Activism

The Chronicles of Kevin Durant

The Chronicles of Kevin Durant The Chronicles of Kevin Durant

The Athletic’s national NBA writer Michael Lee joins the show to talk NBA, free-agency, and more.

Jul 2, 2019 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Bamby Salcedo

There Can Be No Queer Liberation Without Trans Liberation There Can Be No Queer Liberation Without Trans Liberation

For 50 years, Trans people have been pushed and shoved to the side of the LGBTQ movement. That ends now.

Jul 2, 2019 / Bamby Salcedo

Franklin Bynum Is a Texas Judge Who Wants to Abolish Prisons

Franklin Bynum Is a Texas Judge Who Wants to Abolish Prisons Franklin Bynum Is a Texas Judge Who Wants to Abolish Prisons

This week on Next Left, meet a judge who believes our incarceration complex is “not a defensible system.”

Jul 2, 2019 / Podcast / John Nichols

Border Crisis

Trump Is Dumping Asylum Seekers on American Streets—but Solidarity Activists Are Fighting Back Trump Is Dumping Asylum Seekers on American Streets—but Solidarity Activists Are Fighting Back

“It’s a humanitarian issue. We will not allow an atrocity to occur in our community.”

Jul 1, 2019 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

Stonewall Inn

What Happened to the Radical Spirit of the Stonewall Rebels? What Happened to the Radical Spirit of the Stonewall Rebels?

The movement for LGBTQ rights has been domesticated, its goals refocused on marriage and family. It can be so much more.

Jun 30, 2019 / Katherine Franke

rainbow flag military

I Was Kicked Out of the Military for Being Gay I Was Kicked Out of the Military for Being Gay

Now, almost a decade after the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the fight for equality continues for trans service members.

Jun 30, 2019 / Tony Woods

Stonewall Inn interior

It Doesn’t Matter Who Threw the First Brick at Stonewall It Doesn’t Matter Who Threw the First Brick at Stonewall

Infighting over ownership of the riots obscures their significance as a messy, spontaneous, diverse rebellion.

Jun 30, 2019 / Morgan M. Page

Bi pride flag

Bisexuality Has Always Challenged Norms—Even in the Queer World Bisexuality Has Always Challenged Norms—Even in the Queer World

Let’s use the 50th anniversary of Stonewall to embrace the full spectrum of our differences and desires.

Jun 29, 2019 / Robyn Ochs

Stonewall sign

Stonewall Proved That Resistance Is Always Possible Stonewall Proved That Resistance Is Always Possible

With reactionary politics ascendant around the world, we should seek inspiration from those who fought oppression at the Stonewall Inn.

Jun 29, 2019 / Susan Stryker

Act Up

ACT UP Changed Everything ACT UP Changed Everything

The HIV/AIDS protest group was the first great leap for the queer movement after Stonewall.

Jun 29, 2019 / Jim Hubbard

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