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Americans are learning and doing the kind of work that civilians in war zones worldwide have done for decades: dealing with threats by organizing to help protect their neighbors and communities.
Despite funding cuts, political scapegoating and internal tensions, thousands of volunteers came together in the 1980s to provide care to a stigmatized community.
A scholar of religion looks at how faith helped guide the labor rights icon in his organizing endeavors.
When people work together, they can move governments to action. Just ask the suffragettes. Still, few people do it. A psychologist explains why, and how to turn that around.
Organizers across the US are finding innovative grassroots strategies for helping people thrive. Many of these ventures emphasize working together as part of communities and collective systems.
In this time of unrest, insecurity and fear, unions and their new, more diverse leadership offer a path to improving workers’ rights and repairing deep social and economic inequalities.
A researcher on youth organizing presents her evidence for how critical race theory benefits students and society.
Many Americans imagine evangelicals as a monolithic group that supports conservative policies and always talks about their faith. Three experts found in a study that the picture is far more complex.
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Professor of Education, Villanova University
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Assistant Professor of Religion, Amherst College
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Professor of Psychology, University of California, San Diego
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Associate Professor of Nonprofit Management, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Sociology; Co-Founder, Center for Environmental Justice at CSU, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor, School of Labour Studies, McMaster University
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Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life, Albany Law School
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Associate Professor of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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