Beyoncé Renaissance World Tour at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on June 1, 2023. Image: Raph_PH (Creative Commons)

Vilissa Thompson, a wheelchair user, highlights the glaring accessibility gaps she encountered at Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour in Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field. As concerts roar back to life, her firsthand account underscores the urgent need for venues to prioritize true inclusivity for disabled attendees. →

Despite unveiling a newly remodeled maternity unit in December 2016, Centinela Hospital Medical Center will cease providing maternity care on October 25, 2023. Image: Linkedin.com

Inglewood's Centinela Hospital has ended its maternity services, leaving residents without a local maternity ward and spotlighting concerns about healthcare disparities, especially for Black women. Critics argue this contributes to a growing 'medical desert' and underscores a wider national health gap. →

Wild rice, or manoomin as it is called by the Ojibwe, grows in Ogechie Lake in Kathio Township, Minnesota, on June 29, 2023. Image: Dymanh Chhoun, Sahan Journal

Climate change and heightened rainfall in northern Minnesota are jeopardizing the survival of wild rice, a vital aquatic grass sacred to the Ojibwe and central to the ecosystem. While tribal and state initiatives work to adapt and counter these environmental challenges, the increasing frequency of extreme weather events, from flooding to drought, underscores the profound impact of global warming on regional traditions and ecologies. →