• Here's what to know about International Women's Day — a celebration and a call to action

    Here's what to know about International Women's Day — a celebration and a call to action

    Mar 08, 2026 08:26 PM EDT

    ... to charity runs. Some celebrate the economic, social and political achievements of women, while others urge governments to guarantee equal pay, access to health care, justice for victims of gender-based violence and education for girls. WATCH: New book 'Women Money Power' chronicles long fight for economic equality It is ...

  • What makes the first U.S.-born pope an ‘unusual’ choice

    What makes the first U.S.-born pope an ‘unusual’ choice

    May 09, 2025 09:53 PM EDT

    ... encouraged the creation of labor unions, encouraged employers to create labor unions and to negotiate with labor, encouraged the creation of a force for social justice in the church.” Leo XIII sought to improve diplomatic relations with civil governments around the world. He also published two encyclicals calling for slavery ...

  • Sister of American not part of Russian prisoner swap: 'We don't have the celebrity status'

    Sister of American not part of Russian prisoner swap: 'We don't have the celebrity status'

    Aug 01, 2024 10:40 PM EDT

    ... brother Marc? Anne Fogel: I want you to know that Marc has had an outsized impact on the world, essentially, because he has taught internationally for so many years. He has thousands of students that he has taught, and he is -- there's not a hall of fame for teaching ...

  • A Brief But Spectacular take on how music empowers communities

    A Brief But Spectacular take on how music empowers communities

    Dec 28, 2023 11:15 PM EDT

    ... On Philly is an organization that provides transformative music training experiences to children in the area of Philadelphia. POP's mission mirrors El Sistema advocacy for social justice. It felt like it was an extension of my work in Venezuela. Over 90 percent of the students identify as a student ...

  • As conservative adults target schools, LGBTQ+ kids and students of color feel less safe

    As conservative adults target schools, LGBTQ+ kids and students of color feel less safe

    Jun 07, 2023 10:24 PM EDT

    ... to pick it up, “because you’re a slave.” She was stunned — no one had ever said anything like that to her before. As protests for racial justice broke out in 2020, white students at her Tennessee high school kneeled in the hallways and chanted, “Black lives matter!” in mocking ...

  • Why Mexico has made little progress on femicide

    Why Mexico has made little progress on femicide

    Dec 27, 2022 05:16 PM EDT

    ECATEPEC, Mexico (AP) — On a November afternoon, Mónica Citlalli Díaz left home in a sprawling suburb of Mexico’s capital and headed to the school where she’d been teaching English for years. It seemed an ordinary day, but on this one, she never arrived at work. Her absence was ...

  • WATCH: Answering your questions on critical race theory

    WATCH: Answering your questions on critical race theory

    Jun 28, 2021 06:20 PM EDT

    ... honestly. If we don't reckon with it, we'll keep reproducing it in the next generation and we won't really get to, ‘and justice for all.’ So I think it's important for parents to tell the truth in an age-appropriate way,” Carter said. In order to ...

  • Bruce Boynton, who inspired 1961 Freedom Rides, dies at 83

    Bruce Boynton, who inspired 1961 Freedom Rides, dies at 83

    Nov 24, 2020 09:17 PM EDT

    ... in Alabama. He spent most of his career as a civil rights attorney before retirement.Thompson said in 2018 that Boynton’s life “is a teaching lesson for all of us about how we can make a difference.” “All he wanted was a cheeseburger, and he changed the course of ...

  • 'Flexn' dance style stretches limits of self-expression

    'Flexn' dance style stretches limits of self-expression

    Aug 11, 2019 09:13 PM EDT

    ... into moves known as “pauzin”, “gliding”, and “bone-breaking”. Gray says that these moves help dancers dramatize their own stories and surrounding issues of social justice. For example, one scene in “Maze” recreates the 2014 police shooting of Laquan McDonald in Chicago. Vocalist: One officer begins shooting. He immediately sinks ...

  • Erdogan's crackdown targets every aspect of Turkish society

    Erdogan's crackdown targets every aspect of Turkish society

    Aug 30, 2017 11:33 PM EDT

    ... government hospital and teaching job for -- quote -- "links to terrorist groups." OZDEMIR AKTAN: I was one of the academics who have signed the letter asking for peace. And that was considered as a support for PKK. NICK SCHIFRIN: The PKK is a Kurdish militant organization considered a terrorist group by ...