• Main Street Marches on Wall Street

  Activism & Organizing

  Lucas Mann: As economic turmoil continues over the proposed bailout plan, activists put pressure on Congress.

• Time for a Taxpayer Revolt

  Activism & Organizing

  Medea Benjamin & Arun Gupta: The bailout package isn't a compromise: it's an appalling transfer of wealth upward. Register your protest!

• The Relentless Activism of Tom Morello

  Activism & Organizing

  ZP Heller: The Rage Against the Machine guitarist recounts his raucous RNC protest and explains his inspiration for melding politics and popular music.

• From Organizer to Elected Official

  Activism & Organizing

  Peter Dreier: It's not that big a leap from the public service work done by community organizers and the pragmatic work of coalition-building done by elected officials.

• GOP Mocks Public Service

  Activism & Organizing

  Peter Dreier & John Atlas: Mocking community organizers, the GOP attacks a tradition of collective self-help that's made America a more humane country.

• Dissent in Denver

  Convention 08

  VideoNation & Brett Story: If Barack Obama is promishing change from the bottom up, then what's driving the protests in Denver?

• The Party Crashers

  Activism & Organizing

  Michael Gould-Wartofsky: Thousands of young activists are poised to protest at the Democratic and Republican conventions. In the age of Obama, is street protest still relevant?

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• Brave Nation Activist Award Winner

  Video

  Brave Nation : Cristina Lara is a feminist, a football player, a writer and a straight-A student. Watch her receive the first Brave Nation Activist award.

• This Brave Nation: A Defining Moment

  Video

  Brave Nation : Legendary activist Tom Hayden talks with Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine, about the state of the fourth branch of government.

• This Brave Nation: Two Generations of Hope

  Public Figures & Intellectuals

  Brave Nation : Pete Seeger talks about music and activism with one of the country's most effective young grassroots leaders, Majora Carter.

• This Brave Nation: Peace Takes Courage

  Activism & Organizing

  Brave Nation : Antiwar activist Ava Lowery and the ACLU's Anthony Romero discuss the legal quagmire into which the country has sunk since 9/11.

• This Brave Nation: Legendary Activists

  Brave Nation : Bonnie Raitt and Dolores Huerta talk about their passions, regrets, fears and most of all their dreams for future generations.

• Brave Nation Young Activist Award

  Activism & Organizing

  Brave Nation : Who is a local unsung hero that even at a young age, has the bravery to put themselves on the line for a cause?

• This Brave Nation: Environmental Visionaries

  Video

  Brave Nation : Carl Pope and Van Jones discuss the issues and movements that have informed and inspired their lives and work.