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
December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks Is Arrested December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks Is Arrested
“This dramatic display of unity may well inspire the Negro residents of other Southern cities to similar action.”
Dec 1, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
Ralph Nader on 2016, Wall Street, and Our Broken Political System Ralph Nader on 2016, Wall Street, and Our Broken Political System
The consumer advocate, civil libertarian, and former presidential candidate talks to The Nation.
Dec 1, 2015 / Feature / John Nichols
How Ralph Nader Changed America How Ralph Nader Changed America
On the 50th anniversary of Unsafe at Any Speed, a look at how his work launched the consumer-rights, corporate-accountability, and other citizen movements.
Dec 1, 2015 / Feature / Mark Green
How to Understand White Male Terrorism How to Understand White Male Terrorism
We’ve been here before, and we know that violent backlash is at its fiercest when movements for racial and gender justice are winning.
Nov 30, 2015 / Max Berger
The Most Ambitious Emissions Pledges on the Table in Paris Would Still Result in Catastrophic Warming The Most Ambitious Emissions Pledges on the Table in Paris Would Still Result in Catastrophic Warming
Global temperatures would still rise to 2.7 to 3.5 C above the pre-industrial level.
Nov 30, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard
More Than 30 Trade Unionists Have Been Killed in Honduras Since 2009 More Than 30 Trade Unionists Have Been Killed in Honduras Since 2009
Chiquita keeps bananas cheap—and union organizers scared for their lives.
Nov 30, 2015 / Michelle Chen
November 30, 1999: World Trade Organization Meeting in Seattle Disrupted By Anti-Globalization Protests November 30, 1999: World Trade Organization Meeting in Seattle Disrupted By Anti-Globalization Protests
“The scenes from Seattle are something not seen since the sixties, but in their totality unimaginable even then.”
Nov 30, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
Making the Paris Climate Talks Count Making the Paris Climate Talks Count
At the bottom of all the jargon that will be thrown about this week’s climate conference are human lives.
Nov 29, 2015 / Video / Naomi Klein
November 29, 1980: Dorothy Day Dies November 29, 1980: Dorothy Day Dies
“All the gamblers in a Greenwich Village bar admired her because she could drink any one of them under the table.”
Nov 29, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner