American Education Is Leaving Our Youth With a Debt Sentence American Education Is Leaving Our Youth With a Debt Sentence
How for-profit colleges are allowing Wall Street investors to cash in, at students’ expense.
Sep 22, 2014 / Astra Taylor and Hannah Appel
Why the ‘Open’ Internet Is So Closed to Women Why the ‘Open’ Internet Is So Closed to Women
While the Internet may create space for many voices, it also reflects and amplifies real-world inequities in striking ways.
Apr 10, 2014 / Astra Taylor
Rolling Jubilee Is a Spark—Not the Solution Rolling Jubilee Is a Spark—Not the Solution
The campaign to buy and abolish debt was never intended to fix the debt crisis by itself. It’s an act of solidarity and an opportunity for public education.
Nov 27, 2012 / Andrew Ross and Astra Taylor
Occupy 2.0: Strike Debt Occupy 2.0: Strike Debt
Bereft of their big tent at Zuccotti Park, activists have found a unifying theme in debt.
Sep 5, 2012 / Feature / Astra Taylor
Occupy the Media—and the Message Occupy the Media—and the Message
Unless the movement gets more strategic about its image, it may end up talking to itself.
Mar 14, 2012 / Feature / Astra Taylor
Occupy Wall Street on Your Street Occupy Wall Street on Your Street
Banks trying to foreclose on homes are surprisingly vulnerable to direct action—a fact that Occupy Our Homes intends to exploit.
Dec 7, 2011 / Astra Taylor
Cornel West and Peter Singer in ‘Examined Life’ Cornel West and Peter Singer in ‘Examined Life’
Cornel West and Peter Singer explain the great importance of an "examined life" at this particular historic moment.
Dec 16, 2008 / Video / Astra Taylor
Bringing the War Home Bringing the War Home
Pointing imaginary guns and roughing up "Iraqi civilians", antiwar veterans brought the realities of the Iraq debacle to Manhattan, in a Memorial Day protest that turned Times Sq...
Jun 1, 2007 / Video / Astra Taylor and Laura Hanna
The Other Prison Population The Other Prison Population
Disabled people march on Washington to protest policies that keep them out of sight, out of mind.
Oct 7, 2003 / Feature / Astra Taylor