Activism

Phoenix May Day

Why It Matters That Phoenix Is Suing the Trump Administration Why It Matters That Phoenix Is Suing the Trump Administration

Dispatches from the Urban Resistance, May 2018: From Phoenix to Detroit and beyond.

May 31, 2018 / Cities Rising / Sophie Kasakove

How Abortion Rights Triumphed in Ireland: Katha Pollitt

How Abortion Rights Triumphed in Ireland: Katha Pollitt How Abortion Rights Triumphed in Ireland: Katha Pollitt

Plus Wendy Pearlman on Syrian Refugees and Tom Engelhardt on America’s failed empire.

May 31, 2018 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Hawa Tembe, 18 months, whose mother, Didi, in sunglasses, is from Mozambique, joins mothers and caregivers during news conference at the House Triangle to call on lawmakers to protect

Demand That the US Stop Separating Families at the Border Demand That the US Stop Separating Families at the Border

Hundreds of children have been taken from their parents. 

May 29, 2018 / no-paywall / NationAction

Schumer and Democrats

Democrats Are Missing the Opportunity to Offer an Alternative to Endless War Democrats Are Missing the Opportunity to Offer an Alternative to Endless War

The Democrats’ failure to advance a bold progressive alternative to President Trump’s belligerent policies and bloated defense budgets is a huge missed opportunity.

May 29, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Miami Dolphins

The NFL Anthem Mess: Putting Out a Fire With Kerosene The NFL Anthem Mess: Putting Out a Fire With Kerosene

Writer Bijan Bayne stops by to talk new NFL anthem policy.

May 29, 2018 / Audio / Dave Zirin

It’s ‘Feminist Christmas’ in Ireland

It’s ‘Feminist Christmas’ in Ireland It’s ‘Feminist Christmas’ in Ireland

“We'll never go back,” say activists, as a vote to repeal the ban on abortion wins by an overwhelming margins.

May 27, 2018 / Katha Pollitt

School cafeteria

What if School Lunch Programs Promoted Public Health, Good Jobs, and the Environment? What if School Lunch Programs Promoted Public Health, Good Jobs, and the Environment?

From LA to Cook County, local governments are using their purchasing power to transform the food system.

May 25, 2018 / Cities Rising / Anna Lappé and Jose Oliva

Who Owns Public Space?

Who Owns Public Space? Who Owns Public Space?

Racists who threaten and police people of color are finally getting called out.

May 24, 2018 / Between the Lines / Laila Lalami

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It’s Time for Progressive Politicians to Catch Up to the Rising Affordable-Housing Movement It’s Time for Progressive Politicians to Catch Up to the Rising Affordable-Housing Movement

The base is getting busy, but elected officials have been slow to catch on​.

May 24, 2018 / Editorial / The Nation

Meet the Rising New Housing Movement That Wants to Create Homes for All

Meet the Rising New Housing Movement That Wants to Create Homes for All Meet the Rising New Housing Movement That Wants to Create Homes for All

From rent regulation to social housing, activists are pushing for serious solutions to the affordable-housing crisis.

May 24, 2018 / Cities Rising / Jimmy Tobias

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