Activism

Trump walking east room

How to Beat Trump in 2020 How to Beat Trump in 2020

John Nichols on strategy, Michael Kazin on Southern Democrats, and Katha Pollitt on political victories for women.

Mar 14, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Yanis Varoufakis

A European Spring Is Possible A European Spring Is Possible

The DiEM25 proposes immediate financial changes to end austerity and fund a green—and hopefully post-capitalist—future.

Mar 13, 2019 / Yanis Varoufakis

Jeep in Puerto Rico

Confronting Puerto Rico’s Coal-Ash Crisis Confronting Puerto Rico’s Coal-Ash Crisis

A mountain of toxic coal ash is sickening the territory’s residents.

Mar 13, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Stacey Abrams Georgia governor's race

Why Progressive Insurgents Aren’t Waiting for Permission to Run for Office Why Progressive Insurgents Aren’t Waiting for Permission to Run for Office

For too long, the homogeneity of our candidates has suppressed important voices.

Mar 12, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Take Action Now: Push the Senate on Gun Control

Take Action Now: Push the Senate on Gun Control Take Action Now: Push the Senate on Gun Control

Demand the passage of a crucial gun-control bill, then get involved with organizing on the ground.

Mar 12, 2019 / NationAction

Who Are the Animals?

Who Are the Animals? Who Are the Animals?

How we treat the natural world shapes our future.

Mar 12, 2019 / OppArt / Sue Coe

John Bolton and a map

Foreign Policy Beyond Good and Evil Foreign Policy Beyond Good and Evil

Even Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have fallen victim to a simplistic vision of world affairs.

Mar 11, 2019 / Daniel Bessner and Udi Greenberg

VIDEO: Inside the Decades-Long Republican Campaign to Suppress the Vote

VIDEO: Inside the Decades-Long Republican Campaign to Suppress the Vote VIDEO: Inside the Decades-Long Republican Campaign to Suppress the Vote

A new film tracks the partisan campaign to make it harder and more dangerous to vote.

Mar 11, 2019 / Timothy Smith

Glut cooperative in Maryland

What if Workers Owned Their Workplaces? What if Workers Owned Their Workplaces?

The cooperative movement is showing that worker-owned businesses can not only survive, but thrive.

Mar 8, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Mike Oliver

In Memoriam: Mike Oliver In Memoriam: Mike Oliver

The British sociologist revolutionized the field of disability studies. 

Mar 8, 2019 / Ravi Malhotra

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