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For Incarcerated Students in California, Education Is a Collective Endeavor
Often denied access to the books and materials they need, incarcerated students rely on mutual aid to succeed.
Tribes Are Bracing for Potential SNAP Loss
But Indigenous advocates are working to ensure families are fed via mutual aid meal trains and education on foraging.
Former Prisoner’s New Book Offers Rare Look Into Nation’s Most Secretive Prison
Having survived the most restrictive supermax prison in the country on a trumped-up charge, Eric King tells what he saw.
Digital Tools Are Fueling the Rise of New “Time Exchange” Solidarity Economies
Through time exchanges, members earn time credits by helping others, then redeem them when they need help themselves.
“No Tariffs on Sharing”: Tool Libraries Offer Resilience Amid Federal Chaos
As Trump imposes tariffs, tool libraries can serve as a sustainable alternative to consuming more products.
Reproductive Labor Has Always Been Fundamental to Social Movements’ Resistance
Reproductive labor — like cooking, child care and distributing mutual aid — serves as the lifeblood of social movements.
Mutual Aid Networks That Emerged in Housing Crisis Are Mobilizing Amid LA Fires
“If you can make a sandwich, you can start a mutual aid network,” one Los Angeles organizer told Truthout.
What Hurricane Helene Relief Taught Me About Preparing for Trump’s Second Term
We can mobilize mutual aid to feed and shelter people all the time, not just after major environmental disasters.
2 Months After Hurricane Helene, How Are Impacted Local Organizers Coping?
Mutual aid volunteers are still dealing with high stress levels. Organizer Sarah Nuñez says there are paths to healing.
Our Best Option for Defending Ourselves From Trump’s Second Term Is Each Other
Policy solutions, tech fixes or billionaires won't save us. We must commit to the work of mutual aid and direct action.