Activism

People hold signs to protest against President Donald Trump's executive order to detain children crossing the southern US border and separating families.

We All Need to Fight to End the Separation of Immigrant Families We All Need to Fight to End the Separation of Immigrant Families

In just five weeks, federal immigration authorities separated more than 2,300 children from their parents.

Jun 19, 2018 / no-paywall / NationAction

How Scapegoating Immigrants Hurts All Workers

How Scapegoating Immigrants Hurts All Workers How Scapegoating Immigrants Hurts All Workers

ICE raided a New Bedford factory in 2007, but the jobs that opened up for other workers didn’t last long.

Jun 19, 2018 / George Goehl

The Politics of the 2018 World Cup

The Politics of the 2018 World Cup The Politics of the 2018 World Cup

Author and academic Jules Boykoff stops by to talk 2018 World Cup.

Jun 19, 2018 / Audio / Dave Zirin

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Hawaii Just Made a Brilliant End Run Around Scott Pruitt’s EPA Hawaii Just Made a Brilliant End Run Around Scott Pruitt’s EPA

By banning the toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos, the state is doing what the EPA refuses to do—protect its residents’ health.

Jun 18, 2018 / Anna Lappé

Female student stands in front of Spelman College sign

We Need to Include Black Women’s Experience in the Movement Against Campus Sexual Assault We Need to Include Black Women’s Experience in the Movement Against Campus Sexual Assault

The national movement to address the college rape crisis seldom reflects the complexities of gender, race, and class black women face at both predominantly white institutions and h...

Jun 15, 2018 / StudentNation / Candace King

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The Poor People’s Campaign Is Changing the Moral Narrative of Congress The Poor People’s Campaign Is Changing the Moral Narrative of Congress

Activists are getting at least some members of Congress to listen to the real stories of poverty and injustice in America.

Jun 14, 2018 / John Nichols

Spain La Manada protest

How a Rape Trial in Spain Ignited a Feminist Movement How a Rape Trial in Spain Ignited a Feminist Movement

Women are pushing to change the country’s narrow rape law, which requires proof that an assailant used “violence or intimidation” and often leads to a lesser sentence.

Jun 14, 2018 / Meaghan Beatley

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In Trump’s ‘Madness,’ A Chance for Peace in Korea: Bruce Cumings In Trump’s ‘Madness,’ A Chance for Peace in Korea: Bruce Cumings

Plus Ahilan Arulanantham on Trump’s family separation policy, and Harold Meyerson on the Democrats’ chances in November.

Jun 14, 2018 / Asking for a Friend / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Philadelphia Eagles

NFL Owners Don’t Fear Trump, They Fear Their Own Players NFL Owners Don’t Fear Trump, They Fear Their Own Players

The code red in NFL circles is the growing liberation consciousness of the ones people pay to see. 

Jun 13, 2018 / Dave Zirin

Protesters pray during a Rally For Our Children event to protest a new

Join a Rally to Demand that the Trump Administration Stop Separating Families Join a Rally to Demand that the Trump Administration Stop Separating Families

You can also call your representative to save net neutrality and apply for a training to help take back the House.

Jun 13, 2018 / no-paywall / NationAction

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