Saturday, January 11, 2025

After Hurricane Ida, a historic Black community races to save its future

Residents of Ironton, Louisiana are rallying for their share of recovery funds.

Multiplying hatred and division: Humanity at war with itself

Humanity is at war, not just with rival groups or nations, but within relationships, with the planet and with ourselves.

How artist cooperatives found new ways to help creative people thrive despite COVID-19

How artist collectives are helping creatives stay afloat during the pandemic.

How Big Tech sees big profits in social-emotional learning at school

Digital products that monitor students’ online behavior raise concerns about how companies use that data for profit.

Robots are coming for white-collar jobs

This robotic automation of white-collar jobs is being imposed so suddenly, widely, and stealthily that losses will crush any gains.

Three years after the first global school strike, signs of the youth climate movement’s...

Instead of succumbing to the challenges of the past few years, young climate activists are learning to adapt and build on their past actions.

How to get past despair to powerful action on climate change

The evidence is clear that people are changing the climate dramatically. But human actions can also affect the climate for the better.

‘Reckoning’ with the economic marginalization of Native Americans

Efforts to narrow the racial wealth divide must address the disparities that are at the heart of our nation's founding and still run through its veins in the 21st century.

Four Black women who have advanced human rights

The four introduced here are inspirational—for the changes they brought about, for their work ethic, and for their passion to improve the everyday lives of marginalized or oppressed groups.

What the US can learn from Canadian activists who blocked truck convoys

As the trucker convoy makes its way to Washington, Canadian blockades offer lessons on how to stop far-right occupations in their tracks.