United States
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Pigott v. Gintz: Defending Children against Race-Motivated Police Seizures
This case seeks accountability for a Louisiana police officer’s use of race-motivated excessive force during a police seizure.
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U.S. Should Follow EU’s Lead on ESG Policy
New ESG disclosure rules in Europe demonstrate yet again that the U.S. is lagging behind in important financial decisions.
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Creating Visibility and Change for the Trans Community
Meet three of our trans activists who are making a difference.
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U.S. Should Follow EU’s Lead on ESG Policy
New ESG disclosure rules in Europe demonstrate yet again that the U.S. is lagging behind in important financial decisions.
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New Trans Rights Lesson Plan for Teachers
The free classroom resource, produced in honor of Transgender Day of Visibility, equips and engages students to become better allies of the LGBTQ community.
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Can Slavery Reparations Happen Under the Biden Administration?
Tags Share In an effort to correct the ongoing and state-sanctioned harms of slavery, support for H.R. 40—a bill that would create a slavery reparations commission—has been mounting in both the House and Senate. The overarching thought is that if there is ever an apology for slavery, it will be followed by a form of…
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New York Should Vaccinate the Incarcerated
Tags Share Prisoners are at risk and it affects their whole community. In the early months of the pandemic, New York emerged as a leader in its response. It instituted an early mask mandate and rebounded from being the epicenter of the virus to the state with the lowest transmission rate and most significant health…
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Racism in the 21st century
Tags Share Bill Russell was an NBA champion and civil rights icon. He paved the way for NBA players to take a stand against racial injustice. This lesson teaches students:
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Introducing New Speak Truth to Power Spoken Word Contest
Tags Share For a decade, students have been advocating for and defending human rights through our video and songwriting contests. This year, we are expanding our arts-focused programs to include a spoken word contest, providing an additional avenue for middle and high school students to engage in defending human rights and our democracy, and to…
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Dianna Ortiz, Nun Previously Abducted by Guatemalan Military, Dies at 62
Sister Dianna’s life was one of untold bravery. Her work advocating for survivors of state-sanctioned violence inspired countless people to transform their own pain into action, and ultimately, healing for the world.
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Statement on the Passing of Sister Dianna Ortiz
Tags Share Sister Dianna Ortiz was a courageous activist, a truth teller, a woman of deep and abiding faith, and my dear friend. I came to know Sister Dianna in the early 1990s, and was immediately struck by her raw honesty and capacity to articulate the agony she suffered when she was kidnapped, raped, and…
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The Urgent Need for Civics Education
Tags Share If there was ever a time for a gut-check for America, this is it. A country torn at the seams into factions of progressive reform vs. status quo, Republican and Democrat, vindicated winners and sore, angry losers. A country still unable, 52 years after the death of Martin Luther King, to confront its…
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