Category: SOCIAL JUSTICE

Community-Driven Food Solutions Making an Impact in Mississippi

With creative ideas like partnering with local stores and offering mobile produce trucks, Marquitrice Mangham, founder of Farmacy Marketplace, shows that Black entrepreneurs are redefining food access and resilience, even as dollar stores close. Her story is a powerful reminder that community-driven solutions can make a real difference. Dollar Stores Force Local Grocery Stores to…

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CULTURE & LIFESTYLE

Labor Unions Win Big in Vegas!

All major casinos on the Las Vegas Strip are now unionized, marking a huge win for workers and a historic milestone. This success is especially impressive given the nationwide decline in union membership, which is now around 10%. Despite facing some resistance and legal challenges, union members benefit from improved wages, health insurance, and job…

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NEWS

REPORT: Local Climate Actions Making Impact

A new report has made it clear that community-led climate actions, such as renewable energy projects and policy advocacy, effectively reduce emissions at low costs and foster lasting change. Local efforts have demonstrated significant environmental benefits and broader social co-benefits. Keep it up, y’all! A new report shows how local climate activism leads to ‘remarkable’…

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ACT NOW

Individual Actions Can Spark Massive Movements

What can one person do?  Here’s the story of how one indomitable woman saved the Outer Banks from impending development. How an Indomitable Environmental Activist Saved the Outer Banks From Impending Development https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/how-the-indomitable-carolista-fletcher-baum-saved-outer-banks-ecosystems-from-impending-development-180986536/ Related Reading

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Homeless Vets Getting Tiny Home Help from California Teens

Students in three San Diego County high school construction classes are building four tiny houses for homeless veterans, but the hope is that the students will build entire villages of them. Local High School Students Build Tiny Houses for Homeless Veterans https://sandiegomagazine.com/everything-sd/warrior-village-project-high-school-home-building/ Related Reading

EDUCATION

The Resurgence of ”Jim Crow’ in Our Schools

Nearly 70 years after Brown v. Board of Education promised a new era of educational equality by declaring that “separate but equal” has no place in American schools, American schools are more racially segregated today than they were in the late 1960s. Separate and Unequal Again: The Resegregation of America’s Public Schools https://www.levelman.com/separate-and-unequal-again-the-resegregation-of-americas-public-schools Related Reading  

CULTURE & LIFESTYLE

WATCH: ‘Freedom Seat: India to Germany on a Tandem Bike with Strangers’

‘Freedom Seat: India to Germany on a Tandem Bike with Strangers’ is a documentary film available for viewing on WATERBEAR, a “free platform that brings inspiration and action together through award-winning, certified films and documentaries that you can stream at any time, and on any device for free.” “In 2019, Naresh Kumar cycled 8,646 kilometers…

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EDUCATION

History Teaches Us How to Push Back on Authoritarianism

A Boston political scientist wrote the blueprint for undermining autocrats that activists used successfully in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Across Asia.  He identifies three approaches that have worked especially well. Three Well-Tested Ways to Undermine an Autocrat https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/opinion/authoritarianism-democracy-protest.html Related Reading

CULTURE & LIFESTYLE