Racial violence has terrorized communities of color in the United States for generations. However, thanks to the courage and bravery of a large group of people, including my grandparents, overtly violent, racist acts of terrorism carried out by civilians are less frequent today. That is until this past weekend’s events in Charlottesville, Virginia. The black […]

I have a small scar on my forehead.  I got it when I was working as a community organizer for the Community Coalition in South Los Angeles and my car was pelted with bricks on the corner of Florence and Normandie Ave on April 29, 1992.   25 years later, that scar is the reminder of […]

If you weren’t already concerned about the current state of affairs in the U.S., the recent White House budget proposal and its cuts to important and much-needed health services should make you cringe. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) assessment of the American Health Care Act, aka ‘Trumpcare‘ aka ‘Ryancare‘, indicates that approximately 24 million people […]

When most people stop to think about the most dangerous jobs around, they often think of high-risk  jobs, like firefighters or deep sea fishermen. Does an environmental conservationist come to mind? It definitely might if you’re Indigenous. An alarming trend throughout the Americas is violence against and the assassination of Indigenous community leaders and organizers […]

Results in Texas show that defunding women’s health is a bad idea. A series of recorded videos were released by anti-abortion activists attempting to portray Planned Parenthood as breaking federal abortion laws to discredit the health services they offer to over millions of women and families. The videos have since been debunked, and investigations in several […]

Thanks to the voter approval of Prop 47 back in 2014, California is now poised to grant an estimated $103.7 million in funding for community programs that support mental health, drug treatment, and rehabilitation for people reentering from the justice system. Following Prop 47’s implementation, there was a 67 percent statewide drop in felony drug […]

Guest Blog by Larry Tramutola and Lolis Ramirez of the TOLA Academy. In the past year, Philadelphia, Cook County, Illinois (Chicago), San Francisco, and Oakland were among the cities that passed taxes on sugary sweetened beverages. All of these cities have high percentages of African American and other minorities who suffer from diseases linked to […]

The Praxis Project congratulates Albany, Oakland, San Francisco and Boulder (And Cook County, Illinois) on incredible wins for health justice during this past election.  For Praxis, these wins are a beacon for a darkness that may soon come to the broader fight for health justice in our most vulnerable communities across the United States as the […]

Standing Rock, North Dakota. Here one of the most significant and historic gatherings continues, as indigenous peoples and their supporters rally in the name of environmental protection and indigenous rights. The ongoing movement began in April of 2016 when indigenous leaders established their camps through prayer. The movement has now grown immensely holding over 5,000 […]