In Gloria Steinem's VICELAND show WOMAN, the feminist writer and activist explores how violence against females in different communities, institutions, and cultures leads to global instability.
The film, which features Nobel Prize laureate Wole Soyinka and civil rights activists, explores the siphoning of billions of dollars from government coffers to private companies.
A new video released by environmental activists explores the issue of palm oil, which is found in half of all the products we buy -- from cookies to shampoos -- and is linked to the destruction of one of the world's most important tropical rainforests.
This in formation began coming out after Ralph Nader, the consumer-protection activist began exploring the workings of the Food & Drug Administration last summer.
In the post below, we conclude our extended interview series with actor and activist Wendell Pierce, exploring his views on potential solutions to issues of food access, both locally and globally.
"Our current world situation is so uncertain and as members of society we often just watch it go by in some respects," says Riggall. "I think we have a responsibility culturally to debate these things and become activists through exploring film.
One prime example was the Environmental Policy Alliance – a mirror image of the government agency – which, according to the website, is "devoted to uncovering the funding and hidden agendas behind environmental activist groups and exploring the intersection between activists and government agencies".
British journalist and activist Mark Lynas explores how to overcome the environmental and climate crisis in this 2011 publication.
New Yorker Jones is also a mental health social worker, prominent journalist and community activist who explores the boundary between mental and sexual health.
Already keenly interested in city neighbourhoods and their vitality, both as a writer and increasingly as a community activist, she explored urban design and planning at length with her husband.
