Social Justice

Education, Social Justice

The Destined Basket Weaver: Enos Banda’s Fight against Polio and Apartheid

November 4, 2019 | Albert Tong

“I think, in a way, my physical disability saved my life.”

History, Music, Social Justice

Send the Yankees Home: Anti-Nuclear Protest Songs from 1960s Scotland

September 30, 2019 | Bill Wagman, Stewart Black

In March 1961, the U.S. Navy opened a base in Scotland, triggering great controversy.

This illustration shows Lady Liberty over the states that had adopted suffrage, in white. Illustration by Henry Mayer, Puck Magazine

Music, Social Justice

A Centennial Glimpse into New Mexico’s Suffrage Movement through “El corrido de la votación”

September 19, 2019 | Carmella Scorcia Pacheco

One hundred years ago in 1919, women across New Mexico mobilized to fight for the right to vote.

Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill protest on June 16, 2019.

Music, Social Justice

Do You Hear the People Sing?
A Summer of Protest Music in Hong Kong

September 17, 2019 | Ho Chak Law

Here are a few snapshots of how music has played an active role in the current politics of Hong Kong.

Members of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union march in a Labor Day parade. Photo courtesy of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University

Celebrations, History, Social Justice

The Radical Lore of Labor Day

August 30, 2019 | Sean Tomlinson

The United States has phased out May Day in favor of our favorite late-summer three-day weekend holiday.

Artisans in Katakhali, Bangladesh. Photo courtesy of Monica Jahan Bose

Art & Design, Environment, Social Justice

Eighteen Feet of Fabric Can Go a Long Way

August 12, 2019 | Riley Board

“The arts need to talk about climate change,” Monica Jahan Bose says.

Community, Social Justice

The Peaceworx Series: A Trek across Costa Rica with Outward Bound Peacebuilding

July 29, 2019 | David Marshall

There is something magical that happens when you help another person.

José Juárez is a Totonac language speaker from Tuxtla in Puebla, Mexico. The text in Totonac reads, “The spirit, deeply embedded in the profoundness of being, defeats the monotony of daily life, and creates the possibility of opening doors—no matter how difficult it may seem.” Photo by Yuri Marder, City Lore

Language, Social Justice

Language Rights Are Human Rights: A Hope for a Future of Linguistic Diversity

July 23, 2019 | Steve Zeitlin

Our individuality lives in language.

An excerpt from “Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong.” Illustration by Andre Sibayan

Education, History, Social Justice

Why Every Filipino American Should Know about Larry Itliong

July 3, 2019 | Gayle Romasanta

Larry Itliong led one of the most important social justice movements in American history, yet so many are unaware.

Student performance at Los Cenzontles. Photo courtesy of Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Project,

Education, Music, Social Justice

Feed the “Birds of 400 Voices”: Cultivating Mexican Music Traditions in California

June 19, 2019 | Daniel Sheehy

Los Cenzontles was about teaching Mexican music and dance traditions, but it was also about much more.

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