Poem Helps Us Recognize Ways Oppression Shows Up
The way to fight back is to keep calling it out.
The way to fight back is to keep calling it out.
For International Women’s Day, this poem illustrates the strength in numbers for women’s rights.
My generation is often overlooked by those in power. I interviewed four organizers who show up to fight every day.
We spotlight Akron-based Rev. Raymond Greene Jr. who used his direct sales skills and lessons from being incarcerated at a young age to become an organizer – ultimately heading Freedom BLOC’s fight to build Black political power.
In Concord, California, a plan to distribute grants to small businesses impacted by the pandemic didn’t apply to home-based businesses. So childcare providers and parents lobbied for an exception.
An interview with the director of ‘Storming Caesars Palace,’ and the daughter of the film’s star, on some of the most important Civil Rights activists you didn’t know about.
Immigrant rights policy director Pratik Dash found a home in using the microphone as a megaphone.
The coalition had a hardline: They would not compromise on labor or efficiency standards or on ensuring the new housing would serve those who needed it most.
Skyrocketing rents and discrimination against those with housing vouchers can make people feel powerless. But there’s organizing power in lived experience.
Grassroots groups across the country secured millions for affordable housing, child care, tax credits and other priorities.