Happy Juneteenth! Today marks the oldest national celebration marking the end of slavery in the United States. Whether you’re honoring Black history, celebrating Black culture, or supporting Black-owned businesses, we hope you use this time to learn and uplift the Black community. We’re so inspired by leaders in tech who are using STEM to do just that and more. Check...
Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s New Newsletter Highlights Constructive Stories
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Happy Juneteenth! Today marks the oldest national celebration marking the end of slavery in the United States. Whether you’re honoring Black history, celebrating Black culture, or supporting Black-owned businesses, we hope you use this time to learn and uplift the Black community. We’re so inspired by leaders in tech who are using STEM to do just that and more. Check...
Protecting the Earth, Protecting Ourselves: Stories from Native America by Raymond Foxworth Over the next two months, NPQ, in partnership with the First Nations Development Institute (First Nations), will publish on a weekly basis a series of articles that lift up Native American voices to highlight issues concerning environmental justice in Indian Country and...
When 14-year-old Josh Burford first heard about a local park where gay men supposedly went to cruise, he was curious if it could be true. It was the early 1990s in Anniston, Alabama, a small town halfway between Birmingham and Atlanta. When he got the courage to visit, he ended up chatting with the men there and thinking: “Holy shit, this is a group of Queer...
First Nations always aims to create space for Indigenous people to share stories and insights. During Native American Heritage Month and as part of our ongoing “Lunch and Learn” series, we were honored to have Kevin Gover, Under Secretary for Museums and Culture for the Smithsonian Institute (and former Director of the Nation Museum of the American Indian) speak to...
This Women’s History Month, Scalawag presents a roundup of women who came before the historical figures you may have heard of: architects of civil rights law, Southern financiers, abolitionist visionaries, and folk music pioneers. This year, the National Women’s History Month theme is “celebrating women who tell our stories.” But who gets to...
Graphic by Lita Tirak, PhD Strategies on how to find and write solutions stories on your beat (Check out an annotation of one of Tom Hallberg’s on-the-beat solutions stories from the Jackson Hole News&Guide here.) By Tom Hallberg When COVID-19 sent the world into a tailspin, personal protective equipment became scarce, and as the Jackson Hole News&Guide’s...