Can the ACLU Remake Itself as a Mass Movement for Progressive Change? Can the ACLU Remake Itself as a Mass Movement for Progressive Change?
Through a new “People Power” initiative, the country’s oldest civil-liberties organization wants to go beyond the courts—and into the streets.
Apr 25, 2018 / Feature / Dale Maharidge
The Selfless Servant Leadership of the African-American Women of the Civil-Rights Movement The Selfless Servant Leadership of the African-American Women of the Civil-Rights Movement
These women didn’t stand on ceremony; they accepted the risks of activism and fought for worlds where others might have freedoms that they themselves would never enjoy.
Apr 25, 2018 / Feature / Janet Dewart Bell
How Martin Luther Paved the Way for Donald Trump How Martin Luther Paved the Way for Donald Trump
To understand why evangelicals support the president, look to the first Protestant.
Apr 19, 2018 / Feature / Michael Massing
Break Facebook’s Power and Renew Journalism Break Facebook’s Power and Renew Journalism
We must take the Internet back from monopolies.
Apr 18, 2018 / Feature / Victor Pickard
How Progressives Can Engage Russia How Progressives Can Engage Russia
America’s security depends on defeating oligarchy abroad and at home.
Apr 18, 2018 / Feature / David Klion
Election 2018 Is Off to the Racists Election 2018 Is Off to the Racists
Across the US, white nationalists and their sympathizers are running for office—and they don’t need to win to be dangerous.
Apr 18, 2018 / Feature / Donna Minkowitz
Is Dutch Bad Boy Thierry Baudet the New Face of the European Alt-Right? Is Dutch Bad Boy Thierry Baudet the New Face of the European Alt-Right?
His apocalyptic rhetoric is a hit among voters anxious about national identity and suspicious of the EU.
Apr 5, 2018 / Feature / Sebastiaan Faber
How the #NeverAgain Movement Is Disrupting Gun Politics How the #NeverAgain Movement Is Disrupting Gun Politics
The gun-control movement has never been able to talk about race—until now.
Apr 3, 2018 / Feature / George Zornick
Martin Luther King Jr.: 50 Years Later Martin Luther King Jr.: 50 Years Later
Activists today are taking up Dr. King’s mantle and reviving the Poor People’s Campaign.
Apr 3, 2018 / Feature / Michael K. Honey
‘A Border Control Official Sexually Abused Me’ ‘A Border Control Official Sexually Abused Me’
Aura Hernández fled to the US seeking safety. Instead, she encountered threats, harassment, and assault.
Apr 2, 2018 / Feature / Laura Gottesdiener, Malav Kanuga, and Cinthya Santos Briones