It’s Woody Guthrie’s World. We Just Live in It. It’s Woody Guthrie’s World. We Just Live in It.
A new show at the Morgan Library illuminates the legendary folk singer’s jam-packed life.
Apr 25, 2022 / Feature / Gene Seymour
Wheelchair Users Block the Seoul Subway as the Right Takes Power Wheelchair Users Block the Seoul Subway as the Right Takes Power
The hostility of the conservative party has pushed the disability-rights movement to the center of a larger fight for minority groups in South Korea.
Apr 20, 2022 / Lee Hyun Choi
Wearing Down Joe Manchin and His Fossil Fuel Allies Wearing Down Joe Manchin and His Fossil Fuel Allies
As a veteran climate and social justice activist, I see our side finally beginning to turn the tide.
Apr 20, 2022 / Ted Glick
The Little Picketers of Russia The Little Picketers of Russia
The rules are simple: Create a small figure with a banner protesting the invasion, put it in a public place, and upload a photo.
Apr 8, 2022 / Joy Neumeyer
In Every Corner of Palestine, There Is a Story of Dispossession In Every Corner of Palestine, There Is a Story of Dispossession
Today is Land Day, an annual commemoration of those killed protesting Israeli theft of Palestinian lands 46 years ago. But even now, there is a Nakba everywhere you look.
Mar 30, 2022 / Mohammed El-Kurd
A Working-Class Uprising in Canada? A Working-Class Uprising in Canada?
The organizers and money are from wealthy right-wingers, but the “Freedom Convoy” touches broader popular discontent.
Feb 21, 2022 / Jeet Heer
As I Write, Settlers and Police Are Attacking My Neighbors in Sheikh Jarrah As I Write, Settlers and Police Are Attacking My Neighbors in Sheikh Jarrah
It began, neighbors say, when an ultra-nationalist Israeli politician “moved” his office onto one of our lawns.
Feb 15, 2022 / Mohammed El-Kurd
Don’t Sabotage the Climate Movement by Turning to Violence Don’t Sabotage the Climate Movement by Turning to Violence
The climate movement is panicking. It shouldn’t.
Feb 9, 2022 / Paul Hockenos
The Cruel, Petty Killing of an Anti-Occupation Activist The Cruel, Petty Killing of an Anti-Occupation Activist
Hajj Suleiman, an elder of the anti-occupation movement, was run over by a tow truck while protesting an Israeli “operation” to confiscate cars in his village.
Jan 21, 2022 / Ben Ehrenreich
The Protest Movement and the Protest Government The Protest Movement and the Protest Government
No one acquainted with right-wing media can doubt that anger over the 2020 riots—in Portland, Seattle, Kenosha, Philadelphia, and elsewhere—fed the wildness of the January 6 riot.
Jan 14, 2022 / David Bromwich