AN ASPIRING model whose vitiligo is slowly fading hopes that it never disappears. Bashir Aziz, from Tooting, London, was born with vitiligo, a skin disorder characterised by small, white patches on various parts of the body caused by the...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 16: AN ASPIRING model whose vitiligo is slowly fading hopes that it never disappears. Bashir Aziz, from Tooting, London, was born with vitiligo, a skin disorder characterised by small, white patches on...

Though often ignored, women, such as the ones highlighted here, are critical to remembering the specific way Black people have enacted change in world history.



Their lives reveal the importance of culture in
activism....

With global greenhouse gas emissions at record levels, and the future of Earth at stake, what are Americans doing to safeguard the planet for future generations? And what more can be done?

This film is about the most important events of Watkins Harper’s early life, highlighting her early achievements as a writer.

Art is a powerful democratic tool because it can inspire emotion and empower people to take direct action to achieve a social or political goal.

Folklorist and social crusader, Stetson Kennedy, helped unmask the KKK, one of the deadliest hate groups in US history.

Robert Shetterly was born in 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated in 1969 from Harvard College with a degree in English Literature. At Harvard he took some courses in drawing which changed the direction of his creative life...

In the late 1700s, three major revolutions changed the course of history in the name of freedom and equality. The Age of Revolutions bore witness to this change.

Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights, activist. She was the first Black woman to be featured on a United States quarter coin (25 cent coin) When she was eight, she was raped by her mother's boyfriend and...

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a government agency that tracks and apprehends illegal aliens. But when its officers caged children on the Mexico border, young people stood up for change.

SPAIN, 2016: This disabled pole dancer is making waves in the pole world as a champion of adaptive athletes. Erin Clark, 36, first started pole dancing in April of this year and within months she had secured a national title and was on...

In June 2019, reports of immigrant children detained in cages on the US-Mexico border stunned America. Meet the extraordinary, Jewish people working in peaceful protest to demand change from the ICE.

Tips on what makes a company vulnerable to corporate activism, and what to do when it comes your way.

Martín Espada has published more than twenty books as a poet, editor, essayist and translator. His new book of poems from Norton is called Floaters. Other books of poems include Vivas to Those Who Have Failed (2016), The Trouble...

The story of transgender activist, Marsha P. Johnson, who dedicated her life to LGBTQ+ rights.

The role and effect of Activist Shareholders and Institutional Investors - Explained

We've all got our favourite YouTubers, right? But everyone with a channel has this Pennsylvian lady, Nellie Bly, to thank. You could say she was the world’s first blogger.

The story of Latina activist Antonia Pantoja, who fought for bilingual education programs.

How free Black women in Spanish Louisiana turned an oppressive headscarf law into a celebration of individuality and culture.

Deafblind pioneer Helen Keller campaigned for a better America – with the help of a remarkable watch that she didn’t have to see to read.

The 10th Amendment to the Constitution allows each state to set its own laws. That's meant that in Colorado, LGBTQIA+ rights have often been repressed. Meet the students at William J. Palmer High School who took their school district to...

Veganism is sweeping the global. So why are more and more people deciding to cut all animal products from their diets – and why could doing so help to save the Earth?

Gun control in the United States has been a loaded term for decades. So who is favour of the Second Amendment – and who is fighting back against it?