Why are our cities built for 6ft-tall men? The female architects who fought back
Fed up living in a world designed by and for men, 80s design activists Matrix declared war on every urban obstacle in their way. And their impact is still being felt today
Voices of the Freedom Riders – 60th Anniversary
BY THE OBAMA FOUNDATION
To mark the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Rides, we spoke with veterans of the movement, as well as author Eric Etheridge, whose book Breach of Peace feature…
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Makes History As WTO’s First African And Female Leader
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former two-time Nigerian finance minister, was appointed Monday to the be the next director-general of the World Trade Organization. She is the first African and t…
Examining the history of environmental justice and the interconnectedness of social inequality.
Last summer, I sat down, perusing through Instagram days after the horrifying murder of George Floyd. An eye-catching graphic reading, “Environmentalists for Black Lives Matter” infiltrated my scr…
When 20,000 Asian Americans Demanded Garment Workers’ Rights—And Won
It was an unlikely group to storm the streets of New York City’s Chinatown in the summer of 1982: Nearly 20,000 garment workers—mostly Asian American women—marched together in solidarity for bette…
Agnes Fay Morgan, Home Economics: Berkeley
“There were giants in the earth in those days,” and time will endorse the verdict that Agnes Fay Morgan is high on the list of “men (and women) of renown” who have served the University of Califo…
The Columbus mayor called Ma’Khia Bryant a ‘young woman.’
The 2017 Georgetown study found that adults’ biased perceptions of Black girls result in their being suspended from school at higher rates than White girls, and being more likely than both Black b…
Celebrate Earth Day at the National Museum of the American Indian’s Living Earth Festival
The online festival explores sustainability and innovation in Indigenous agriculture with Native American films, business representatives, and youth leaders. The National Museum of the American In…
Bringing attention to exploited obedience, spiritual abuse in religious communities
By Joyce Meyer
There has been much written recently about rising incidents of abuse and violence against women, including an important meeting of the U.N. Commission on Women. T…
Gertrude Stein puts the “there” back in Oakland
What exactly did renowned U.S. writer and art collector Gertrude Stein mean when she said “there is no there there” about Oakland, California? In honor of Gertrude Stein’s 138th birthday today, we…