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I’m a Black Feminist. I Think Call-Out Culture Is Toxic.

There are better ways of doing social justice work.

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What’s More Important: Speaking Your Truth or Maintaining Safe Relationships?

What would it take to be ourselves and speak our truth while also maintaining a climate of emotional safety in our important relationships?

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Dr. Maya Angelou Spoke Her Truth through Art and Activism

In her lifetime, Maya Angelou received more than 30 honorary degrees. President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2010.

Sarah Ramirez, Jennifer Schneider

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Five Habits to Heal the Heart of Democracy

The heart is where we integrate what we know in our minds with what we know in our bones, the place where our knowledge can become more fully human.

Parker J. Palmer

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My Medicaid, My Life

The reality of being a disabled person on Medicaid is far more complex and nuanced. Many people do not even know the difference between Medicaid and Medicare and simply consider them “entitlement programs,” as if tax breaks and corporate subsidies aren’t entitlements by another name.

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Co-Founding the ACLU, Fighting for Labor Rights and Other Helen Keller Accomplishments Students Don’t Learn in School

Most students learn that Keller, born June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Ala., was left deaf and blind after contracting a high fever at 19 months, and that her teacher Anne Sullivan taught her braille, lip-reading, finger spelling and eventually, how to speak.

Olivia B. Waxman

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‘Our Rage and Terror Give Us Power’: What Drives Young Activists?

From the school climate strikes to students fighting for gun control, youth activism is fuelling protests around the world. Meet the new generation of campaigners

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How Exclusion From the Military Strengthened Gay Identity in America

Armed forces long prohibited gay people from service – but that only encouraged their communities and cause.

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Why the Term “BIPOC” Is so Complicated, Explained by Linguists

There is no “one size fits all” language when it comes to talking about race.

Constance Grady

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The Perils of ‘People of Color’

A growing number of activists and commentators say that “people of color” no longer works. The central point of Black Lives Matter, after all, has been to condemn the mortal threat of anti-Black racism and name the particular experiences of the Black community.

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