We are living in fascist times, which means we must remember history to help us understand the possibilities of our futures. Do we want to subjugate ourselves to the tyranny...
In a country where land has historically been central to wealth and power-building, we must carefully consider how we want to work together towards land reclamation. Kailea Loften in conversation...
The abolitionist movement transformed America from a slaveholders’ republic into a multiracial democracy in just decades, proving that organized people are the engine of real change. As America turns 250,...
If we’re going to work to bring diverse groups of people into conversation and ultimately solidarity, we will need an updated politics of togetherness capable of bringing nuance to intersectionality....
Trevor Smith in conversation with Anne Price and Jhumpa Bhattacharya of The Maven Collaborative. The racial wealth gap is not a product of individual behavior but of policy design. Because...
The American Dream was built on stolen land and enslaved labor, so true freedom means rejecting it and building a Liberation Economy rooted in repair and abundance. You and I...
The family policing system and the colonial legacy of the pass system, boarding schools, slave patrols, and immigration policies. Indigenous, Black, and other communities of color across North America know...
Jawanza James Williams is a Black, radical Queer, Prison Abolitionist, Socialist, Feminist, Christian engaged in social critique. Williams is originally from Beaumont, Texas, and received a BA in English from...
Judith Le Blanc is a citizen of the Caddo Nation. She is the Executive Director of Native Organizers Alliance (NOA), which leads a national Native training and organizing network that...
Jhumpa Bhattacharya is the Co-President and Co-Founder of The Maven Collaborative. She directly leads work identifying policy and narrative solutions to racial and gender income and wealth inequities and mitigating...
Anne E. Price is Co-President and Founder of The Maven Collaborative. She previously served as President and a Director of the Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative at The Insight...
Scot Nakagawa is co-founder and executive director of the 22nd Century Initiative, a national action and strategy hub supporting efforts to defeat white nationalism and build upon the democratic potential...
Dr. Amara Enyia is a Strategist and Public Policy Expert on city and state policy as well as international affairs with expertise in Africa, Latin America, and Central Asia. In...
Brittany Koteles is the Director of Land Justice Futures. With a decade of experience in the nonprofit sector, she comes to this work through years of exploration at the intersection...
Guided by the call to transmute the legacy of her colonizer and enslaver ancestors, Morgan Curtis supports her fellow people with wealth and class privilege to move towards redistribution, atonement,...
Nicole Carty (she/her) is the Executive Director of Get Free, a youth-led movement focused on repairing past harms, removing ongoing barriers to equality, and realizing a future where freedom is...
Alejandra Gomez (she/her) is an Anishinaabe-Ojibway, Bear Clan, and Chicana human rights advocate based in San Francisco. With roots in Couchiching First Nation in Treaty 3 Territory and Chicana ties...
Claire Maracle is a Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) member of the Six Nations of the Grand River, raised as a guest on Muscogee, Osage, and Cherokee land. This experience directly informs their...
Baratunde Thurston is an Emmy-nominated host, New York Times best-selling author, public speaker, and comedian helping us live well with technology, each other, and the planet. From How To Citizen...
Brea Baker is a freedom fighter and writer (in that order) who has been working on the frontlines for over a decade, first as a student activist and now as...