$15 and a Union: Fast-Food Workers Take Their Demands Nationwide $15 and a Union: Fast-Food Workers Take Their Demands Nationwide
Nearly two years since their mobilization began with about 200 workers in New York, fast-food workers are following through on their two key demands: a $15 hourly wage and a union....
Sep 5, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Ohio Early Voting Cuts Violate the Voting Rights Act Ohio Early Voting Cuts Violate the Voting Rights Act
A big victory for voting rights in a key battleground state
Sep 4, 2014 / Ari Berman
Six Ways to Fight for Racial Justice Six Ways to Fight for Racial Justice
From making a donation to watching a video to sharing your own story, here are six ways you can support young people at the forefront of the fight for racial justice.
Sep 4, 2014 / NationAction
Mychal Denzel Smith: You Have to Upend the Entire System of Racism Mychal Denzel Smith: You Have to Upend the Entire System of Racism
Mychal Denzel Smith appears on Melissa Harry-Perry to explain why we need a national movement to dismantle white supremacy.
Sep 2, 2014 / Melissa Harris-Perry
UPDATED: Michael Sam: Out of the Closet, Out of the NFL? UPDATED: Michael Sam: Out of the Closet, Out of the NFL?
Michael Sam, the first openly gay player with a chance of making an NFL team, now finds himself on the outside looking in.
Sep 2, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Will Texas Get Away With Discriminating Against Voters? Will Texas Get Away With Discriminating Against Voters?
The country’s most stringent voter ID law is once again challenged in federal court.
Sep 2, 2014 / Ari Berman
Columbia University E-mail Reveals Disdain for Anti-Rape Campus Movement Columbia University E-mail Reveals Disdain for Anti-Rape Campus Movement
Students fighting to improve campus sexual assault policies face indifference—or worse—from administrators.
Aug 29, 2014 / George Joseph
From Ferguson to Miami, a Generation Demands Justice From Ferguson to Miami, a Generation Demands Justice
Michael Brown, John Crawford, Reefa Hernandez—and a national youth movement.
Aug 29, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Black Millennials Are Emerging as the ‘Movement Generation’ Black Millennials Are Emerging as the ‘Movement Generation’
If you’re asking the question “Where is the movement?” you simply haven’t been paying attention.
Aug 28, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
How Trayvon Martin’s Death Launched a New Generation of Black Activism How Trayvon Martin’s Death Launched a New Generation of Black Activism
A host of new groups are reviving the grassroots fight for racial equality.
Aug 27, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith