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Where's the Revolution? (Racism and Discrimination, Social Justice, Gay and Lesbian Issues and Organizing, Sex and Sexuality, Society)

When I came out in Boston in the mid-l970s, I had no way of knowing that the lesbian and gay movement I was discovering was in many ways unique.

Barbara Smith

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One in Six Philadelphia Public Schools Is Targeted For Closure
Allison Kilkenny

Philadelphia students, teachers and allies—including a majority of City Council members—are pushing back against the district's proposed closing of thirty-seven schools. 

January 28, 2013
From a Dream to Racial Justice: Seattle's Racial Justice Initiative [VIDEO]
Laura Flanders

Seattle’s one-of-a-kind city program holds all public officials accountable for racial equity.

January 28, 2013
This Is What Deportation Looks Like
Aura Bogado

Edi Arma’s 11-year-old son describes the trauma of seeing his dad picked up by ICE agents. 

January 25, 2013
Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Two Years On, Nothing Much Has Changed in Egypt
Nation in the News

Protesters again are demanding bread, freedom and social justice under new president Mohamed Morsi.

January 25, 2013
Chief Spence Hospitalized, Ending Hunger Strike
Aura Bogado

Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence is ending her hunger strike—but the fight for indigenous sovereignty continues. 

January 24, 2013
MSNBC Incorrectly Reports No Permits Were Requested to Protest Obama's Inauguration
Allison Kilkenny

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow incorrectly stated that no protest permits were requested for President Obama’s second inauguration.

January 22, 2013
Dispatches From the US Student Movement
StudentNation

A space for students to share news about the wide range of social and political struggles in which they're involved.

January 18, 2013
Is Immigration Reform Really Coming?
Aura Bogado

Continued racial profiling and record deportations lead some to believe that immigration may not be solved anytime soon. 

January 18, 2013
Queer Abby
Rick Perlstein

In a nation where it’s easy to despair of suffusing reaction all around us, some had the guts to tell the heartland to be free.

January 18, 2013
Jodie Foster Refuses to Be a Role Model
Richard Kim

Good for her, better for us.

January 15, 2013