A Q&A With Opal Tometi, Co-Founder of #BlackLivesMatter A Q&A With Opal Tometi, Co-Founder of #BlackLivesMatter
A conversation about building an inclusive movement, the importance of identity, and how to shift the narrative of justice away from jailing killer cops.
Jun 2, 2015 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
‘Tech’ Is Political—How We Respond to It Needs to Be Just as Political ‘Tech’ Is Political—How We Respond to It Needs to Be Just as Political
New technologies will not solve our problems: People acting collectively will.
May 27, 2015 / Editorial / Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor
How the Irish Became the World’s Leading Gay Activists How the Irish Became the World’s Leading Gay Activists
Defying conventional wisdom, the huge win by the Yes Equality campaign involved young and old, rural and urban, Catholic and non-Catholic voters.
May 27, 2015 / Editorial / Margaret Spillane
The Fight to Free Chelsea Manning The Fight to Free Chelsea Manning
It continues in the courts of law and public opinion—but justice is expensive.
May 27, 2015 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Charles Davis and Foreign Policy In Focus
In Spain’s Seismic Elections, ‘It’s the Victory of David Over Goliath’ In Spain’s Seismic Elections, ‘It’s the Victory of David Over Goliath’
The country’s political landscape has changed beyond recognition, with left-wing parties gaining everywhere.
May 26, 2015 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín
Emma Sulkowicz and the Benefit of the Doubt Emma Sulkowicz and the Benefit of the Doubt
Another victim of Emma Sulkowicz’s alleged rapist has come forward, with a message for everyone who has doubted the mattress-carrying activist.
May 22, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Goldberg
#SayHerName Shows Black Women Face Police Violence, Too—and Pregnancy and Motherhood Are No Refuge #SayHerName Shows Black Women Face Police Violence, Too—and Pregnancy and Motherhood Are No Refuge
Today's national day of action hopes to draw attention to the lives of black women and girls lost to police violence.
May 21, 2015 / Blog / Dani McClain
An Unsettling Sentence An Unsettling Sentence
On Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and the federal death penalty.
May 20, 2015 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro
Women Peacemakers Head to the Korean DMZ to Spark Conversation, Change Women Peacemakers Head to the Korean DMZ to Spark Conversation, Change
The activists join a rich tradition of women working to end conflict.
May 20, 2015 / Hilary Weaver
Students Walk Out for Community College, Hunger Strike for Janitors, and Mass for Tony Robinson Students Walk Out for Community College, Hunger Strike for Janitors, and Mass for Tony Robinson
As the semester ends, the action ramps up.
May 18, 2015 / StudentNation / StudentNation