Social Justice

The coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on millions of people around the world. In the United States, Black people are more at risk of dying from or developing serious complications from the virus. The economic fallout has also had a disproportionate impact on minorities, and the summer of racial justice protests has only compounded the mental and emotional stress for some.

Journalists based in Colombia, South Africa and Indonesia talk about how the Black Lives Matter movement inspired activists abroad this year.

Broward Schools face pressure to reopen. Local community colleges and the coronavirus. Plus, a conversation about jazz and social justice.

Broward Schools face pressure to reopen. Local community colleges and the coronavirus. Plus, a conversation about jazz and social justice.

The race for Miami-Dade County’s next mayor is among the contests that voters will decide as Election Day approaches on Aug. 18.On Friday, WLRN and the…

Protesters and advocates are calling for major criminal justice reforms in response to the deaths of many black Americans by police — including the recent…

Protests and Pro Tools. The pandemic and plants. Time with family and moments of joy.These are ways South Floridians are coping with anxieties and…

Updated Sunday, May 31 at 12:15 p.m.Editors' note: Charles Durrant Dandy Jr.'s name was misspelled in a previous version of this story.Miami-Dade County…

On a hot day in September, Charlene Jones celebrated her 61st birthday by herself.The former nursing-home cook made herself a birthday dinner of turkey…

Art and social justice. For centuries artists have been combining the two and a show opening Friday in Miami once again hopes to harness this form of…

08/08/12 - Wednesday's Topical Currents is a 20th Century “Social Justice Hall of Fame,” compiled by Occidental College professor Peter Dreier. It…