NI Blog

Here you will find case studies, interviews, insights, and reflections from staff.

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We want to end the year with this reading list, featuring some of the best thinking in the field on...
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ICE's detention of firefighters responding to the Bear Gulch Fire – the largest wild fire recorded in the Olympic Peninsula...
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A collection of lessons for organizers working in higher education...
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A close look at the harmful and helpful narratives that emerged during the Texas Floods of July 2025–and what they...
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Narrative Initiative is excited to announce Noor Mir as our new Chief of Staff. She will lead efforts to align...

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It is no secret we are in the midst of the most intense and sustained rollback of basic rights, protections,...

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Listening to the Second Line parade serenade a room full of dancing people in the French Quarter of New Orleans,...

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But the flip side: the Model Minority Myth is a myth. We know Asian American communities are far from a...
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When COVID-19 vaccines first became available, Southern California Pacific Islander Community Response team (SoCal PICRT) launched a campaign that filled...

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How do you know if a narrative is harmful or helpful? It depends on who gets to decide. At Narrative...

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We are living in a time when “a broad anti-sexual and reproductive rights agenda” is being implemented at the direction of...

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It’s nearly impossible to discuss solutions for the maternal health crisis— one that leaves Black and Native women 3 –...

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Looking at doulas from a global health perspective In 2022, 817 women* died of maternal causes in the United States. Admittedly, that’s...

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In 1967, less than three years after receiving the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., stood at...

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It’s hard not to feel overwhelmed by the dismantling of our government and attacks on those who are speaking out...

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Narrative alignment can be a force for evil, or a force for good. We see how corporations, politicians, influencers, media,...

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In September 2017, Toys ‘R’ Us, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. By March 2018, the company began liquidating their...

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It is hard to overstate the courageous contributions students and teachers make towards building a functioning multiracial democracy. Notably, it...

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A key element of the Trump administration’s strategy is to convince the public that the MAGA movement is unstoppable. They...

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In June of 1982, Vincent Chin—a Chinese American engineering technician—was out with friends in Detroit celebrating his bachelor party. The...

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