So-called silent raids, which involve ICE detaining people during their regularly scheduled immigration check-ins, have become increasingly common in the last year.
Read MoreThe Black Lives Matter co-founder launched the Black Futures Lab earlier this week "to transform Black communities and the constituencies that are building power in cities and states."
Read MoreAn Atlanta summit set a progressive policy agenda for Black women and strengthened sisterhood bonds.
Read More"The pro-life versus pro-choice paradigm has so polarized everything, it’s entrenched us in specific positions that don’t allow us to critique and change as we go along," Smith told Rewire in a recent interview.
Read More"RJ is a model not just for women of color, nor just for achieving reproductive freedom. RJ is a model for organizing for human equality and well-being," writes author Dorothy Roberts in her foreword to the new anthology.
Read MoreSheryll Cashin's new book, Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy, is perfectly timed and should be consumed in its entirety by those seeking a deeper examination of how white supremacy worked historically.
Read MoreMatt McGorry spoke with Rewire about his experience working at the intersections of Hollywood and activism, how personal fitness is nothing like social justice awareness work, and why more men should care about targeted regulations of abortion providers.
Read MoreI recently chatted with the Ms. Foundation's Teresa Younger about its new "MyFeminismIs" campaign, the importance of lifting up all-inclusive feminism, and the role of foundations in bolstering movement building.
Read MoreThe officer confronted a crowd of activists who had begun locking arms and chanting in protest over the way he forcefully detained a 14-year-old. “The crowd was determined that the youth would NOT be harmed or killed and were fierce, as we know it’s a real possibility,” explained one witness, Kimberly Ellis.
Read MoreDoing social change work is scary and will make you uncomfortable; it will change you, for better or for worse. But that’s part of what showing up and taking a stand means. And what choice do we have?
Read More#BlackSpring is here: the uprisings happening in cities nationwide as part of a collective fight for racial justice in all areas of Black lives.
Read MoreA recent police shooting in South Carolina illustrates the importance of video when it comes to issues of race and policing. It also reminds us, however, that video alone is not enough to overcome or combat the violence resulting from implicit bias.
Read More“Youth” is just one of many identities we experience during our lives, and stigmatizing or shaming a person because of age fails any social movement fighting against oppression.
Read MoreFeminism needs to center the experiences of all women of color in the movement. As a starting point, here are some suggestions from several smart women.
Read MoreFields drew attention during a recent live-streamed conversation between bell hooks and Melissa Harris-Perry, when she asked about the tearing down of Black unmarried mothers by other Black women. Rewire spoke with her about being a woman of color leader, stereotypes placed on Black unmarried mothers, and more.
Read MoreEnsler's letter to Martin was not the right place to push an agenda about a campaign to end violence against women, especially without first acknowledging the fear many people are taught to feel about men of color—a fear that is just as present in the women’s movement as it is in each of the United States of America.
Read MoreWhile the media has moved on from Piers Morgan's awful interview to the next topic du jour, many of us are still getting around to unpacking Janet Mock’s story and the struggles facing trans people that, unfortunately, continue to be overlooked by mainstream media for the more “titillating” aspects of their stories.
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