Missouri Is Cutting Dolly Parton’s Library at a Time When Children's Literacy Is in Crisis
At a time of deep concern over children’s reading, Missouri is preparing to cut a low-cost program that sends books directly to preschoolers’ homes.
Meet Focused Space, the Body Doubling Platform Building Better Conditions for Neurodivergent Workers
For neurodivergent remote workers, Focused Space turns structure, shared presence and small acts of care into the conditions that make work possible.
The Lost Art of Looking Up: How Constant Connection Is Changing Our Relationships
No, you’re not imagining it, our phones are making conversations with family, friends and strangers more difficult.
How Vote Dilution Became the New Fight for Black Political Power
As protections under the Voting Rights Act are stripped back, voter dilution has become one of the clearest threats to Black political power.
The Miles Hall Foundation Is Fighting for a World Where Mental Health Crises Are Met With Care
After Miles Hall Was Killed By Police During a Mental Health Crisis, His Family Built a Movement.
Civic Discourse with Citizen Tripp | S2, Episode 1: All Things Divestment
Investing time, money, labor and attention to create healthier local systems
Where Your Ad Dollars Actually Go: The Real Work of Inclusive Marketing
Why True Inclusive Advertising Should Be Less About the Message and More About the Invoice.
There Is An Infrastructure Revolution Happening in Independent Publishing
Inside the Coalitions, Revenue Models and Shared Technologies Redefining Power in Media.
How to Get Into Local Politics: A Practical Guide to Power, Process and Impact
The real pathways, structures and steps required to move from interested citizen to active participant in local government.
The Trump Administration Is Quietly Destroying Our National Forests
For the first time in 120 years, the U.S. Forest Service is being gutted. A handout to oligarchs, its HQ will be moved to Utah where logging and mineral interests dominate.
Rethinking Recovery: What I Learned After Being Told There Was Only One Way
11 Lessons that Emerged from Years of Showing Up Across Different Recovery Spaces
How Male ‘Loneliness’ Became a Market for Digital Exploitation
The Making of Deepfake Abuse—and the Lonely Men Behind It.
Inside the Tech Stack Keeping Deepfake Abuse Profitable
How platforms, advertisers and tech infrastructure providers profit from non-consensual sexual imagery while avoiding direct accountability.
The Financial Class Could Easily Alleviate the Housing Crisis. Why Aren’t They?
The Price Gap Agreement is a new proposal that leverages existing financial instruments to get outpriced buyers into homes. It begs the question: why aren’t we already doing this?
From Assimilation to Ownership: How Dani Tan Rewrote the Rules of Success
Former corporate VP Dani Tan shares how navigating power, identity, and ambition led her to coach women of color toward ownership, clarity, and career authorship.
The Forecast Looks Grim, You Should Step Forward Anyway
When our systems feel unstable, the most immediate form of power is local participation, showing up in the places where you live, work and share responsibility.
Scaling Harm: Platforms, Profits and the Rise of AI Sexual Abuse
How AI image tools, platform design and global distribution networks have enabled non-consensual sexual imagery to scale faster than enforcement.
Civic Discourse with Citizen Tripp | Episode 6: Engaging in Community
Different ways to build and engage in community.
Why School Feels Disconnected for So Many Children and Teachers—And How to Fix It
How Indigenous history and somatic learning offer a framework for rebuilding how children experience school.
The Citizens' Revival Is Already Happening (And This Is What It Looks Like)
A love letter to the builders, neighbors and quiet revolutionaries who are stitching a new world into being, right where they stand.
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