Yoga Mats in the Squad Room
Can a trendy, pop-psychology cottage industry actually improve the culture of the police and military?
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Quilt Trip
The Social Justice Sewing Academy is teaching an old form of social media to a new generation of marginalized students.
Dodging Bullets to Make the World’s Best Coffee in Mexico
Juan Carlos Lopez is braving local violence so that indigenous workers can get a share of the profits.
The Mongolian Wonder Women
In Ulaanbaatar, a small women's rights group is using comic books to nurture Mongolian women's ambitions.
Instruments of Fate
Caleb Byerly works with indigenous communities to rediscover—and rebuild—their people's lost instruments.
Can Art Help People Feel the Devastation of Climate Change?
Miranda Massie hopes the Climate Museum in New York City can convince visitors to be better stewards of the climate—by appealing at once to their intellect and their emotions.
How Women’s Studies Is Helping Rural Teens Fix Their Social Culture
With her pioneering courses, Annie Delgado is filling in the gaps left by more traditional curricula.
Inside the Theater of Complicity
In SupremacyLand, visitors are forced to examine how they respond to overt expressions of racial bigotry.
Sarah Jones’ Theater of Resistance
The playwright and actress' one-woman shows are deeply political—but she isn't here to preach.
Save American Poetry, Read a Cowboy
At the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, readers and writers celebrate the lyrical beauty of rural existence.