Justice
Top Manta is a brand created by undocumented people off the streets of Barcelona. Its existence dignifies the immigrant community and challenges the image of a tolerant and inclusive city.
BARCELONA, SPAIN
Justice
At this Museum nature and heritage are not explained to make us comfortable. Its honesty evokes active citizenship as people reckon with the exigencies of social justice and climate.
LONDON, UK
Justice
The director of the Berlin-Karlshorst Museum, formerly known as the Russian-German Museum, on its difficult task — and how neutrality no longer provides refuge for Russian culture in Berlin
BERLIN, GERMANY
Culture
A unique collaboration between the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid and its neighborhood, Lavapiés, questions the role of museums in relation to their surroundings
MADRID, SPAIN
Justice
The Museum of Egyptian Art was built where a monumental building for the Nazi Party was supposed to stand in Munich. Dealing with the past in public spaces is controversial in this city, but the museum hewed to its principles
MUNICH, GERMANY
Justice
The policy change affected by Las Kellys to restore the rights of chambermaids in Barcelona opens the debate about ethical tourism to reduce inequality in the city.
BARCELONA, SPAIN
Justice
Parental incarceration leaves a legacy and contributes to overflowing US jails; one group of girls in New Orleans may break the chain
NEW ORLEANS, LA, USA
Justice
While his camera captures life and race in Baltimore, Devin Allen puts cameras into kids’ hands against gun violence — both in pursuit of social justice
BALTIMORE, MD, USA
Justice
A sailing program on the Hudson River by a group of amateur sailors can reduce inequality for students in public schools in Manhattan
NEW YORK, NY, USA
Justice
Filled with all sorts of ephemera, Interference Archive encourages social engagement through the cultural production of social movements
NEW YORK, NY, USA
Justice
Transforming an old building could reverse years of environmental injustice. Would the city of Minneapolis rise to this “now or never” moment?
MINNEAPOLIS, MN, USA
Justice
How a grassroots idea becomes a cultural institution and a community weaving a tapestry of untold and neglected histories the city prefers to keep private.
TULSA, OK, USA
Justice
The Mayor of Tulsa met community activists this week and agreed on specific steps to address police violence and social injustice in the black communities of the city.
TULSA, OK, USA
Justice
As the State drops the ball on Mexico’s missing persons crisis, civil society takes the field in search of the disappeared—enough to fill the stadium that hosted the World Cup opener
MEXICO CITY, CDMX, MEXICO
Justice
Indigenous leader Milvian Aspuac is championing collective intellectual property rights for Mayan designs as a path to Indigenous women’s economic autonomy
SANTIAGO SACATEPéQUEZ, GUATEMALA
Justice
Jewish-Israeli activist Noam Shuster Eliassi left the UN peace diplomacy program to become a standup comedian — now a film shows how she uses laughter to meet the pain
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
Justice
Local voices around Elmina Castle and its Door of No Return have long-preserved stories that are now reshaping slave trade history
ELMINA, GHANA
Justice
Many young African talents fall victim to human trafficking in football; however, ‘the beautiful game’ could be a real game-changer in African cities
LAGOS, NIGERIA
Justice
This is a story of how two young men, born into occupation and poverty, were able to use their own bodies as tools of liberation – and how, through my work, I was privileged to help them speak to the world.
KHAN YOUNIS
Justice
In South African cities a long tradition of community-based paralegal offices operating from garages, churches, and schools provide equal access to justice and real hope to thrive in low-income neighbourhoods.
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA