Activism

Fight for 15 protesters in Los Angeles

We Are Winning the Fight for $15 We Are Winning the Fight for $15

What started with 200 workers striking in New York has ballooned into a national movement wielding real political power.

Apr 6, 2016 / Michelle Chen

The Panama Papers—and People Power—Force Iceland’s Prime Minister to Resign

The Panama Papers—and People Power—Force Iceland’s Prime Minister to Resign The Panama Papers—and People Power—Force Iceland’s Prime Minister to Resign

Citizens are enraged that his government enforced strict capital controls while he stashed his own money in the Caribbean.

Apr 5, 2016 / James North

Bogdan Denitch

Remembering Bogdan Denitch Remembering Bogdan Denitch

He is survived by countless young people who were inspired by his life and politics.

Apr 5, 2016 / Ian Williams

Protesters in Iceland after Panama Papers leak

The Panama Papers Expose the Hidden Wealth of the World’s Super-Rich The Panama Papers Expose the Hidden Wealth of the World’s Super-Rich

This massive leak will boost the global movement to recapture trillions of the hidden wealth of nations.

Apr 5, 2016 / Chuck Collins

Fight for 15 protest

How a $15 Minimum Wage Went From ‘Extreme’ to Enacted How a $15 Minimum Wage Went From ‘Extreme’ to Enacted

Across the country, activists and low-wage workers are showing that the changes we need will come if people organize and force them.

Apr 5, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Nuclear Security Summit

The Threat of Nuclear Weapons Is Greater Today Than It Was During the Cold War The Threat of Nuclear Weapons Is Greater Today Than It Was During the Cold War

“There is no rational reason to feel secure today.”

Apr 4, 2016 / James Carden

Big Oil protesters

Louisiana Is Starting to Rise Up Against Big Oil Louisiana Is Starting to Rise Up Against Big Oil

The Obama administration held its biggest oil lease sale yet—and then the protesters showed up.

Apr 1, 2016 / David Helvarg

Spectra AIM pipeline protest

A High-Pressure Pipeline Next to a Nuclear Power Plant… What Could Possibly Go Wrong? A High-Pressure Pipeline Next to a Nuclear Power Plant… What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

The construction of a gas pipeline within 1500 feet of Indian Point’s nuclear reactors could spell disaster for New York.

Mar 31, 2016 / Alison Rose Levy and Ellen Cantarow

Meet the Long-Forgotten Organizer Who Inspired Cesar Chavez to Become an Activist

Meet the Long-Forgotten Organizer Who Inspired Cesar Chavez to Become an Activist Meet the Long-Forgotten Organizer Who Inspired Cesar Chavez to Become an Activist

In 1952, Fred Ross appeared at Chavez’s door. The meeting changed Chavez’s life—and farmworker history.

Mar 31, 2016 / Gabriel Thompson

Cesar Chavez in July, 1972.

We Are Judged by How We Treat the Helpless and the Poor We Are Judged by How We Treat the Helpless and the Poor

On his 89th birthday, it’s worth remembering how complicated and controversial Cesar Chavez really was.

Mar 31, 2016 / Richard Kreitner

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