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Apr 19, 2019 Black Maternal Health Week

On World Water Day, a Spotlight on U.S. Public Water Systems

Mar 22, 2016, 5:53pm Kanya D’Almeida

A continuing water crisis in Flint, Michigan, is shattering the perception that only residents of poor countries are denied access to this basic human right.

News

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News Human Rights

The Trump Administration Wants to Detain Migrant Kids at Toxic Waste Sites (Updated)

Feb 12, 4:01pm Tina Vasquez

Analysis

Racism Kills: What Community-Level Interventions Can Do About It

Nov 9, 6:58am Miriam Zoila Pérez

Commentary

Jonathan Hall

Commentary Race

Notes From an Angry Black Hunter: Guns, Genocide, and the Stolen Ground You ‘Own’

Feb 26, 11:13am

Investigations

[Photo: A middle-aged Black man looks at the camera defiantly.]

Investigations Economic Justice

In This Small Georgia City, an Unpaid Court Fine Can Get Your Utilities Cut Off

Mar 18, 11:38am Lewis Raven Wallace

[Photo: A river flowing under a moonlit night between a bank of pine trees, with mountains rising in the background.]

Culture & Conversation

‘Honoring Our Monthly Moons’: Some Menstruation Rituals Give Indigenous Women Hope

Feb 20, 2019, 10:44am

The way the media represents these menstruation practices is crucial. There are myriad practices and, for some, they hold the key to healing from ongoing colonial violence.

Culture & Conversation

An Interview With Nathan Phillips on the #MAGAYouth Incident

Jan 20, 2019, 12:18pm

"Honestly. I'm still scared. I'm still feeling vulnerable. But I'm not gonna back down."

[Photo: Woman in a cap, jeans, and flannel shirt works on a laptop near a field of green plants.]

The Year in Appalachia: What Happened in 2018

Dec 19, 2018, 8:28am

From rural organizing to pepperoni roll evangelizing, here are some notable stories from the central Appalachian region that you may have missed this year.

Linda Reinstein

Women: Exposed and Silenced by Asbestos

Dec 11, 2018, 9:55am

For more than a century, asbestos exposure has been known to cause disease and death.

[Photo: A middle-aged Black man looks at the camera defiantly.]

In This Small Georgia City, an Unpaid Court Fine Can Get Your Utilities Cut Off

Mar 18, 11:38am Lewis Raven Wallace

Jonathan Hall

Notes From an Angry Black Hunter: Guns, Genocide, and the Stolen Ground You ‘Own’

Feb 26, 11:13am

[Photo: A river flowing under a moonlit night between a bank of pine trees, with mountains rising in the background.]

Culture & Conversation

‘Honoring Our Monthly Moons’: Some Menstruation Rituals Give Indigenous Women Hope

Feb 20, 10:44am Mary Annette Pember

[Photo: A blue, toxic waste barrel.]

The Trump Administration Wants to Detain Migrant Kids at Toxic Waste Sites (Updated)

Feb 12, 4:01pm Tina Vasquez

Culture & Conversation

An Interview With Nathan Phillips on the #MAGAYouth Incident

Jan 20, 12:18pm Vincent Schilling

[Photo: Woman in a cap, jeans, and flannel shirt works on a laptop near a field of green plants.]

The Year in Appalachia: What Happened in 2018

Dec 19, 8:28am Ali Stine & Dr. Cynthia Greenlee

Linda Reinstein

Women: Exposed and Silenced by Asbestos

Dec 11, 9:55am

Lena P. Afridi

From Seattle to Queens, There’s No Economic Justice Without Racial Justice (Updated)

Nov 21, 3:50pm

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Culture & Conversation

Native American Heritage Month Began Before November for This Wisconsin Community

Nov 15, 8:08am Mary Annette Pember