Can’t We Just Play Ball Without Guns Getting Involved? Can’t We Just Play Ball Without Guns Getting Involved?
A veteran looks at the increasing militarization of sports.
Aug 20, 2018 / William Astore
I’m One of the Young People Who Walked Off Birthright Israel This Summer I’m One of the Young People Who Walked Off Birthright Israel This Summer
Here’s why I chose to leave the trip.
Aug 20, 2018 / Bethany Zaiman
To Fight Mass Incarceration, We Need to Decriminalize Trauma To Fight Mass Incarceration, We Need to Decriminalize Trauma
At Homeboy Industries, career, education, and mental-health services are creating a way out of poverty and violence.
Aug 20, 2018 / Robert Greenwald
The News in Motherhood: the Good, the Bad, the WTF The News in Motherhood: the Good, the Bad, the WTF
All around the world, mothers and pregnant women are undervalued, discriminated against, and punished.
Aug 20, 2018 / Katha Pollitt
These Tenants Are Leading the Largest Rent Strike in LA History These Tenants Are Leading the Largest Rent Strike in LA History
Residents of three buildings in Central Los Angeles are refusing to pay rent until their landlord agrees to fair rent increases.
Aug 20, 2018 / Armando Aparicio and David Zlutnick
Gun World Gun World
Our children live in a country run by a government that refuses to restrict weapons that threaten their lives.
Aug 20, 2018 / OppArt / Frances Jetter
When Bosses Threatened to Close the Plant, These Greek Workers Took It Over When Bosses Threatened to Close the Plant, These Greek Workers Took It Over
While Greece hails the “end” of its debt crisis, more than one in five remain unemployed.
Aug 20, 2018 / Patrick Strickland
The Other Mandela Is Going to Help End Scott Walker’s Governorship The Other Mandela Is Going to Help End Scott Walker’s Governorship
Economic and social- and racial-justice activist Mandela Barnes was just nominated for lieutenant governor of Wisconsin.
Aug 17, 2018 / John Nichols
The Next Generation of Southern Organizing The Next Generation of Southern Organizing
By providing a playbook for young organizers, Southerners on New Ground encourages college students not simply to stay involved, but to see themselves as leaders in the fight for a...
Aug 17, 2018 / StudentNation / Robin Happel
Can Tahirah Amatul-Wadud Become the Next Progressive Woman to Unseat an Incumbent? Can Tahirah Amatul-Wadud Become the Next Progressive Woman to Unseat an Incumbent?
The Muslim mother of seven is betting that she, too, can take down a high-ranking career politician, in Massachusetts’s First Congressional District.
Aug 17, 2018 / Will Meyer