Activism

What Can Be Done to Stop the Brutal Targeting of Trans Women?

What Can Be Done to Stop the Brutal Targeting of Trans Women? What Can Be Done to Stop the Brutal Targeting of Trans Women?

At least six transgender women have been killed in the United States since January. A new partnership wants to help stem the tide of violence.

Feb 19, 2015 / Dani McClain

Jimmie Lee Jackson: The First Martyr of the Selma Struggle

Jimmie Lee Jackson: The First Martyr of the Selma Struggle Jimmie Lee Jackson: The First Martyr of the Selma Struggle

The shooting of a civil rights activist by an Alabama state trooper led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.

Feb 19, 2015 / Ari Berman

Tell Congress to Put an Expiration Date on Mass Surveillance

Tell Congress to Put an Expiration Date on Mass Surveillance Tell Congress to Put an Expiration Date on Mass Surveillance

Key parts of the USA Patriot Act are set to expire this summer.

Feb 18, 2015 / NationAction

A Texas Judge Just Put Millions of Immigrants in Limbo

A Texas Judge Just Put Millions of Immigrants in Limbo A Texas Judge Just Put Millions of Immigrants in Limbo

The ruling suspends President Obama’s executive orders, which were to begin to take effect Wednesday.

Feb 17, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

Why Harvard Students Are Sitting-In Outside Drew Faust’s Office

Why Harvard Students Are Sitting-In Outside Drew Faust’s Office Why Harvard Students Are Sitting-In Outside Drew Faust’s Office

Refusing to divest now is an irresponsible and unsustainable abrogation of Harvard’s power.

Feb 12, 2015 / StudentNation / Divest Harvard

The 2015 Moral Monday Movement: ‘North Carolina Is Our Selma’

The 2015 Moral Monday Movement: ‘North Carolina Is Our Selma’ The 2015 Moral Monday Movement: ‘North Carolina Is Our Selma’

This Saturday, progressive activists in North Carolina are holding a major “Moral March on Raleigh.”

Feb 12, 2015 / Ari Berman

There’s No #BlackLivesMatter Without Net Neutrality

There’s No #BlackLivesMatter Without Net Neutrality There’s No #BlackLivesMatter Without Net Neutrality

A new generation of civil rights activists depends on a free Internet.

Feb 11, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith

Students Mass Against ‘Hebdo’-Fueled Hate Speech, Disrupt Tuition Hikes and Rise for Jessie Hernandez

Students Mass Against ‘Hebdo’-Fueled Hate Speech, Disrupt Tuition Hikes and Rise for Jessie Hernandez Students Mass Against ‘Hebdo’-Fueled Hate Speech, Disrupt Tuition Hikes and Rise for Jessie Hernandez

From the quad to the highway, the youth groundswell continues.

Feb 11, 2015 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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

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

A multimedia timeline presenting the history of the struggle for racial justice, from 1865 to 1919.

Feb 10, 2015 / The Nation

From ‘Victim’ to ‘Threat’: James Baldwin and the Demands of Self-Respect

From ‘Victim’ to ‘Threat’: James Baldwin and the Demands of Self-Respect From ‘Victim’ to ‘Threat’: James Baldwin and the Demands of Self-Respect

Baldwin yielded to nobody in his quest to weed racism out of the American garden—root and branch.

Feb 10, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith

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