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Social movements must bring the creative energy of protest culture to electoral campaigns.

If we can learn one thing from Superstorm Sandy, it's that we ignore climate change at our own peril.

Aid to neighborhoods populated by New York City's low-income residents and people of color has been largely absent.

Whoever wins on November 6, progressive campaigns will continue to target the tiny elite that rules the country.

No TV ads, no fancy consultants. The staunchly progressive Vermont senator is coasting toward re-election by talking about real issues, listening to voters and organizing.

It’s time to ditch the political euphemisms, and start calling lies, theft and greed by their true name.

On October 22, people across the country gathered for the seventeenth National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation.

How can progressives balance support for the Democrats with the need to mobilize grassroots support for social and economic causes?

American Freedom Defense Initiative's Islamophobic ad campaign faced massive pushback from the forces of decency and justice.

The documentary, starring the late Andrew Breitbart, is a deranged hodge-podge of bizarre memes, wild dot-connecting and unadulterated fury.