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foster care during the pandemic

How Covid Made Life Even More Unpredictable for Kids in Foster Care How Covid Made Life Even More Unpredictable for Kids in Foster Care

Everything from reunification to social worker visits to permanent placements got derailed.

Mar 9, 2021 / Feature / Nefertiti Austin

International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day International Women’s Day

Healing hands project.

Mar 8, 2021 / OppArt / Marietta Bernstorff

Jing Fong workers solidarity

Jing Fong Couldn’t Survive. Will Manhattan’s Chinatown? Jing Fong Couldn’t Survive. Will Manhattan’s Chinatown?

The pandemic has tipped the scales even further in favor of landlords over workers.

Mar 8, 2021 / Wilfred Chan

Changing Woman Initiative

Could Indigenous Midwifery Improve Maternal Health for Native Women? Could Indigenous Midwifery Improve Maternal Health for Native Women?

After decades of neglect by the mainstream health care system, the revival of Indigenous practices offers a model for reform.

Mar 8, 2021 / Feature / Jenni Monet

Why Do Humans Move?

Why Do Humans Move? Why Do Humans Move?

A new history examines how migration has been the rule of history, not the exception.

Mar 8, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Immerwahr

Chesa Boudin as baby with his parents

Across Prison Walls, I Felt My Parents’ Love Across Prison Walls, I Felt My Parents’ Love

For Chesa Boudin, his mother and father were radical not for their politics but for the extraordinary lengths they took to parent him while incarcerated.

Mar 8, 2021 / Feature / Chesa Boudin

etention center in McAllen, Tex.

The Long Shadow of Family Separation The Long Shadow of Family Separation

For families separated at the border, the trauma remains even after being reunited.

Mar 8, 2021 / Feature / Maritza Lizeth Félix

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Parenting in Prison: A Love Story Parenting in Prison: A Love Story

Fatherhood can be hard. But when father and son are both in prison, the challenges are immense.

Mar 8, 2021 / Feature / Sylvia A. Harvey

Parenting as a Radical Act of Love

Parenting as a Radical Act of Love Parenting as a Radical Act of Love

In our special issue, we consider the ways in which parenthood can push us to recognize our interdependence and spur us to fight harder for justice and equality.

Mar 8, 2021 / Feature / Emily Douglas

This International Women’s Day Rise Up Against Capitalism and Femicide

This International Women’s Day Rise Up Against Capitalism and Femicide This International Women’s Day Rise Up Against Capitalism and Femicide

Across Latin America, women are protesting economic as well as gender-based violence.

Mar 8, 2021 / Cecilia Nowell

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