Society

Dakota Pipeline police

How You Can Stand With Standing Rock How You Can Stand With Standing Rock

Today’s #NoDAPL action targets the Army Corps of Engineers. Watch this video—then call them.

Nov 15, 2016 / Julia Mead

Responsible Hedonists

Responsible Hedonists Responsible Hedonists

Emily Witts new book, Future Sex, captures the ways in which free love and countercultural experiments are no longer as liberating as they once seemed.

Nov 15, 2016 / Books & the Arts / J.C. Pan

Vladimir Putin, 2014.

Now That They’ve Been Proven Wrong, Will Putin’s Demonizers Apologize for Their Slanders? Now That They’ve Been Proven Wrong, Will Putin’s Demonizers Apologize for Their Slanders?

Probably not. Blaming the Russian president for everything is now a national hobby, the facts be damned.

Nov 15, 2016 / James Carden

Steve Bannon

Activists Everywhere Are Calling for Trump to Rescind His Appointment of a White Nationalist Activists Everywhere Are Calling for Trump to Rescind His Appointment of a White Nationalist

The Steve Bannon appointment “signals that white supremacists will be represented at the highest levels in Trump’s White House.”

Nov 14, 2016 / John Nichols

Hillary Clinton

What I Got Wrong About Hillary Clinton—and What Other Feminists Get Wrong About Her Now What I Got Wrong About Hillary Clinton—and What Other Feminists Get Wrong About Her Now

It’s simply untrue that Clinton didn’t put forward populist policies to help working women, even if it is true that she couldn’t escape her elite branding.

Nov 14, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Election Protester

10 Songs of Resistance 10 Songs of Resistance

Music can be both salve and inspiration easing collective pain and encouraging group resistance.

Nov 14, 2016 / Peter Rothberg

Hagel speaks with Afghanistan troops

American History Explains Donald Trump American History Explains Donald Trump

 After so many years of creating chaos abroad, it’s finally come back to haunt us.

Nov 14, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt

Colin Kaepernick Black Panther T-Shirt

On Colin Kaepernick’s Decision Not to Vote On Colin Kaepernick’s Decision Not to Vote

Colin Kaepernick is facing backlash for refusing to vote in this election, but he was hardly alone.

Nov 14, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Rodrigo Rato Protests

These Spanish Activists Have Taken Punishing Bankers Into Their Own Hands These Spanish Activists Have Taken Punishing Bankers Into Their Own Hands

Their work is a model for citizen action against the architects of financial collapse.

Nov 14, 2016 / Anne Koch

Joe Arpaio Protest

Election Night Saw Victories in Local Criminal-Justice Reform—This Should Be the Beginning Election Night Saw Victories in Local Criminal-Justice Reform—This Should Be the Beginning

Local prosecutor and sheriff races are winnable and build power.

Nov 12, 2016 / Robert J. Smith and Whitney Tymas

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