This activist organization wants to transform the criminal justice system—starting with prosecutors →
Color of Change worked with ‘When They See Us’ director Ava DuVernay to get reform-minded prosecutors into office. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreThe beautiful place that stopped big bottled water →
As Washington State moves to ban companies from selling its spring water, the story of Hood River County shows how even a small place can stop the extraction of its most precious resource. REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL
Read MoreMexican women strike to protest against gender-based violence →
Millions of women in Mexico have taken part in a day-long strike to highlight rising levels of gender-based violence. An estimated 10 women are killed each day in Mexico and police are investigating more than 700 cases of "femicide", the killing of women. BBC NEWS
Read MoreSisters campaign against gender-based street harassment →
British sisters Maya and Gemma want to make gender-based street harassment illegal. They founded the Our Streets Now campaign and collect stories of public harassment. The sisters have been inspired following the introduction of a new law in France that makes street harassment illegal. Offenders can be issued with on-the-spot fines. BBC NEWS
Read MoreTouching a nerve →
How a peoples’ campaign at the United Nations is challenging corporate rule. THE TRANSNATIONAL INSTITUTE
Read More'Scary mums' are part of the citizen war against pollution in Pakistan →
A growing wave of clean-air activists — including a group called the "Scary Mums," environmental lawyers, tech entrepreneurs and even foreign embassies — is using new sources of pollution data to pressure the government to take action. NPR
Read MoreWhat's behind the wave of Middle East protests? →
You might remember the uprisings in the Middle East in 2011. As dictators were toppled hundreds of thousands of protesters called for change, for freedom and a new start. Their high hopes came to very little and the region lurched back towards war and repression. But the grievances that drove the 2011 uprisings - the so-called Arab Spring - never went away. 2019 might be the year it started again. BBC NEWS
Read MoreOmas Gegen Rechts: Meet the grannies fighting the far-right →
These Austrian grandmothers are determined to warn younger generations about the dangers of far-right ideologies. The members of Omas Gegen Rechts - "Grannies Against the Right" - say they want to prevent history from repeating itself. BBC NEWS
Read MoreThe St Petersburg vegans cooking up a revolution →
As Russia enters its 20th year under the authoritarian leadership of Vladimir Putin, St Petersburg's vegan anarchist community thrives. Hated by the far right and out of tune with Russia's prevailing nationalist mood, the activists have created a version of what their ideal society would look like - and they're promoting this vision with delicious food. Could they be changing attitudes among other young Russians? BBC NEWS
Read MoreU.N. honours activist who helped thousands of refugees return to Congo
In all, 850,000 Congolese have fled abroad and another 4.5 million have been forced from their homes by conflict, according to the United Nations. PLACE
Read MoreNatGeo’s ‘Activate’ wants to inspire global activism—and reinvent P&G marketing—with Pharrell, Common →
A new National Geographic series, highlighting the work of Global Citizen and underwritten by the consumer packaged goods giant, may be a new model for marketing. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreFemale paleontologists don beards to get level playing field →
Less than one in four members of professional societies for paleontologists are women, according to the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreA community in America's 'Cancer Alley' fights for its life against a plastics plant →
In this Louisiana parish, residents are already surrounded by industrial plants and factories. They’re desperate to stop a new plastic company. THE HUFFINGTON POST
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