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Animal Rights Activists Rejoice As Puerto Rico’s Only Zoo is Ordered...

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Puerto Rico’s only zoo, Zoológico de Mayagüez Juan A. Rivero, had years of complaints. Activists questioned the facility’s conditions, which they claim were the cause...

How To Spot Performative Activism, and Why It Can Do More...

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With so many communities in America facing discrimination, hate crimes, racial attacks, and more, it seems as if any opportunity to speak out in...

Remembering Frances Goldin, Lower East Side Activist Who Gave a New...

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To be able to change the world once in 95 years is commendable. To do so at every possible opportunity is simply unforgettable. That was...

50 Years of Earth Day: Artist-Activist Favianna Rodriguez Explains Why Climate...

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Culture has always been a part of social change. It’s what engages audiences, activates communities, and even shapes policies in ways that raw data...

Meet Xandra Ibarra: The Latinx Artist Fighting Back Censorship

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What is the use of art if it is censored? What are the limits of political correctness in exhibition halls? Can a work be...

Yalitza Aparicio Uses her New Platform to Engage in Activism

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It was only a year ago that young Yalitza Aparicio moved the world with her role as Cleo in Alfonso Cuarón's drama Roma, which...

Murder of Activist Isabel Cabanillas Was the Last Straw and Triggered...

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"Your struggle goes on, Isabel," has been the cry that has traveled to every corner of Mexico City, after the young activist and plastic...

Terrence Malick’s Film A Hidden Life Will Have You Questioning Your...

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Premiering this Friday, American filmmaker Terrence Malick’s meditative film A Hidden Life ought to be on everyone’s “to watch” list this winter.  Set during the...

Open Letter to Querida Familia Latina Is an Intersectional Call for...

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Addressed to Querida Familia Latina, an open letter of solidarity was published last week in the New York Times, New York City’s El Diario,...

Vicci Martinez and Emily Tarver of ‘Orange is the New Black’...

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The eighth and final season of Netflix's Orange is the New Black may have drawn to a close, but cast members are as motivated...

Democratic Candidate Andrew Yang Bursting Into Tears Reminds Us That We...

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Former tech executive and Democratic hopeful Andrew Yang was one of over a dozen candidates to attend the Everytown for Gun Safety Town Hall...

Activism Redefined, Courtesy of The Pink Protest

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For some, activism is something that comes naturally and is deeply rooted in your soul. You’re a do-er and a do-gooder; you like to...