The Brooklyn Movement Center, a community-organizing group dedicated to self-determination and empowerment of central Brooklynites, has combined data, analytics and investigative journalism to highlight how Airbnb is changing the BK landscape. The Root decided to use BMC’s data and resources to figure out how Airbnb has bleached Brooklyn. Most of our data came from a report Read more…

The officer who killed Philando Castile was found not guilty on all counts. This is not justice. This is the reinforcement of a story that says, black people are to be feared and the perception of them as a threat will always supersede God’s will for life. We are angry, devastated, frustrated, and hurt, but Read more…

MILWAUKEE – Next Monday, representatives of Voces de la Frontera will attend the World People’s Conference: For a World Without Walls, Towards Universal Citizenship in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Organized by the Bolivian government, the conference will bring together thousands of representatives from social movements and progressive governments from across the world. Attendees include the current Presidents Read more…

Said Maria Brenes, executive director of the East L.A. advocacy group InnerCity Struggle. “I see a tremendous amount of stepping up on the part of young people to connect this information to the people who need it the most,” Brenes said. Click Here For Full Article

Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools took the podium and detailed the many ways the system has failed and excluded them from participating in its transformation. Click Here For Full Article