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Broward Detention Facility

While Washington debates a grand immigration resolution, some activists are putting their bodies on the line to free those in detention today.

Yuri Shevchuk

The well-known musician talks about the adoption ban, Pussy Riot and the future of the opposition movement.

We Are Undocumented America: Fighting for Immigration Reform in 2013

Against the backdrop of record deportations, undocumented activists outline what it would take to make immigration reform both comprehensive and meaningful.

Barack Obama

From Cuba to climate change to criminal justice, progressives must push the president to act—and forge a better future.

Shawn Francis Peters’s The Catonsville Nine.

In his second inaugural address, the president stood for collective action, solidarity, social justice. Now let’s make him act on it.

MoneyOut/Voters In Day

We all know the damage done by corporate money in politics. On January 19, we have the opportunity to do something about it.

A decade after Illinois Governor George Ryan emptied death row and pardoned four innocent men who were tortured by police under Commander Jon Burge, the city of Chicago has not admitted to its collective crimes.

It’s how I came to understand that the world—and all oppression—is connected.

Blogs

The Wisconsin governor's actions throughout the past three weeks have angered the public to the point that many are now pushing for recalling the state's Republican legislators.

March 11, 2011

This week we continue to bring you the latest coverage on the labor fight in Madison. Plus, Chris Hayes examines the spike in oil prices. Is Wall Street to blame? We welcome guest-blogger Sharon Lerner, and look back over the last 100 days of Wikileaks.

March 11, 2011

Sometimes things fall apart and sometime they flow together. As the Wisconsin State Senate rammed through their union-busting bill Wednesday night, people in the capitol chanted “General strike!” And I heard an echo. Not of 1934, the last time there was a general strike in the US, but earlier.

March 10, 2011

There hasn’t been a general strike in the US since 1934 but it may be the most effective tool to combat Scott Walker’s assault on public workers.

March 10, 2011

With right-wing assaults on women’s rights and reproductive health growing fiercer by the day, we can all draw strength from the committed struggle women from around the world have waged in pursuit of full gender equality.

March 8, 2011

Today, the anniversary is 100 years old. Yet, women around the world still face a phalanx of abuses ranging from wage inequality to femicide.

March 8, 2011

Last week’s March 2 National Day of Action saw scores of protests in more than a dozen states—including two that ended in arrests and one that ended with a bunch of people taking their clothes off.

March 7, 2011

Students at Dickinson College refused to leave their campus administrative offices until the officials met their demands to change the campus's sexual assault policy. And their demands were met.

March 4, 2011

John Nichols reports on the situation in Madison and the future of the 14 Senators who left the state to prevent Walker from forcing the bill through the legislature.

March 4, 2011

Black History Month usually focuses on civil rights leaders but young black activists are making a difference today.

March 3, 2011
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