Why Voting and Movement Building Go Hand-in-Hand Why Voting and Movement Building Go Hand-in-Hand
Voting and movements help create representative democracy.
Oct 3, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
Why Future Generations Will Ask Where You Were on September 21, 2014 Why Future Generations Will Ask Where You Were on September 21, 2014
The People's Climate March proves the climate movement has reached critical mass, like the civil rights movement, antiwar, feminist and gay movements before it.
Oct 2, 2014 / Todd Gitlin
Voting Rights Victory in North Carolina Voting Rights Victory in North Carolina
Civil rights groups bring power back to North Carolina voters by challenging a restrictive voting law.
Oct 1, 2014 / Blog / Ari Berman
What’s Wrong With the Radical Critique of the People’s Climate March What’s Wrong With the Radical Critique of the People’s Climate March
The movement to stop climate change needs both mass mobilizations and direct action.
Sep 30, 2014 / Jonathan Smucker and Michael Premo
From Walmart to Wall Street, Students Mass for Racial Justice From Walmart to Wall Street, Students Mass for Racial Justice
For young people across the country, generational moments collide.
Sep 29, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Why We Should Appreciate the Stunning Success of the Wilderness Act, 50 Years On Why We Should Appreciate the Stunning Success of the Wilderness Act, 50 Years On
Like the Civil Rights Act, the Wilderness Act brought about justice, but also compassion for the planet.
Sep 29, 2014 / William deBuys
My Brother’s Keeper Will Expand, but Not to Include Women and Girls My Brother’s Keeper Will Expand, but Not to Include Women and Girls
President Obama gave a nod to women and girls of color, but critics say his racial justice initiative still misses the mark.
Sep 28, 2014 / Blog / Dani McClain
Newark Students Have Made the City Their Classroom Newark Students Have Made the City Their Classroom
Students in Newark, New Jersey, walked out of class earlier this month in protest of the “One Newark” plan to privatize the district’s schools. A substitute teach...
Sep 26, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation and Nyle Fort
What It Takes to Unite Teachers Unions and Communities of Color What It Takes to Unite Teachers Unions and Communities of Color
Overcoming years of tensions and divisions, parents and teachers are linking arms to save public schools.
Sep 24, 2014 / Michelle Fine and Michael Fabricant
These Frontline Communities Know What Climate Justice Would Mean—and They’re Not Seeing It at the UN These Frontline Communities Know What Climate Justice Would Mean—and They’re Not Seeing It at the UN
Changing the path corporations and the 1 percent have set for our planet is going to take more than a march. It’s going to take a struggle.
Sep 24, 2014 / Wen Stephenson