Activism

Pro-choice Rally in New York

Take Action Now: Fight Back Against Abortion Bans Take Action Now: Fight Back Against Abortion Bans

Sign petitions, host fundraisers, and learn about the next steps in the fight against the anti-choice movement.

May 21, 2019 / NationAction

NOLA's Charter Schools

New Orleans Argues Whether an All-Charter City Can Be Truly Democratic New Orleans Argues Whether an All-Charter City Can Be Truly Democratic

Can a locally elected school board bring accountability to the city’s charter schools, or will it give an upper hand to well-connected parents?

May 21, 2019 / Emmanuel Felton

Ilhan Omar: ‘There’s a Reason That I Got Elected to Be in Congress, and It Has Nothing to Do With the Fact That I’m a Refugee’

Ilhan Omar: ‘There’s a Reason That I Got Elected to Be in Congress, and It Has Nothing to Do With the Fact That I’m a Refugee’ Ilhan Omar: ‘There’s a Reason That I Got Elected to Be in Congress, and It Has Nothing to Do With the Fact That I’m a Refugee’

On the first episode of our new podcast, Next Left, we talk to the trailblazing politician about how she went from refugee to US representative.

May 21, 2019 / Podcast / John Nichols

Student Climate Strike

Europe’s Striking Climate Kids Show How to Defeat the Far Right Europe’s Striking Climate Kids Show How to Defeat the Far Right

Fighting climate change now polls as a top priority among European voters—while most far-right leaders are climate denialists.

May 20, 2019 / Paul Hockenos

Identity Evropa

Why Fascists Storm Bookstores Why Fascists Storm Bookstores

A spate of attacks from DC to Berkeley show how far the right will go to shut down free expression.  

May 20, 2019 / Elizabeth King

AOC

The Political Power of the Green New Deal The Political Power of the Green New Deal

Climate activists are pushing Democratic candidates to give voters “something worth voting for.”

May 17, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter

Okinawa Base Protest

In Their Fight to Stop a New US Military Base, Okinawans Confront Two Colonizers In Their Fight to Stop a New US Military Base, Okinawans Confront Two Colonizers

For the Japanese government, which has never acknowledged Okinawan indigenous rights, the island is a convenient location for the American military.

May 16, 2019 / Maia Hibbett

Pro-Choice Supreme Court Celebrate

There’s No Running From the Horror of Alabama’s Anti-Abortion Law There’s No Running From the Horror of Alabama’s Anti-Abortion Law

For Democrats, this must be the hill we fight on—and even die on, if necessary.

May 16, 2019 / Elie Mystal

Natasha Lennard

What Is Anti-Fascism? What Is Anti-Fascism?

A Q&A with Natasha Lennard.

May 15, 2019 / Q&A / Ari M. Brostoff

Soccer fans protest the Algerian state

The Soccer Fans That Toppled a Government The Soccer Fans That Toppled a Government

From Algeria’s soccer stadiums, fans launched an uprising that brought down President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

May 15, 2019 / Mickaël Correia

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