Activism

Will the Supreme Court Let Florida Drug-Test All Its Government Employees?

Will the Supreme Court Let Florida Drug-Test All Its Government Employees? Will the Supreme Court Let Florida Drug-Test All Its Government Employees?

What does a positive test mean when your economic fate hinges on the result? What kind of “discipline” is maintained by subjugating bodily privacy in the name of “public safety”?

Apr 18, 2014 / Michelle Chen

Not One More: Can These Hunger Strikers Stop Obama’s Deportations?

Not One More: Can These Hunger Strikers Stop Obama’s Deportations? Not One More: Can These Hunger Strikers Stop Obama’s Deportations?

For families torn apart, Obama’s failure to reform deportation procedures is a matter of life and death.

Apr 17, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

Want to Expand Abortion Rights in Texas? Better Talk About Immigration, Too

Want to Expand Abortion Rights in Texas? Better Talk About Immigration, Too Want to Expand Abortion Rights in Texas? Better Talk About Immigration, Too

Winning on abortion rights means talking—and listening—to voters in a new way.

Apr 16, 2014 / Dani McClain

White Noise, Black Politics

White Noise, Black Politics White Noise, Black Politics

What happens when the black experience is relegated to background noise?

Apr 16, 2014 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

Close Down the Gay Movement?

Close Down the Gay Movement? Close Down the Gay Movement?

If it’s all about handing out gold stars or scarlet letters to CEOs and celebrities, then I’ll pass.

Apr 16, 2014 / Column / Richard Kim

Did Occupy Actually Make Police Departments More Accountable?

Did Occupy Actually Make Police Departments More Accountable? Did Occupy Actually Make Police Departments More Accountable?

Occupy Wall Street activists like Cecily McMillan are still fighting the state, only this time they’re waging their battles in the courts.

Apr 15, 2014 / Amity Paye

Climate Change Is Here—It’s Too Late for Pessimism

Climate Change Is Here—It’s Too Late for Pessimism Climate Change Is Here—It’s Too Late for Pessimism

Years of Living Dangerously will make you boiling mad about the climate calamity that awaits us in the twenty-first century.  

Apr 15, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Outrageous Trial of Cecily McMillan

The Outrageous Trial of Cecily McMillan The Outrageous Trial of Cecily McMillan

A young Occupy Wall Street activist ended up in the hospital after her arrest. So why is she the one being prosecuted for assault?

Apr 14, 2014 / Michelle Goldberg

Republicans Used to Support Voting Rights—What Happened?

Republicans Used to Support Voting Rights—What Happened? Republicans Used to Support Voting Rights—What Happened?

Democrats are embracing the cause of voting rights. Why aren't Republicans?

Apr 14, 2014 / Ari Berman

Harvard Fossil Fuel Divestment Smackdown: The Faculty vs. President Faust

Harvard Fossil Fuel Divestment Smackdown: The Faculty vs. President Faust Harvard Fossil Fuel Divestment Smackdown: The Faculty vs. President Faust

A large group of Harvard faculty release an open letter to President Drew Gilpin Faust calling forcefully for fossil-fuel divestment.

Apr 10, 2014 / Wen Stephenson

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