Activism

Why Are We Still Ignoring Former Foster Children’s Votes?

Why Are We Still Ignoring Former Foster Children’s Votes? Why Are We Still Ignoring Former Foster Children’s Votes?

One out of every 20 children will spend some time in foster care. Yet their needs have largely been ignored during the presidential election.

Sep 14, 2020 / StudentNation / Alexandra Ellerbeck

Tomatoes

The Immokalee Way: Protecting Farmworkers Amid a Pandemic The Immokalee Way: Protecting Farmworkers Amid a Pandemic

While some companies do everything to escape accountability, the Fair Food Program proves there’s an alternative.

Sep 14, 2020 / John Bowe

Jeffrey Ngo

Did US Lobbying Efforts Backfire for Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Movement? Did US Lobbying Efforts Backfire for Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Movement?

Hong Kong activist Jeffrey Ngo defends his Capitol Hill photo-ops.

Sep 14, 2020 / Q&A / Wilfred Chan

59 Days Until the Election

59 Days Until the Election 59 Days Until the Election

There’s a monster under America’s bed.

Sep 12, 2020 / OppArt / Ann Telnaes, Rob Rogers, and Bill Bramhall

Echoes

Echoes Echoes

Diminished chords. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of September 7.

Sep 11, 2020 / Steve Brodner

Endless Summer

Endless Summer Endless Summer

Covid spreads and violence escalates under Trump’s leadership.

Sep 11, 2020 / OppArt / Emily Waters

High school students work the polls

We Can’t Dismiss Young Voters. Here’s Why. We Can’t Dismiss Young Voters. Here’s Why.

Young voters are often perceived as ambivalent. But history shows us that young people led the nation’s most significant movements, including the fight for voting rights.

Sep 11, 2020 / StudentNation / Sherri Williams

Steven Donziger

A New Justice Movement Emerges to Defend Steven Donziger A New Justice Movement Emerges to Defend Steven Donziger

The lawyer who helped win a historic Amazon cleanup deal faces six months in prison, but will still not have a jury trial.

Sep 10, 2020 / James North

Stuffed

Stuffed Stuffed

The NBA and police violence.

Sep 10, 2020 / OppArt / André Carrilho

Two men hold street signs reading

What ‘The New York Times’ Won’t Tell You About Woman Suffrage What ‘The New York Times’ Won’t Tell You About Woman Suffrage

While Times readers have learned much about the failings of white suffragists, they have remained in the dark about the paper’s own strident attacks on the very idea of allowing wo...

Sep 10, 2020 / Mary Walton

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