Activism

The Activists Who Won Net Neutrality Must Defend It in 2016

The Activists Who Won Net Neutrality Must Defend It in 2016 The Activists Who Won Net Neutrality Must Defend It in 2016

The FCC has guaranteed net neutrality, for now. But special interests will try to elect a president to undo it.

Feb 26, 2015 / John Nichols

Three Years Later, the Legacy of Trayvon Martin and #BlackLivesMatter

Three Years Later, the Legacy of Trayvon Martin and #BlackLivesMatter Three Years Later, the Legacy of Trayvon Martin and #BlackLivesMatter

The tragic death of Trayvon Martin inspired a new generation of activists who fight to make black lives matter.

Feb 26, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith

Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed

Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed

Racism, segregation and inequality persist in this civil-rights battleground.

Feb 25, 2015 / Feature / Ari Berman

In Order to End Police Brutality, We Need to End the Police

In Order to End Police Brutality, We Need to End the Police In Order to End Police Brutality, We Need to End the Police

Activists and organizers gathered at the Schomburg Center to interrogate the current conditions of American policing.

Feb 25, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith

What Happens if You Refuse to Pay Off Your Student Debt?

What Happens if You Refuse to Pay Off Your Student Debt? What Happens if You Refuse to Pay Off Your Student Debt?

Fifteen former students of the for-profit Corinthian college chain are launching a debt strike to allow other debtors to do just that.

Feb 25, 2015 / Michelle Chen

The Furor Over Campus Rape Is More Than a Moral Panic

The Furor Over Campus Rape Is More Than a Moral Panic The Furor Over Campus Rape Is More Than a Moral Panic

The new documentary The Hunting Ground is a reminder that the campus rape crisis is real.

Feb 25, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg

Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part III

Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part III Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part III

A multimedia timeline presenting the history of the struggle for racial justice, from 1957 to 1968.

Feb 24, 2015 / The Nation

A National Call for Criminal-Justice Reform

A National Call for Criminal-Justice Reform A National Call for Criminal-Justice Reform

In the wake of nationwide cop-on-civilian violence, there is hope for criminal-justice reform.

Feb 24, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

What Happens if You Refuse to Pay Off Your Student Debt?

What Happens if You Refuse to Pay Off Your Student Debt? What Happens if You Refuse to Pay Off Your Student Debt?

Fifteen former students of the for-profit Corinthian college chain are launching a debt strike to allow other debtors to do just that. 

Feb 23, 2015 / Michelle Chen

How 262 Cable Technicians Defeated a Union-Busting Giant

How 262 Cable Technicians Defeated a Union-Busting Giant How 262 Cable Technicians Defeated a Union-Busting Giant

After a three-and-a-half-year struggle, workers in Cablevision’s first unionized shop finally win a contract.

Feb 23, 2015 / Sarah Jaffe

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