Now more than ever, it is urgent to stand up for our university’s autonomy to make curricular decisions based on its Jesuit mission.| America Magazine
“We don't want Black August to become like a new Black History Month, where [it’s] just about celebrations or parties. That's not the spirit of it. It's in resistance and how we can prepare ourselves to resist our own oppression.”| The Real News Network
“It's just unimaginable to see it and witness it, to see an elderly couple being split apart… to see a child ripped out of their mother's arms. It's something that you think would never happen here in the United States, and it's happening right now behind the doors of that nondescript building.”| The Real News Network
On May 17, 2025, Health & Medicine Policy Research Group partnered with seventeen organizations across Chicago to host the Solidarity Summit for a People’s Agenda. This cross-community gathering brought together […] The post Health & Medicine and partners host the Solidarity Summit for a People’s Agenda appeared first on Health & Medicine Policy Research Group.| Health & Medicine Policy Research Group
In February 2025, the Department of Education sent a letter to federally funded colleges and universities. In the letter, often called the “Dear Colleague” letter, Craig Trainor, the department’s acting assistant secretary for civil rights, threatened to revoke funding if the institutions didn’t get rid of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, suggesting that such […] The post Competing views on DEI are shaping Catholic higher ed appeared first on U.S. Catholic.| U.S. Catholic
A new study analyzing a national survey of youth in custody reveals stark disparities in rates of staff physical assault among Black and neurodivergent youth.| Prison Policy Initiative Blog
Pressley Has Fought to Defend DEI, Protect Black History, and Push Back Against Republicans’ Efforts to Ban Books and Deny... The post Pressley Condemns Trump’s Racist Review of Smithsonian Museums, Crusade to Whitewash History appeared first on Ayanna Pressley.| Ayanna Pressley
"The widespread destruction in Zeitoun," said one group, "is part of a deliberate Israeli policy: completing a campaign of genocide and erasing Palestinian urban life."| The Real News Network
This article New data shows No Kings was one of the largest days of protest in US history was originally published by Waging Nonviolence. The historic number of No Kings Day protesters and their expansive geographic spread are signs of a growing and durable pro-democracy movement. This article New data shows No Kings was one of the largest days of protest in US history was originally published by Waging Nonviolence.| Waging Nonviolence
This article A veteran climate organizer’s new book shares lessons from the frontlines was originally published by Waging Nonviolence. In “Common Ground,” author Eileen Flanagan takes readers inside hard-fought climate victories while exploring the importance of acting in solidarity. This article A veteran climate organizer’s new book shares lessons from the frontlines was originally published by Waging Nonviolence.| Waging Nonviolence
July 30, 2025 Salt Lake City is launching a public process to shape the future of a long-anticipated open space in the heart of the Granary District. The three-acre public open space—part of the broader 8.75-acre Fleet Block redevelopment—offers an opportunity to create something deeply rooted in community values and shaped by public input. The […]| SLC.gov
This story was originally reported by Eden Turner of The 19th. Meet Eden and read more of her reporting on gender, politics and policy. After she moved into her first apartment in 2021, a one-bedroom unit in East Baltimore, Saj Dillard realized her rent wouldn’t have gotten her much once... The post For Black Women, Seeds of Wealth Start With Homeownership appeared first on Reasons to be Cheerful.| Reasons to be Cheerful
There is little recourse when a visa application is denied because of a criminal background. In order to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, it is vital for the country to nix the idea of criminality altogether.| YES! Magazine
For many migrant families, shelters near the U.S.–Mexico border are becoming more critical as immigration becomes more fraught.| YES! Magazine
The Appalachian Rekindling Project purchased land in Kentucky that was designated for a federal prison.| YES! Magazine
Food is a vehicle through which Asians in diaspora can see ourselves in futures we have been excluded from.| YES! Magazine
Rapid response offers a model of defense grounded in a refusal to let immigrants face harm alone.| YES! Magazine
India’s social fabric remains hostile to interfaith and intercaste couples. But “safe homes” offer some security.| YES! Magazine
When people's needs are met, there is less violence—and less need for policing and prisons.| YES! Magazine
When tensions rise in communities, churches can be agents of peace, compassion, sanctuary, solidarity and support. Below we suggest five ways that church leaders can prepare positively – to be ready to lead, respond and care well at times of unrest. It is nearly a year since violent disorder broke out in parts of England […] The post Reach out in peace: Positive preparation for times of unrest appeared first on Joint Public Issues Team.| Joint Public Issues Team
By Anonymous—Do you remember when you were a kid and the idea of going to college sounded like the most sophisticated milestone you could think of? Starstruck by the idea of being rewarded for learning through open acknowledgement of your contribution to English– because you always loved reading and writing, language was a toy and a tool and a comfort– sounded more glamorous than a cover of Vogue. Do the memories taste bittersweet to you too? [...]| Another Word
The Republican budget bill cut Medicaid by over $1 trillion over 10 years. Latines are disproportionately affected—and they are fighting back.| Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Independence Day has historically come with complicated feelings, particularly for marginalized people.| Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Trump administration plans to appeal a federal judge’s July 11 ruling that bars immigration officers in Southern California from conducting immigration enforcement actions based solely on a person’s race or the fact that person is speaking Spanish.| catholicreview.org
