Activism

Student workers and their supporters at Occidental College as they launch a union campaign to join SEIU Local 721 in 2024.

Under Trump, Student Labor Organizers Face New Challenges Under Trump, Student Labor Organizers Face New Challenges

Anticipating a rollback of recent NLRB precedent, some unions have withdrawn petitions for recognition, looking for other paths to continue their work.

Aug 6, 2025 / StudentNation / Lucy Tobier

Countering Authoritarian Takeover With the Labor Movement

Countering Authoritarian Takeover With the Labor Movement Countering Authoritarian Takeover With the Labor Movement

Alex Han of In These Times and Tarso Luís Ramos speak about the vital role of worker organizing in an age of growing authoritarianism.

Aug 5, 2025 / Q&A / Laura Flanders

A group of resistance fighters at Lemvig Church. One of them has a Madsen machine gun over his shoulder.

The Danes Resisted Fascism, and So Can We The Danes Resisted Fascism, and So Can We

Danish resistance didn’t arrive all at once during World War II. But taken as a whole, the Danes’ actions are a testament to what’s possible when we work together to fight fascism...

Aug 5, 2025 / Sarah Sophie Flicker

Roberto Clemente poses for a photo in his Pittsburgh Pirates uniform, outside on a baseball diamond.

What Would Roberto Clemente Do? What Would Roberto Clemente Do?

The right fielder would want the baseball players’ union to fight the Trump administration’s campaign of terror against immigrants and their families.

Aug 4, 2025 / Dave Zirin

Strategic Cruelty

Strategic Cruelty Strategic Cruelty

60,000 Palestinians have been killed since October 2023, and people in Gaza continue to be subjected to the weaponization of humanitarian aid.

Aug 4, 2025 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he departs a House Republican meeting at the US Capitol on May 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. Trump joined conservative House lawmakers to help push through their budget bill after it advanced through the House Budget Committee on Sunday evening.

How the Constant Noise Distracts From the True Peril of Trump’s Misrule How the Constant Noise Distracts From the True Peril of Trump’s Misrule

His policies are making Americans less safe, less healthy, and more dead.

Aug 4, 2025 / Robert L. Borosage

Save the Children

Save the Children Save the Children

Backdoor.

Aug 1, 2025 / Steve Brodner

A person dressed in medical scrubs participates in a Pro-Palestine march to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Washington, DC, on April 5, 2025.

It’s Time for Health Workers to Defy the Law—Again It’s Time for Health Workers to Defy the Law—Again

When the government obstructs care, caregivers must go underground.

Aug 1, 2025 / Eric Reinhart

Condoning Wrongdoing

Condoning Wrongdoing Condoning Wrongdoing

America voted against itself.

Jul 31, 2025 / OppArt / Gia Ruiz

Protesters from Fossil Free London demonstrate outside Barclays Canary Wharf to disrupt the Energy Intelligence Forum (EIF) summit.

How Fossil Fuel Mad Men Have Aided and Abetted the Industry’s Climate Denial How Fossil Fuel Mad Men Have Aided and Abetted the Industry’s Climate Denial

But even the ad world isn’t immune to the groundswell of climate organizing.

Jul 31, 2025 / Harrison Stetler

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