Activism

Studs Terkel

The Decline of Progressive Publishing Houses Is a Loss for Everyone The Decline of Progressive Publishing Houses Is a Loss for Everyone

The end of Pantheon and Metropolitan augers a strange and unchallenging world of ideas.

Oct 7, 2022 / Tom Engelhardt

Prime Minister Liz Truss looks forward wearing a hard hat and safety glasses.

British Prime Minister Liz Truss Is No Margaret Thatcher British Prime Minister Liz Truss Is No Margaret Thatcher

The Tory leader's pledge to deliver neoliberal “shock therapy” brought her own party conference to the brink of open revolt.

Oct 6, 2022 / Steve Howell

Divest Princeton Protest

Princeton Activists Just Won a Historic Victory for Climate Research Princeton Activists Just Won a Historic Victory for Climate Research

After a decade of student organizing, Princeton made a pledge to divest its endowment and reject fossil fuel money. Will more universities follow?

Oct 6, 2022 / StudentNation / Chelsey Gilchrist and Claire Kaufman

Why the Left Needs to Change How It Fights

Why the Left Needs to Change How It Fights Why the Left Needs to Change How It Fights

Bree Carlson, the new co-director of ACRE, discusses the struggle for racial and economic justice in a world of global capital. 

Oct 5, 2022 / Q&A / Lucy Dean Stockton

Mahsa Amini and the Women of Iran

Mahsa Amini and the Women of Iran Mahsa Amini and the Women of Iran

Twenty-two-year-old Mahsa Amini died in police custody after being arrested by the “morality police” for improperly wearing a hijab. Her murder sparkled an ongoing series of protes...

Oct 5, 2022 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo, Nasrin Sheykhi, and Emanuele Del Rosso

Indigenous Sovereignty Protest

This Supreme Court Case Threatens the Future of Tribal Lands This Supreme Court Case Threatens the Future of Tribal Lands

Haaland v. Brackeen challenges the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, putting the sovereignty of Indian Nations at risk.

Oct 5, 2022 / StudentNation / Jessica Lambert

Tamir Rice Protest

Black Trauma Is Not a Lesson Black Trauma Is Not a Lesson

After a teacher made me watch the video of the killing of Tamir Rice, I realized I had to raise my voice against injustice.

Oct 4, 2022 / StudentNation / Kayla Ruano-Lumpris

An illustration of biceps with firecrackers embedded in them

Is the Idea of Masculinity Worth Saving? Is the Idea of Masculinity Worth Saving?

Laura Kipnis writes that masculinity is an emblem of mobility while Phil Christman argues that notions of manliness are better left to the side.

Oct 4, 2022 / The Debate / Laura Kipnis and Phil Christman

Frank Watkins and Jesse Jackson.

Remembering Frank Watkins, Longtime Lieutenant to Jesse Jackson Remembering Frank Watkins, Longtime Lieutenant to Jesse Jackson

Though he preferred to work behind the scenes, Watkins was a crucial force in opening the Democratic Party to Black leadership—and pulling it to the left.

Sep 30, 2022 / Kevin Alexander Gray

Blue Planet Blues

Blue Planet Blues Blue Planet Blues

By 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish.

Sep 30, 2022 / OppArt / Zwia Lipkin

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