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How do you put a human face on an injustice that so often goes under the radar?

How the Magna Carta Became a Minor Carta.

Let’s celebrate a new generation of activists who challenge the powerful and mobilize the masses.

Even though there's plenty to be proud of after this year's Pride weekend, there's still a long way to go for the LGBTQ movement.

Community members gathered to protest the discriminatory practice that has increased by 600 percent since Mayor Bloomberg took office.

At the first International Drone Summit, advocates call for transparency and an end to the US policies that rain terror from the sky.

We do not care a whit about their human rights as long as they satiate our unbridled appetites.

The Hunger Games

Katniss Everdeen is a new kind of pop heroine. No boy-crazy shopaholic, she's a complex character on a quest of her own.

On its fiftieth anniversary, the founding declaration of SDS echoes today in democracy movements around the world.

Blogs

A trip to Philadelphia, Mississippi, forced me to confront how far I’d go for someone else.

February 7, 2013

To send labor supporters into their final week of preparing for One Billion Rising, United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard recorded this special video message.

February 6, 2013

The House held its first immigration hearing of the year—and undocumented youth claimed their space there. 

February 6, 2013

As we mark the fortieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, how far have we come? And how far do we have to go?

February 6, 2013

A great way to celebrate Black History Month would be to support the work of these groups.

February 4, 2013

In the wake of Newtown, students are upping the fight against racial injustice in school discipline.

February 4, 2013

This week, students host convergences, boycott standardized tests and chain themselves to a potted tree. Can need-blind admissions be saved at Wesleyan? After Adios Arpaio, what's next for Arizona?

February 1, 2013

Does the national debate over immigration reform augur a more just sytem? Ask immigrants themselves. 

January 30, 2013

Jessica Valenti speaks to Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast in Texas about anger, activism, and reproductive rights.

January 30, 2013

Who ends up being most affected by urban schools closings?

January 28, 2013