Howard Zinn and the Joy of a Political Life Howard Zinn and the Joy of a Political Life
The essays in Some Truths Are Not Self-Evident remind us that Zinn was not just a historian: he was also deeply involved in the major twentieth-century struggles for social justice...
Dec 15, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Frances Fox Piven
Lynching Is Torture and Torture Is Lynching Lynching Is Torture and Torture Is Lynching
Alexander Cockburn, Jonathan Schell and others on “the habit of torture,” baked into society itself.
Dec 15, 2014 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
‘Are You Listening?’ Ten Highlights From a Generational Moment ‘Are You Listening?’ Ten Highlights From a Generational Moment
From Ferguson to Staten Island, a youth uprising.
Dec 11, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Remembering Mario Savio, ‘Freedom’s Orator’ Remembering Mario Savio, ‘Freedom’s Orator’
The man who helped spark Berkeley’s Free Speech Movement fifty years ago would have championed today’s activism, from the Dreamers to Occupy to Ferguson.
Dec 10, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Tom Hayden
Meet the Group of Feisty Urban Progressives Who Want to Transform the Country One City at a Time Meet the Group of Feisty Urban Progressives Who Want to Transform the Country One City at a Time
At a Local Progress gathering in New York City, “pothole progressives” shared strategies for a grassroots, social justice revival.
Dec 10, 2014 / Steve Early
Bobst Protest, Social Media as Battleground for Race Bobst Protest, Social Media as Battleground for Race
Protests on the NYU campus in the wake of the Eric Garner non-indictment spark debates on social media about race and privilege.
Dec 10, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
The Life and Times of Michael B The Life and Times of Michael B
Ferguson has put America’s racial apartheid on the global stage.
Dec 9, 2014 / John Feffer and Foreign Policy In Focus
How 350.org Is (Still) Changing the Climate Justice Movement How 350.org Is (Still) Changing the Climate Justice Movement
Bill McKibben, 350.org’s longtime leader, has taken a step back—but that doesn’t mean the group is slowing down.
Dec 9, 2014 / Mark Hertsgaard
Activists Stage a ‘Royal Shutdown’ of Barclays Center Activists Stage a ‘Royal Shutdown’ of Barclays Center
Last night, hundreds of protesters converged on the Cavaliers-Nets game to continue to demand justice in the wake of the Eric Garner case.
Dec 9, 2014 / Muna Mire
Thousands of Americans Demand Transparency Around Bush-Era Torture Thousands of Americans Demand Transparency Around Bush-Era Torture
Democratic Senator Mark Udall of Colorado could enter the history books as the second lawmaker to read classified controversial government documents into public record.
Dec 5, 2014 / Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro and NationAction