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Sep 6, 2023

Why Access to Education is Key to Systemic Equality

Education Equity
Here’s how discrimination continues to impact access to safe, quality education today, and why we’re fighting to ensure all people have equal access.
Here’s how discrimination continues to impact access to safe, quality education today, and why we’re fighting to ensure all people have equal access.
A professor holding a lecture to a group of students.
A professor holding a lecture to a group of students.
Feb 1, 2023

Making Black History, Building Black Futures

The battle for civil rights continues to this day. Here are some of the Black leaders who laid the groundwork — and those carrying the fight for true equality into the future.
The battle for civil rights continues to this day. Here are some of the Black leaders who laid the groundwork — and those carrying the fight for true equality into the future.
Autherine Lucy, left, front, 26-year-old student at the University of Alabama, arrives at U.S. District Court for the hearing of her petition for an order requiring the school to re-admit her to classes in Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 29, 1956. With Lucy are...
Autherine Lucy, left, front, 26-year-old student at the University of Alabama, arrives at U.S. District Court for the hearing of her petition for an order requiring the school to re-admit her to classes in Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 29, 1956. With Lucy are...
Dec 2, 2022

I’m Proud of My Transgender Son. The Health Care He Needs Shouldn’t Be Up for Debate.

Gender-affirming care helped my son become the happy, healthy, confident guy he is today.
Gender-affirming care helped my son become the happy, healthy, confident guy he is today.
Donnie Ray Saxton with son Parker.
Donnie Ray Saxton with son Parker.
Sep 20, 2022

National Voter Registration Day is Today: Here’s What You Need to Know

Today is National Voter Registration Day, and it’s important to make sure you are registered at your current address and ready to vote.
Today is National Voter Registration Day, and it’s important to make sure you are registered at your current address and ready to vote.
A sign reading "Register to Vote Here" next to an American flag.
A sign reading "Register to Vote Here" next to an American flag.
Sep 19, 2022

How to Start a Banned Book Club

Ella Scott, student and co-founder of her high school’s Banned Book Club, tells us what inspired her to take action and shares advice on how to combat book bans in your own school.
Ella Scott, student and co-founder of her high school’s Banned Book Club, tells us what inspired her to take action and shares advice on how to combat book bans in your own school.
A group of students reading around a desk.
A group of students reading around a desk.
Aug 5, 2022

Fifty-Seven Years After its Enactment, the Voting Rights Act is in Peril

On this anniversary of the VRA, the fight to secure the right to vote faces its greatest battles in over a generation.
On this anniversary of the VRA, the fight to secure the right to vote faces its greatest battles in over a generation.
An African-American woman dropping their ballot off during early voting in Athens, Ga.
An African-American woman dropping their ballot off during early voting in Athens, Ga.