Inside Appalachia Launches The Struggle to Stay
It’s not always easy to live in these mountains, but some of us are determined to stay. In this week’s episode of Inside Appalachia, we'll explore the deep roots to...
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Providence Students Rally for Proposed ‘Bill of Rights’
About 30 members of the Providence Student Union gathered in Kennedy Plaza on Friday to outline a student bill of rights that calls for cleaner, safer schools, gender-neutral bathrooms, and...
Is ICE Targeting Undocumented Activists for Arrest? Organizers Speak Out After 11 Days in Jail
Are immigration agents targeting undocumented organizers for their political work? That is the question many are asking after three prominent immigrant rights activists in Vermont were jailed by ICE in...
Students Advocate for Financial Aid for the Undocumented
Student activists from the University of Connecticut are advocating for the state legislature to provide access to institutional financial aid for undocumented students. The bill would enable anyone classified as...
Join Our New Grantmaking Panel!
Hello Resister! In our efforts to shift into our values of accountability and disruption of power, we are experimenting with new forms of grant-making that we believe exemplify these two...
What Happened When Flatbush Said No?
With the help of the grassroots organization Equality for Flatbush, Errol’s Caribbean Bakery in Brooklyn has recently accomplished what many small businesses have been struggling to do in the rapidly...
Groups Unite to Protect Abortion, Birth Control Access
Eleven advocacy groups, including the ACLU of Texas and NARAL Pro-Choice Texas, announced Wednesday a joint effort to protect and promote reproductive health care options, including access to abortion, birth...
Beyond the Bars of Hopelessness: How We Can Revive Parole
A newly released Sentencing Project report , "Delaying a Second Chance: The Declining Prospects for Parole on Life Sentences", lays it on the line: Incarcerated people who have been sentenced...
Free the Snake and Restore Salmon to Honor Treaty Rights
Salmon have sustained the Nimiipuu people since time began for us. Nimiipuu means “the people” and is one amongst many names the Nez Perce call themselves. The loss of healthy...
Prisoner-Rights Groups to Demand Better Living Conditions at Southwest Detention Center
Several prisoner-rights groups say they plan to demand better living conditions for inmates when they hold a news conference Friday, Feb. 3, at Southwest Detention Center in Murrieta. The protest...