Tri-Dio Sacred Ground Circles Begin Again This Fall Are you interested in joining others from the Episcopal dioceses of Northern New England, Province 1, or elsewhere, in a film-based dialogue... The post Tri-Dio Sacred Ground Circles this Fall 2025 appeared first on Episcopal Maine.| Episcopal Maine
In Vanessa Priya Daniel’s book Unrig the Game, she calls for radical shifts in how women of color leaders are supported in social movements.| Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Not surprisingly, wages and self-employment earnings for women and minorities in the private sector across the 31-county study area were found to be lower| Athens Politics Nerd
This quarterly interview series explores how practitioners develop and present oral histories across different formats to create impact. For the second interview in our Activating Oral History series, we’re featuring the work of Juania Sueños,… The post Activating Oral History: Juania Sueños on the Power of Art and Testimonio appeared first on Voice of Witness.| Voice of Witness
Oral history podcast projects build curiosity, empathy, and vital student skills such as critical thinking, communication, SEL, and literacy.| Voice of Witness
How to recognize the characteristics that make for powerful whirlwinds of protest against injustice and tyranny.| Waging Nonviolence
The San Francisco-based Center for Gender and Refugee Studies provides technical assistance to support the legal representation of unaccompanied migrant children. Recent actions by the Trump administration have put these efforts at risk.| Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Get to know VOW’s inaugural Storyteller Initiative Fellows. These narrative changemakers are working to document and uplift stories on water privatization, food sovereignty, and racial justice.| Voice of Witness
From mass refusals to boycotts to walkouts, regular Americans are bravely pushing back against the administration and having an impact.| Waging Nonviolence
Tracey McKee – November 04, 2024 Almost five years ago, George Floyd’s death ignited outrage across our nation. A bystander’s video recording his death at the hands of local police not only reached millions of people from one end of our country to the other, it reached across the world. From corporate offices to school classrooms […]| Brownicity
Together we can rewrite tax codes to stimulate economic growth, reduce income inequality, and narrow the gaps in income and wealth created by centuries of racism.| State Innovation Exchange
Like a comet closing in on Planet Earth, the US presidential election is hurtling toward its destination. With around two weeks left before impact, the stakes of the choice before the American electorate are becoming ever clearer, as are the differences between the parties' standard bearers. Robe| Religion Dispatches
We are so excited for this year’s 2024 – 2025 BIPOC Editorial series. In its fourth year, Network Weaver’s BIPOC Editorial series continues to amplify the voices of BIPOC network weavers, connectors, leaders, and mappers and invites community workers, builders, carers, and anyone reimagining network leadership practices through a lens of liberation to write us into the future.| Network Weaver
As a human rights delegation to Honduras that visited the community of Guapinól in the municipality of Tocoa, Bajo Aguán, we are deeply concerned about the recent police and military occupation occuring there.| Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice - Your SUPER-powered WP Engi...
A flurry of funding that went to Black nonprofits after George Floyd’s 2020 murder is being pulled back amid a right-wing backlash.| capitalandmain.com
Candace Owens, an American political commentator, television personality, and New York Times bestselling author, has swiftly become a national star in conservative media. Boasting over four and a half million followers on Instagram, Owens has interviewed former president Donald Trump and entertained the idea of running for president herself. Owens argues against transgender rights, abortion rights, and the Black Lives Matter movement. While Owens’ political beliefs are by no means unique,...| Northeastern University Political Review
Anti-authoritarian organizer Scot Nakagawa explains the importance of confronting political violence and increasing participation.| Waging Nonviolence
At the 1964 Democratic National Convention, civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer gave an impassioned account of the violence she and others suffered while attempting to register to vote. In| Ms. Magazine
The new Voice of Witness book, Beginning Again, shares oral histories of refugees, migrants, and generations-long residents in Appalachia.| Voice of Witness
An organizer of the 1968 Columbia University protests on why the message against war, then and now, is the same.| Waging Nonviolence
What is the connection between Marxist thinking, Critical Race Theory, and actions by churches (including the Church of England) to address the perceived experience of racial injustice? The question is contested, but it is not straightforward, since Critical Race Theory has a complex intellectual history, and the underlying assumptions in the debates about race and| Psephizo
23rd November 2021 | In recent years, the US and Canada have seen a surge of mobilization and interest in left-wing politics and municipalists observing from abroad—especially| Minim
For over two decades, progressive groups serving people of color have been fighting to build strong organizations and facing political backlash. They need help to realize their vision.| Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
By Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, Ph.D., Senior Scholar Diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI). Racial equity. Racial justice. Each term has its own emphasis and meaning. And together, along with many others, they point to a broad and deep current social challenge facing not only the United States, but the world. How do we treat one another and [...] The post Advancing Racial Justice and Equity Through Developmental Relationships appeared first on Search Institute.| Search Institute
From divesting from fossil fuels, to repealing the Doctrine of Discovery, to historic labour strikes, movements won several important victories this year| The Breach
This creative action link round up shares some art therapy and art-based resources to learn more about racial trauma, ways that art therapists can practice anti-racism, as well as how the arts are …| creativity in motion
