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The Bird at the Window
Since 1970 North America has lost 29 percent of its bird population. New York City alone kills almost a quarter of a million birds each year. More than most people, poets have tried to respond to these unremarked—and mostly preventable—deaths.
Injustice on Repeat
From mass incarceration to mass deportation, our nation remains in deep denial.
Black Abolitionists Believed in Taking Up Arms
Long before the Civil War, black abolitionist shared the consensus that violence would be necessary to end slavery. Unlike their white peers, their arguments were about when and how to use political violence, not if.
The Urban Revival Is Over
People are no longer pouring into America’s cities. And that’s bad news for everyone.
Even Though He Is Revered Today, MLK Was Widely Disliked by the American Public When He Was Killed
Seventy-five percent of Americans disapproved of the civil rights leader as he spoke out against the Vietnam War and economic disparity
The Sexual Assault and Exploitation of Enslaved Men in America
<p>Sexual assault of enslaved men occurred systematically and in a wide variety of forms. </p>
Biden Prioritizes Israel While Overlooking Daily Anti-Semitism in US
Joe Biden recently shared his plan to combat anti-Semitism, but his ideas about Jews show him to be complicit.
Dr. Robert Bullard: The Father of Environmental Justice
Climate One honors Robert Bullard with the ninth annual Stephen Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communications. Often described as the father of environmental justice, Bullard has written several seminal books on the subject and is...
'Heat islands': racist housing policies in US linked to deadly heatwave exposure
Deadly ‘heat islands’ which have fewer green spaces and tree canopy linked to racist policies in urban neighborhoods, study finds
Organizer says movement work of Women’s March might be ‘messy,’ but it's beautiful in its power
The Women’s March is back for its fourth year today, with events scheduled for Washington, D.C., and other cities coast to coast. Its board says the organization’s events across the nation ...
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Organizer says movement work of Women’s March might be ‘messy,’ but it's beautiful in its power
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Fever chart: Earth had its hottest decade on record in 2010s
WASHINGTON (AP) — The decade that just ended was by far the hottest ever measured on Earth, capped off by the second-warmest year on record, two U.S. agencies reported Wednesday. And scientists...
2020 ASA Award Recipients
The ASA awards are conferred on sociologists for outstanding scholarship, teaching, practice, and advancing the public understanding of sociology. The ASA proudly announces the recipients of the awards for 2020. Congratulations to the following...
Over 80% of black Americans say Trump has made racism worse
Donald Trump 'has taken hatred against people of color, in general, from the closet to the front porch,' one poll respondent said.
Ali: hero to a young black boy
I lost a piece of my youth when Muhammad Ali died. I don’t remember when I first heard his name, but I do know that there are certain things connected to Ali th…
‘Your story is in the textbooks. Ours isn’t.’ Buffalo schools adopt The 1619 Project
Buffalo is joining cities like Chicago, Newark and Washington, D.C., in changing the way its public schools teach students about the legacy of slavery.
The Labor Movement Must Fight for Medicare for All — Not Employer-Based Plans
Unions have been at the forefront of almost every progressive policy advance for a century. So why are AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka and American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten denouncing Medicare for All by parroting talking...
Harvard Law Students Protest Law Firm Paul Weiss for Representing ExxonMobil
In Cambridge, Massachusetts, dozens of Harvard Law School students disrupted a job recruiting event for Paul Weiss, the law firm that is representing ExxonMobil in lawsuits over the oil giant’s efforts to deceive shareholders and the public about...
It's No Secret Why Republicans Win
The right’s success in media is not a shadowy conspiracy; it has been achieved out in the open, largely through ordinary politics. Much of it can be countered the same way.
Rich People Don’t Just Live Longer. They Also Get More Healthy Years.
Wealthy men and women generally have eight to nine more years of “disability-free” life after age 50 than poor people do, according to a new study of English and American adults.