After Reading This You Won’t Feel Like Celebrating Columbus Day
It’s time to learn from our history and honor Indigenous People’s Day in every state.
Anti-Abortion Laws Impact All Kinds of Medical Treatments
Based on my personal experience, I can easily see the ripple effects of lawmakers venturing into territory where they don’t belong.
The Pandemic Cost Him Everything. But the Child Tax Credit Is Giving His Family Hope.
Phil came to the U.S. in search of opportunity, but when COVID-19 hit he lost his job, immigration status, and health care when he needed it the most. Name has…
Storytelling at the center of racial healing
The way we tell stories colors how we remember our own experiences and eventually the longer history of how we fit in society. Repeating these stories leaves a mark on…
Give California children their voter approved money now
A whole year later and California kids are still in need, and with the pandemic even more so. While the country eagerly awaits their minimum $1400 to hit their bank…
‘The Undocumented Americans’ Captures the Reality of a Community Living in Fear
You’d be hard pressed to find a meaningful literary platform for undocumented immigrants who work as day laborers, housekeepers, deliverymen, construction workers or students to share their raw and complex…
As votes continue to get counted, Alameda County voters show strong support to fund resources for children
Residents of Alameda County have made a clear statement about the need to support both working parents and early childhood educators by allocating more resources to provide quality affordable child…
Welcome Home: A Narrative Journey for Safe and Fair Housing for All
Today we introduce a new column on Change Wire: The Welcome Home series. As Community Change, its partners Race Forward and Policy Link and other front line housing and racial…
On Movember, let’s address the need of creating safe spaces for men
I’m a man who painstakingly attends to my mental health every day. This isn’t because I was diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder when I was 31 years old. A condition…
Another unarmed Black man dies in custody of the Las Vegas police
Byron Williams death leaves another Las Vegas family seeking answers in an in-custody death case with literal dark spots in the story