Need help understanding the confusing world of gender? The Advocate is here with a primer with Jessie Gender to explain the difference between sex and gender?
Black Americans being victimized and killed by the American police is an epidemic. A truth many Americans are acknowledging since the murder of George Floyd, as protests have occurred in all fifty states calling for justice on his behalf. But this tension between African American communities and the police has existed for centuries. This week, ... Read more
Critical Resistance presents “Breaking Down the Prison Industrial Complex,” a series of videos as part of our Profiles in Abolition initiative. The videos in the series explore the current state of the prison industrial complex (PIC) and how people are fighting back to resist and abolish it. As always, we feature abolition as a strategy ... Read more
Climate change: Where we are in seven charts? The UN has warned that the world needs to limit climate change to below 1.5C about pre-industrial levels. However, keeping to that target will require “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes” in all aspects of society. This article from the BBC helps to visualize where we are with ... Read more
“Human activities are driving up the Earth’s temperature and fundamentally changing the world around us.” Climate Change, also called global warming, is a result of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) building up in our atmosphere. Just like a greenhouse, all the GHGs make up a barrier which lets the sun’s light in but prevents heat from escaping. ... Read more
It’s official. 2019 wrapped up the hottest decade ever recorded, with the 5 hottest years ever being 2015-2019. Heat waves in June and July of 2019 broke many all-time high temperature records with July being declared the hottest month ever recorded on Earth. The 2016 Paris Agreement set a commitment to keep the global average ... Read more
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” — Leo Tolstoy Almost everyone has an opinion on what’s wrong with the world, yet few act to create change. What can we do in the midst of this chaos and confusion? We can change ourselves and change our hearts. In this ... Read more
Oprah is joined by New York Times best-selling author and University of Houston graduate professor Dr. Brené Brown, as they delve into the power of vulnerability. In front of a live studio audience, Dr. Brown shares the four myths of vulnerability, explains why vulnerability means being truthful to who we are and offers examples of ... Read more
Differences Between Self-Directed and Progressive Education Self-directed learning and Progressive education models have both gained traction in recent years, and although they share many similarities and goals, they vary from each other quite a bit. In this article we learn more about these two alternatives to the “standard” education model. We also learn why the ... Read more
Do you ever have trouble picturing the magnitude of change caused by rising global temperatures? This time lapse video of the Arctic ice melting over the last 35 years shows the climate crisis in motion – and calls for urgent action. Check out the World Economic Forum website for more information.