Activism

French students hold up signs during a demonstration for better educational conditions, demanding the hiring of substitute teachers and increased resources.

Why French Students Are Revolting Why French Students Are Revolting

France’s education system is stretched to its limits, as student anger kicks off a hot fall protest season.

Oct 2, 2026 / June Loper and Harrison Stetler

Lots o’ Zuck

Lots o’ Zuck Lots o’ Zuck

No fatties.

Oct 2, 2026 / Steve Brodner

Draw Peace, Defy Censorship

Draw Peace, Defy Censorship Draw Peace, Defy Censorship

Censorship targets those who dare to challenge power. Yet cartoonists keep drawing. Every line is an act of courage and freedom and a step toward peace.

Oct 2, 2026 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke to 1,200 people at the “Students vs. Billionaires” town hall.

Cornell Students Challenge University Power at a “Students vs. Billionaires” Town Hall Cornell Students Challenge University Power at a “Students vs. Billionaires” Town Hall

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke to Ithaca students about tuition hikes, sexual violence, free speech, and university governance.

Oct 2, 2026 / StudentNation / Jeannine Chiang

Hundreds of climate activists take part in a protest in the run up to the German elections in Bonn, Germany, on February 14, 2025.

Germany and California Make Up an Environmental Superpower Germany and California Make Up an Environmental Superpower

The world’s third- and fourth-largest economies have pledged to environmental protections. Will others follow suit?

Oct 1, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

An anti-nuclear rally in Central Park, New York City, in June 1982.

On Being Awarded the Women Waging Peace Award On Being Awarded the Women Waging Peace Award

It has never been more urgent to revive the idea of peace, not as a slogan, but as the only serious, respectable, responsible, reasonable, humane position.

Oct 1, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The sample page of a Columbia House Record Club advertisement as it appeared in the April 1, 1978 issue of TV Guide magazine.

Stop the Price Gouging Stop the Price Gouging

How the subscription squeeze is ending.

Oct 1, 2026 / Lindsay Owens

Freedom Can’t Be Fenced In

Freedom Can’t Be Fenced In Freedom Can’t Be Fenced In

A call for freedom written across a pedestrian overpass, framed by wire.

Sep 30, 2026 / OppArt / Jeanne Flavin

Supporters of then-mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani attend a campaign event in Queens, New York on November 1, 2025.

Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign May Have Accomplished Something More Fundamental Than Moving Policy Debate to the Left Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign May Have Accomplished Something More Fundamental Than Moving Policy Debate to the Left

It’s the people, stupid.

Sep 30, 2026 / Marshall Ganz

In an attempt by the National Park Service to protect endangered desert tortoises, signs advise drivers to “drive like a tortoise” in the Mojave National Preserve in California. Between 2001 and 2020, the number of Mojave desert tortoises fell by 54 percent.

Trump Has Made it Legal to Destroy Endangered Species’ Habitats Trump Has Made it Legal to Destroy Endangered Species’ Habitats

By redefining the meaning of “harm” in the Endangered Species Act, the administration is giving big corporations a gift they have long demanded.

Sep 30, 2026 / Kali Holloway

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