Activism

Lancaster Stands Up Meeting

Is This Small City the Future of Democratic Engagement in America? Is This Small City the Future of Democratic Engagement in America?

Activists in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, have embarked on a nonstop campaign to resurrect the practice of progressive politics in the heart of Trump country.

May 2, 2017 / Jimmy Tobias

The Day Without Immigrant Workers Has Begun

The Day Without Immigrant Workers Has Begun The Day Without Immigrant Workers Has Begun

Immigrant workers and fast-food workers across the country are saying no to exploitation in their workplaces and Trump’s attacks from the White House.

May 1, 2017 / Michelle Chen

The March to Save the Planet

The March to Save the Planet The March to Save the Planet

Saturday’s Peoples Climate March brought together activists from indigenous resistance groups to Black Lives Matter to the Boy Scouts, all demanding: Act now.

Apr 30, 2017 / Audrea Lim

May Day 2006

Monday’s May Day Marches Could Be the Biggest in Years Monday’s May Day Marches Could Be the Biggest in Years

Ten years after immigrants took to the streets in unprecedented numbers, organizers expect another major showing.

Apr 28, 2017 / Julianne Hing

Mexican family

No One Talks About Life After Deportation; These Mexican Activists Are Changing That No One Talks About Life After Deportation; These Mexican Activists Are Changing That

A network of migrant activists is helping deportees and returnees readjust to life in the country.

Apr 28, 2017 / Laura Weiss

NYC No DAPL Protest

From Austin to Missoula, This Is What the Fight Against Trumpism Looks Like From Austin to Missoula, This Is What the Fight Against Trumpism Looks Like

Dispatches from the Urban Resistance, April edition.

Apr 28, 2017 / Jimmy Tobias

Immigration rights demonstrators rally in downtown Los Angeles, Monday, April 10, 2006.

How to Join the ‘Day Without Immigrants’ on May Day How to Join the ‘Day Without Immigrants’ on May Day

A coalition led by immigrants and workers is aiming to mark this year’s May Day with the biggest workers strike and mobilization in over a decade.

Apr 28, 2017 / Ariana Rosas Cárdenas

Antarctic Iceberg

A New Book on the Climate Crisis Makes the Persuasive Case That We’re Not Doomed A New Book on the Climate Crisis Makes the Persuasive Case That We’re Not Doomed

Not for technological reasons, anyway.

Apr 28, 2017 / Tom Athanasiou

Protestors at the capitol building in Puerto Rico

Students Are Now Leading the Resistance to Austerity in Puerto Rico Students Are Now Leading the Resistance to Austerity in Puerto Rico

Some $40 billion of the island’s debt could be illegal—so why is the government shutting down the audit commission?

Apr 27, 2017 / StudentNation / Ed Morales

Rutgers University protest

Professors and University Staff Call For Campuses to Shut Down on May Day Professors and University Staff Call For Campuses to Shut Down on May Day

Students, staff, faculty, and administrators are asking the university community to take action in solidarity with A Day Without Immigrants. 

Apr 27, 2017 / StudentNation / NationAction

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