Protesters Against Police Violence Risk the Very Thing They’re Fighting Protesters Against Police Violence Risk the Very Thing They’re Fighting
In Baton Rouge, community members protesting Alton Sterling’s death faced police brutality, unjustified arrests, and jail time—and lasting trauma.
Dec 1, 2017 / Feature / Collier Meyerson
Activists in Philadelphia Have Reclaimed Control of the City’s Schools Activists in Philadelphia Have Reclaimed Control of the City’s Schools
Dispatches from the Urban Resistance, from Philly to Albuquerque and beyond.
Nov 30, 2017 / Cities Rising / Jimmy Tobias
What Does It Mean to Remember AIDS? What Does It Mean to Remember AIDS?
We’ve seen a flood of retrospective projects about AIDS—from books to dance to architecture and art. But who is being remembered? And why?
Nov 30, 2017 / Alisa Solomon
The WNBA’s Maya Moore Wants to End Mass Incarceration The WNBA’s Maya Moore Wants to End Mass Incarceration
WNBA great Maya Moore joins the podcast to talk about the importance of criminal-justice reform.
Nov 30, 2017 / Audio / Dave Zirin
In the United States, Just 1 Person Has the Power to Kill Millions of People In the United States, Just 1 Person Has the Power to Kill Millions of People
Our nuclear-weapons strategy enables one man, the president, to kill and maim an unthinkable number of people in a single afternoon.
Nov 29, 2017 / no-paywall / Elaine Scarry
The Sexual Harassment Conversation Needs to Move to the Next Level The Sexual Harassment Conversation Needs to Move to the Next Level
What’s needed are real structural and legal changes to support the victims and curb the predators.
Nov 28, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
GOP Senators Want to Pass Their Tax Plan This Week. Take Action to Stop Them GOP Senators Want to Pass Their Tax Plan This Week. Take Action to Stop Them
You can also share the stories of immigrant youth fighting for the DREAM Act.
Nov 28, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction
The New Sewer Socialists Are Building an Equitable Internet The New Sewer Socialists Are Building an Equitable Internet
A blue-collar manufacturing town in southern Appalachia offers a roadmap for reclaiming the Internet’s utopian potential.
Nov 28, 2017 / Cities Rising / Evan Malmgren
Freedom of Thought Freedom of Thought
Individual freedom may well be a particularly American illusion, but can it be used to support progressive politics?
Nov 28, 2017 / Brad Baranowski
The Christian Legal Army Behind ‘Masterpiece Cakeshop’ The Christian Legal Army Behind ‘Masterpiece Cakeshop’
A special investigation into the rise of Alliance Defending Freedom.
Nov 28, 2017 / Feature / Sarah Posner