“Because D.C. is such a powerful and symbolic center of national protest, an attempt to silence D.C. is an attempt to silence all of us.” -- political strategists @anatosaurus.bsky.social and Michael Podhorzer
Terrance Pitts (Proteus Fund) and Rachele Tardi (@rwjf.bsky.social) explore how transformative solidarity means building deep, long-term relationships across movements.
In an episode of Fierce Casemaking with Dr. Tiffany Manuel, disability activist Rebecca Cokley discusses what it takes to create a world that accommodates all of us.
“The existence of homelessness in a society is not some intractable, unsolvable problem. It is simply a reflection of what the values of that society are.” --Editor-in-chief @nathanjrobinson.bsky.social; @currentaffairs.bsky.social
An essential read by writer and advocate @deepaiyer.bsky.social, who highlights that social change requires an intersection of gifts, skills, and roles.
Marisol Bello, executive director of the Housing Narrative Lab, highlights the power of storytelling in shifting our understanding of homelessness, and how each of us can play a role in realizing housing for all.
"Could we, should we, imagine a meritocracy of the common good?”
In Los Angeles Review of Books, Professor Paul J. D’Ambrosio explores--what might it look like to decenter individualism and reimagine collective well-being?
Disability justice says we all deserve care without exception. From the Capitol Crawl in 1990 to Medicaid protests today, the demand remains the same: dignity, access, and life.
In TIME, journalist and activist Jose Antonio Vargas reminds us that being American is not about "who you are," but "what you are about"—how you live, contribute to, and fight for a country that excludes no one.
On Twiggs & Jenkins, cultural strategist Yosi Sergant shares how art, storytelling, and collective visioning can help us imagine—and build—a better world, by first touching hearts.
NYC’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, and Comptroller Brad Lander appeared on The Late Show to share their vision--to build a politics rooted in collaboration, principle, and the power of organized people over organized money.
“Only 1 in 6 women on probation or parole can access abortion care at any stage of their pregnancy without needing permission to cross state lines.” - Wendy Sawyer, Research Director at the Prison Policy Initiative
“Prejudice, anger, and discrimination are easier points of entry than feeling the woundedness that we all feel — that gender norms are often prioritized more than our own reality.” - Comedian and poet Alok Vaid-Menon
What would it mean to live in a world that disrupts rigid categories?
A striking visual study by BYU public health professor Robbie Chaney, and co-authors Alyssa Baer and Ida Tovar, reveals the gendered realities of walking home at night.
