Activism

A screenshot of a story about Kentucky Republicans overriding a ban on conversion therapy.

How Trump Could Help Conversion Therapy Make a Comeback How Trump Could Help Conversion Therapy Make a Comeback

Trump's anti-queer terror campaign is providing the perfect environment for the dangerous practice to spread.

Mar 31, 2025 / Adam M. Rhodes

A student walks past the Rotunda, under renovation, on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville.

Trump’s Academic Purge Will Make America Stupid and Provincial Again Trump’s Academic Purge Will Make America Stupid and Provincial Again

The administration’s targeting of international students is a return to a disgraced tradition of xenophobic anti-intellectualism.

Mar 31, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Rumeysa Ozturk being detained by ICE.

What Will You Do? What Will You Do?

What’s your “I am Spartacus” move to protect the more vulnerable, the targeted, the invisibled, the next-on-the-list?

Mar 28, 2025 / Kaveh Akbar

Women’s Rights, Worker’s Rights!

Women’s Rights, Worker’s Rights! Women’s Rights, Worker’s Rights!

The international fight for human rights.

Mar 28, 2025 / OppArt / URTARTE

Official seal. Border says Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service. In the center a golden eagle perches on a pair of shaking hands against a blue background.

Donald Trump Is Shuttering a Little-Known Labor-Management Agency That Supports Collective Bargaining Donald Trump Is Shuttering a Little-Known Labor-Management Agency That Supports Collective Bargaining

The administration’s latest assault on independent agencies is also an attack on working people.

Mar 28, 2025 / Lynn Rhinehart

View through Montana ranch entrance to rangeland with a view of central Montana shows snow covered Crazy Mountains in the background. The Crazy Mountains rise to over 11,000 feet and are located north of Interstate-90 between Billings and Bozeman Montana; they can be seen for many miles along this stretch of Interstate.

Welcome to Bozangeles! Welcome to Bozangeles!

The greater Bozeman, Montana, region has become ground zero for rampant luxury development that is taking the “public” out of public lands.

Mar 27, 2025 / Erica Etelson

A Yemeni walks over the debris of a destroyed building after it was struck by US air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, March 24, 2025.

Bombing Yemen: Signalgate Deserves to Be a Major Scandal Bombing Yemen: Signalgate Deserves to Be a Major Scandal

But the assault on Yemeni civilians the hapless conspirators discussed in their private chat group is an even bigger disgrace—though so far the press haven’t paid much attention.

Mar 27, 2025 / Phyllis Bennis

Hundreds of Cardinal O’Connor Conference attendees gather in Georgetown University’s Gaston Hall to hear from anti-abortion activists.

Inside Washington, DC’s “Pro-Life Super Bowl” Inside Washington, DC’s “Pro-Life Super Bowl”

Days after Donald Trump’s inauguration, hundreds of young anti-abortion activists gathered at Georgetown University for the annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference.

Mar 27, 2025 / StudentNation / Katherine Wilkison

Protesters hold a banner reading “FREE ALL ANTIFAS” as they demonstrate against the annual neo-Nazi “Day of Honour” rally in Budapest on February 8, 2025.

Viktor Orbán’s Europe-Wide Manhunt of Antifascist Activists Viktor Orbán’s Europe-Wide Manhunt of Antifascist Activists

Budapest has been repeatedly condemned for the erosion of its justice system. Will Europe’s courts still greenlight Budapest’s punitive search for leftists?

Mar 26, 2025 / Harrison Stetler

Grant Miner speaks at a rally in support of detained Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil.

Columbia Expelled Me for My Palestine Activism, but I Won’t Be Silenced Columbia Expelled Me for My Palestine Activism, but I Won’t Be Silenced

And neither will anyone else targeted by the university. We are not afraid, we are undeterred, and we will continue to fight.

Mar 26, 2025 / Grant Miner

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