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Destruction from Super Storm Sandy

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.

Hurricane Sandy water

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.

Protest against Barack Obama

Where their interests overlap, progressive politics can thrive.

Blogs

Tax Day is here, and you can avail yourself of an offshore tax haven—just as the biggest businesses do. 

April 15, 2013

The USPS is not the only public service under full frontal attack. How did it stay standing?

April 12, 2013

With HB 2169, which prohibits the use of student fees for political advocacy, students are the new victims of Arizona's right-wing regime. 

April 12, 2013

Join Bill McKibben in signing The Nation's open letter urging Secretary Kerry to consider his legacy and to find the courage to reject the Keystone XL pipeline.

April 12, 2013

In the latest picks, activists organize around education, economist Richard Wolff tells it like it is and Farc and the Colombian government make progress towards peace. Who said no news is good news?

April 12, 2013

The Divest Harvard campaign achieved a small but not insignificant victory this morning.

April 12, 2013

The Big Banks are fleeing activists and shareholders who are challenging their bad practices. They can run, but they can't hide.

April 12, 2013

Students, workers and faculty are striking today and tomorrow in protest of massive tuition hikes, wage freezes and lack of diversity at IU.

April 11, 2013

The Do the Math Movie tells the story of the rising movement trying to change the terrifying math of the climate crisis and fight the fossil fuel industry.

April 10, 2013

The committee has recommended divestment only three times in its entire history.

April 10, 2013
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