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The War Between the Civilized Man and Pamela Geller (Racism and Discrimination, Peace Activism)

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

Lizzy Ratner
'Occupy Unmasked'—Unmasked (Occupy Wall Street, Film)

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

Michael Tracey
#S17 2012: One Year of Occupy Wall Street (Occupy Wall Street, Activism)

We spoke with organizers, union workers and students in debt who all seem to agree that Occupy isn't over.

Francis Reynolds
What I Learned from Occupy Wall Street (Movements, Occupy Wall Street, World)

A democratic revolution is possible—and necessary.

Max Berger
Occupy Wall Street's First Anniversary, In Drawings (Occupy Wall Street)

Contributions to our special issue on Occupy at one by artist and occupier Molly Crabapple.

The Nation
Occupy Your Victories (Movements, Occupy Wall Street, Civil Rights Activism)

Those claiming Occupy has failed already forget what other social justice sucesses have taught us: change is slow. 

Rebecca Solnit
Astra Taylor: Your Debt Is Not Your Fault! (Occupy Wall Street, Gap Between Wealth and Poverty, Student Movements)

Occupy activists are moving debt from the personal to the political. 

The Nation
Protecting Torturers, Prosecuting Whistleblowers (Foreign Policy, Dissent After 9-11, Secrecy in the Bush Administration)

While CIA agents that tortured and killed prisoners go unpunished, whistleblower John Kiriakou faces up to forty-five years in prison. 

Peter Van Buren
Occupy, After Occupy (Occupy Wall Street, Activism, The Left)

One year after Occupy Wall Street first shook the world, what lies ahead for the movement?

Nathan Schneider
Occupy Debt
Occupy 2.0: Strike Debt (Banking Predatory Lending, Occupy Wall Street, Activism, Ethical Economics, Gap Between Wealth and Poverty)

Bereft of their big tent at Zuccotti Park, activists have found a unifying theme in debt.

Astra Taylor

Blogs

Power Shift 09
StudentNation

In two weeks students will lead the largest day of lobbying on climate change in US history.

February 16, 2009
Power Shift 2009
StudentNation

Ten thousand young activists are planning to underscore the urgency of dramatic action on climate change.

November 25, 2008
Whither Capital Punishment
StudentNation

As a seven-month national moratorium on executions comes to an end, where does the student movement against the death penalty go?

September 9, 2008
Curbing Corporate America
The Notion

Corporate and CEO profits are at an all-time high. The richest 1 percent in America posses the wealth of the bottom 95 percent combined. Companies deploy hundreds of lobbyists and spend millions of dollars courting members of Congress to win legislative favors. The presidential election in '08 promises to be the priciest in history, largely underwritten by big business and top dollar donors.

June 8, 2007