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Bystander Intervention 101: right and wrong things to do

Are you trying to figure out what to do when you witness hate or harassment in public? Here’s a Bystander 101 lesson. What is right with this picture? Best practice for intervention is to ignore the aggressor and engage the target. This includes the feminist principle of honoring the integrity …

How Do We Talk About Imprisoned Asylum Seekers in the US?

Internment camps and concentration camps When “concentration camp” started to be used to describe the imprisonment of asylum seekers at the southern …

Could you save lives by changing the words you use?

A Here and Now episode interviewed Michael Botticelli about his quest to change the language used regarding people with substance use disorder. He …