Impact Staff

Rise Up

'Vice' on HBO Tackles Criminal Justice Reform and Youth Incarceration

Here's how you can help at risk youth from becoming an incarceration statistic.
Impact Staff
4.6.18
Rise Up

An Anonymous Activist is Sending These Trucks Across the US to Protest Gun Violence

A fleet of mobile billboards dispatched across the country is furthering the conversation on gun violence in America and what can be done to stop it.
Impact Staff
3.26.18
The Rundown

Keep the Movement Going After the March for Our Lives by Voting This November

The only way to keep up the momentum to push for gun control reform is to get to the ballot boxes for the midterm elections.
Impact Staff
3.26.18
Rise Up

Women Activists in Ethiopia Are Fighting to Eradicate the Dangerous Practice of Female Genital Mutilation

These women are shifting cultural norms through grassroots action, and changing the future for women and girls in their communities for the better.
Impact Staff
3.9.18
Rise Up

'SHELTER' Highlights the Fight to End America's Youth Homelessness Crisis

In VICE’s new documentary, we journey to New Orleans to speak with the staff and residents of Covenant House, America’s largest non-profit shelter, to issue an urgent call to action to address the plight of homeless youth.
Impact Staff
2.21.18
Frontier

Watch VICE’s New Documentary, 'The Third Industrial Revolution: A Radical New Sharing Economy'

In a digitally-driven society, social and economic theorist Jeremy Rifkin describes the birth of a new economic system that can address climate change and create a more equitable and empathic world.
Impact Staff
2.9.18
The Rundown

States Want Their Own Net Neutrality Laws to Bypass the FCC's Internet Rollbacks

The fight for net neutrality has become a people-powered movement in states across the country to ensure protections for internet consumers.
Impact Staff
2.6.18
The Rundown

Let’s Show Support for the NFL Kneelers After Trump Blasted Them During His SOTU

Activists push back on the president's blatant attacks against athletes protesting for racial equality.
Impact Staff
1.31.18
The Rundown

The EPA Tried to ‘Delegitimize Science,’ so Scientists Sued the Government

You know things are getting weird when scientists decide to sue a major federal agency.
Impact Staff
1.30.18
The Rundown

Skip Trump's SOTU and Watch the 'People’s State of the Union' Event Instead

Activists and celebrities like Mark Ruffalo and Alyssa Milano planned their own State of the Union counter-programming to President Trump's Congressional address.
Impact Staff
1.29.18
The Rundown

Florida’s Ex-Offender Voter Restoration Effort Could Change Who Gets to Vote in 2020

This key swing state is poised to change its lifetime voting ban on citizens with felony offenses this November, which has major implications for who will be President of the United States.
Impact Staff
1.24.18
The Rundown

What's Next After Senate Democrats End Government Shutdown Without DACA Deal

As liberals blast Chuck Schumer for leaving a DACA decision open, the fate of the program lies with Mitch McConnell's GOP.
Impact Staff
1.23.18
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