A wave of anti-gay laws have brought Russia’s LGBT movement into the international spotlight, but activists are divided over strategies, including proposed boycotts.

Meanwhile, activists organized a counter-summit to discuss the problems world leaders were unwilling to address. 

Fan activists demand fair labor standards in the development of products bearing the Harry Potter’s name.

Thoughts for the second anniversary of Occupy Wall Street.

On its second anniversary, a sense of failure pervades the Occupy movement, as many core activists have moved on with their lives. But was it really all for naught?

For years I have written about mass incarceration, while staying mute about drones and other injustices. It is time to connect the dots.

Doesn’t a truly effective fight for LGBT rights in Russia need to be led by Russians?

With Governor Jerry Brown taking a hardline position, strikers must turn to the courts, public opinion or the legislature.

Dr. King’s words in a world awash with surveillance. 

What to make of change on an overheating planet.