Activism

Women's March 2017

To Fight Trump, Take to the Streets! To Fight Trump, Take to the Streets!

The Trump administration gets more malicious, harmful, and absurd every day. So why aren’t many of us outside protesting? 

Jul 15, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Rana Plaza protest

6 Years After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Are Garment Workers Any Safer? 6 Years After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Are Garment Workers Any Safer?

Despite major advancements in accountability, workers across the Global South are still struggling to gain real power in the workplace.

Jul 15, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Reagan funeral protest

How Do We Build Resistance Before Disaster Strikes? How Do We Build Resistance Before Disaster Strikes?

Thirty-five years ago, organizers devised a new way to fight injustice before our government enacts a horrific policy: a pledge of resistance.

Jul 15, 2019 / Mark Engler

Jose Gurrola

Meet the Millennial Mayor Who Took On Big Oil—and Won Meet the Millennial Mayor Who Took On Big Oil—and Won

Jose Gurrola is just 25, with barely 20,000 constituents, but he’s managed to put California’s powerful oil industry on the defensive.

Jul 12, 2019 / Gabriel Thompson

Destroyed House Climate Change

We Were Already Over 350 ppm When I Was Born We Were Already Over 350 ppm When I Was Born

The devastation is too great. We can’t simply slap solar panels everywhere and call it a day.

Jul 12, 2019 / Jamie Margolin

Marshall Islands Mushroom Cloud

America’s Colonial Climate Crisis America’s Colonial Climate Crisis

What should the United States’ island territories expect from rising sea levels and global warming?

Jul 11, 2019 / Chris Gelardi

Cage Outrage

Cage Outrage Cage Outrage

Demonstration, Trump Hotel, New York City, June 2019.

Jul 11, 2019 / OppArt / George de Castro-Day

USWNT Parade

Megan Rapinoe and the USWNT Are the Heroes America Needed Megan Rapinoe and the USWNT Are the Heroes America Needed

The World Cup champion team cannot be bossed or bought.

Jul 10, 2019 / Dave Zirin

Protesters in Hong Kong

The American Left Is Failing Hong Kong The American Left Is Failing Hong Kong

Why is Marco Rubio doing more than the Democratic Party to support the people of Hong Kong?

Jul 10, 2019 / Rosemarie Ho

Black People Don’t Need Murals To Remember Injustice

Black People Don’t Need Murals To Remember Injustice Black People Don’t Need Murals To Remember Injustice

Critics of a San Francisco school’s decision to paint over art forget that people of color have a bright future, not just a tragic past.

Jul 9, 2019 / Jennifer Wilson

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