’Til Kingdom Come ’Til Kingdom Come
How long can Morocco’s political system withstand demands for change?
Nov 8, 2016 / Feature / Ursula Lindsey
Remembering Tom Hayden Remembering Tom Hayden
He was an exemplary reformer, in the best American tradition. Birthing the new was always at the heart of Tom’s love of life.
Oct 26, 2016 / Steve Wasserman
What I Really Told Project Veritas’s So-Called Reporters What I Really Told Project Veritas’s So-Called Reporters
In real life, I was discussing direct-action-protest ideas, not voter fraud. And yes, I’m still ready to fight for my community.
Oct 21, 2016 / Cesar Vargas
Diaspora Jews Are Joining Palestinians in Nonviolent Resistance to the Occupation Diaspora Jews Are Joining Palestinians in Nonviolent Resistance to the Occupation
There’s a power in using our privilege as American Jews to stand for peace and justice.
Aug 17, 2016 / Ilana Sumka
The Most Important Protest of the 2016 Election The Most Important Protest of the 2016 Election
1,400 activists have been arrested at Democracy Awakening and Democracy Spring, but few in the media have covered it.
Apr 18, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter and Ari Berman
Hundreds of People Were Just Arrested Outside Congress Hundreds of People Were Just Arrested Outside Congress
One of the largest acts of civil disobedience in Washington barely got any attention from the mainstream press.
Apr 12, 2016 / George Zornick
Open Letter: Let’s Sit-In to Save Democracy From the Billionaire Class Open Letter: Let’s Sit-In to Save Democracy From the Billionaire Class
More than 1,000 people have pledged to join progressive leaders in a congressional sit-in, to take our elections back from moneyed special interests.
Dec 2, 2015 / no-paywall / Rhana Bazzini, Medea Benjamin, Ben Cohen, Jodie Evans, Joseph Huff-Hannon, Lawrence Lessig, Joan Mandle, Kai Newkirk, Carlos Saavedra, Umi Selah, Paul Song, Zephyr Teachout, Cenk Uygur, and Winnie Wong
Rosa Parks Wasn’t Meek, Passive, or Naive—and 7 Other Things You Probably Didn’t Learn in School Rosa Parks Wasn’t Meek, Passive, or Naive—and 7 Other Things You Probably Didn’t Learn in School
Much of what students are taught, and much of what most Americans think they know, about Parks’s activism is wrong.
Dec 1, 2015 / Jeanne Theoharis and Say Burgin
25 Years Later: Lessons From the Organizers of Justice for Janitors 25 Years Later: Lessons From the Organizers of Justice for Janitors
The campaign succeeded because it went after the people who truly had power over the workers’ livelihood—not the powerless subcontractors.
Jun 16, 2015 / Stephen Lerner and Jono Shaffer
Yesterday’s #FightFor15 Protests Were Big—and the Movement Is Only Growing Yesterday’s #FightFor15 Protests Were Big—and the Movement Is Only Growing
Yesterday’s strikers ranged from retail and fast food workers to adjuncts and caregivers—all those ousted from the 1 percent economy.
Apr 16, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Chen