Activism

Anti-Trump “No Ban, No Wall” Demonstration

Not Just Cities: We Can Become a Sanctuary Nation Not Just Cities: We Can Become a Sanctuary Nation

Now is the time to defend America’s undocumented, to stand for justice in the face of intolerance. 

May 9, 2017 / Video / Robert Greenwald and Angel Padilla

Adam Jones

The Baltimore Orioles’ John Angelos on Standing Up to Racism In Sports The Baltimore Orioles’ John Angelos on Standing Up to Racism In Sports

The Orioles COO explains how sports can help fight racism in our society, and why it’s important to speak out against hate.

May 9, 2017 / Audio / Dave Zirin

A/BSA students

Campus Admin Ignored Students’ Demands for Black Visibility. So They Took Over Their Building. Campus Admin Ignored Students’ Demands for Black Visibility. So They Took Over Their Building.

The Afrikan/Black Student Alliance of the University of California, Santa Cruz, camped out for three days until the school met its demands.

May 8, 2017 / StudentNation / Georgia Johnson

Eric Garcetti

Los Angeles Residents Start to Organize Against the Olympic Bid Los Angeles Residents Start to Organize Against the Olympic Bid

The US Olympic Committee wants the 2024 Olympics in Los Angeles. It won’t happen quietly.

May 8, 2017 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

Stand Up for Transgender Rights

The Equality Act Is Essential in the Fight for LGBTQ Rights The Equality Act Is Essential in the Fight for LGBTQ Rights

Less than half of all states explicitly protect people against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

May 5, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Asking for a Friend: I Have a Fancy Law Degree, but No One Will Hire Me to Do Good!

Asking for a Friend: I Have a Fancy Law Degree, but No One Will Hire Me to Do Good! Asking for a Friend: I Have a Fancy Law Degree, but No One Will Hire Me to Do Good!

And another reader loves a prickly communist.

May 5, 2017 / Asking for a Friend / Liza Featherstone

A sign outside the Comcast Center in Philadelphia.

Help Activists Collect 1 Million Signatures for Net Neutrality Help Activists Collect 1 Million Signatures for Net Neutrality

Trump’s FCC chairman would allow monopoly Internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon to pick winners and losers online.

May 3, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction

Chokwe Antar Lumumba

Jackson, Mississippi, Just Nominated Radical Activist Chokwe Antar Lumumba to Be the Next Mayor Jackson, Mississippi, Just Nominated Radical Activist Chokwe Antar Lumumba to Be the Next Mayor

A fresh model for economic and social-justice politics is emerging in the South.

May 3, 2017 / Cities Rising / John Nichols

Adam Jones

‘We Must Actively Stand Up’: John Angelos’s Response to Racism at Fenway Park ‘We Must Actively Stand Up’: John Angelos’s Response to Racism at Fenway Park

The Baltimore Orioles COO has had enough of racism at the ballpark and enough of a society that is breeding more and more hate.

May 2, 2017 / Dave Zirin

People’s Climate March

What We Can Learn from Our ‘Radical’ Past What We Can Learn from Our ‘Radical’ Past

The clashes of the past teach us that we must stay committed to a cause bigger than any one person and be willing to fight for years to come.

May 2, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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