strategies, and different campaigning styles, I have noticed…

Voices Of Everyday Leaders

August 28, 2019

By Maya Boddie

Grassroots Partners Come Together to Celebrate Big Wins There have been major wins amongst the partners over the past year, such as SPACEs in Action’s $15.8 million win for Birth…

The 60 most dangerous days for Floridians: When their legislators gather

May 6, 2019

By Thomas Kennedy

I once heard the Florida legislative session referred to as the sixty most dangerous days of the year for people in the state. At the end of the 2019 session,…

The Assassination of Martin Luther King, and America’s Addiction to Gun Violence

April 5, 2019

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

April 4. The date of MLK’s assassination returns – as it always does to haunt us. April 4th, 1968 remains a guilty shadow lingering over American history. King is honored…

The Power of the Green New Deal

March 15, 2019

By Mikka Macdonald

When Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez first released her plan to combat climate change and build the economy, I was sitting at the edge of my bed, exhausted. I had been waiting…

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