Kevon Paynter wrote this article for YES! Magazine. Kevon is the Surdna reporting fellow for YES! Follow him on Twitter @KevonPaynter.
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Published in: Transformation“The price on everything is love:” how a Detroit community overcomes a lack of city servicesA range of neighbor-to-neighbor efforts address basic needs that aren’t met by local government.
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Published in: TransformationWith marijuana now legal, Los Angeles goes further to make amends for the war on drugsHow one city is repairing the damage caused by marijuana prohibition for the people who’ve been most affected.
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Published in: TransformationBefore the NFL took a knee: four lesser-known moments of resistance in sports historyThis isn’t the first time the world of professional sports has entered the fight for civil rights and racial justice.