Activism

Net Neutrality Protest

Take Urgent Action for Net Neutrality, Plus: A Thanksgiving Table DREAM Act Toolkit Take Urgent Action for Net Neutrality, Plus: A Thanksgiving Table DREAM Act Toolkit

Take Action Now gives you three meaningful actions each week.

Nov 21, 2017 / NationAction

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Basketball in the Golden State with Legendary NBA Scribe Jack McCallum Basketball in the Golden State with Legendary NBA Scribe Jack McCallum

Plus: The NFL’s Thanksgiving game, the #MeToo movement, and more.

Nov 21, 2017 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Charlie Baker climate

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker Is a Climate Criminal—and I’m Willing to Go to Jail to Say So Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker Is a Climate Criminal—and I’m Willing to Go to Jail to Say So

A big part of what makes nonviolent civil disobedience powerful is the willingness of those engaging in it to suffer the consequences.

Nov 21, 2017 / Wen Stephenson

Danica Roem Canvass

Anti-Trump Fervor Can’t Fully Explain What Happened This Month Anti-Trump Fervor Can’t Fully Explain What Happened This Month

Democratic candidates ran on bold, progressive ideas that inspired voters.

Nov 21, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

ICE arrest

ICE Admits Gang Operations Are Designed to Lock Up Immigrants ICE Admits Gang Operations Are Designed to Lock Up Immigrants

The gang database is a weapon that allows ICE agents to indiscriminately round up immigrants of color.

Nov 20, 2017 / Julianne Hing

After Trump

After Trump After Trump

I would argue that the Trump presidency, although Trump perhaps holds the title for the most publicly outrageous presidential candidate, was inevitable.

Nov 20, 2017 / StudentNation / Claire Devine

Morocco protest

The Revolutionary Potential of Journalism in Morocco The Revolutionary Potential of Journalism in Morocco

Despite free-speech reforms, Moroccan reporters work in a “perpetual state of dread.”

Nov 17, 2017 / Benjamin Lesire-Ogrel and Cole Stangler

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These Women Nobelists Are Fighting for Grassroots Activists in Central America These Women Nobelists Are Fighting for Grassroots Activists in Central America

They’re bringing limelight to women-led movements resisting land grabs and destruction from mining companies, hydroelectric plants, and monoculture plantations.

Nov 17, 2017 / Laura Carlsen

Columbia graduate students

The GOP Tax Plan Would Make It Even Harder to Be a Grad Student The GOP Tax Plan Would Make It Even Harder to Be a Grad Student

Cutting a vital tuition exemption, the plan would push students even further into poverty.

Nov 17, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Georgia coal plant

Could a Marshall Plan for the Planet Tackle the Climate Crisis? Could a Marshall Plan for the Planet Tackle the Climate Crisis?

Professor Kevin Anderson is one of the few climate scientists willing to grapple with our unsustainable economic system.

Nov 16, 2017 / Kate Aronoff

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