Articles

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Solutions journalism piece focused on emergency food services in Philadelphia 

Solutions journalism article on Rapid Response Networks across the United States, community-led initiativves prepared to effectively respond to immigration enforcement abuses. 

How hubs in the Philadelphia Region are helping community members navigate the criminal justice system.

An op-ed article that questions the overwhelming and misleading coverage on the "surge" of migrants at the Mexican border that suggests this is a new crisis and fails to recognize it as a result of decades of cyclical reactionary policies.

Oct 26. 2020 Razón Pública

A chronicle about both of your homes burning, one due to wildfires, the other due to social uprisings. 

As social uprisings in Colombia continue, the initial demands from the first protest in April, 2020 become more important than ever. 

A call for the National Strike Committee to implement a clear and effective communication strategy that responds to the socially active and conscious community that is emerging.

Dec 4. 2019 El Paro Sigue

A thorough explanation of each of the thirteen points that make up the demands of the National Strike.  

A walkthrough of the history of women's soccer, from the times of the Dick Kerr Ladies who filled stadiums in England of the 1920's, to the prohibition of women's soccer in the middle of the 1900's, to the fight for equal pay today. 

In the last two decades, Francia Márquez has fought against mining activity, extractive projects and the contamination of rivers in northern Cauca. She stands out as one of the six winners of the 2018 Goldman Prize for the tenacity she's shown to fight for the preservation of her land in the village of La Toma, a territory founded by her ancestors in 1636. Here are five of her quotes turned into lessons we can learn from her struggles.


Aug 22. 2019 Cumbre

For Citizens UK, a community organization that started in London and is now making political, economic and social impacts across the UK, minimum wage isn't enough. Thanks to its Living Wage Foundation initiative, more than 3,600 companies have committed to strike out the minimum wage from their salary scales and to pay their employees a figure that meets both their basic and secondary needs.