This Week in Poverty: Five Things You Might Have Missed on ‘Poverty Day’ This Week in Poverty: Five Things You Might Have Missed on ‘Poverty Day’
Poverty Day--the one day every year when the mainstream media turns its attention to the poor--was last week. Here are five things you might have missed amidst the frenzy of covera...
Sep 27, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
California Governor Signs Domestic Worker Bill of Rights California Governor Signs Domestic Worker Bill of Rights
Early Thursday afternoon on the West Coast, Governor Jerry Brown tweeted a message: “Today, I signed a bill to help California’s domestic workers.”
Sep 26, 2013 / Laura Flanders
Repression and Gay Rights in Russia Repression and Gay Rights in Russia
A wave of anti-gay laws have brought Russia’s LGBT movement into the international spotlight, but activists are divided over strategies, including proposed boycotts.
Sep 26, 2013 / Sean Guillory
Stand Up for Toni Morrison During Banned Books Week Stand Up for Toni Morrison During Banned Books Week
The groundbreaking novel The Bluest Eye is under fire in Morrison’s home state of Ohio.
Sep 24, 2013 / Peter Rothberg
Grinnell College Offers $100,000 Prize to Young Social Justice Activists Grinnell College Offers $100,000 Prize to Young Social Justice Activists
The Grinnell College Young Innovator Prize offers a $100,000 prize annually to activists under the age of 40 who have demonstrated leadership in the field of social justice.
Sep 23, 2013 / StudentNation / Allegra Kirkland and StudentNation
With New Protections for Domestic Workers, What Is Next for Big Labor? With New Protections for Domestic Workers, What Is Next for Big Labor?
Concerted pressure from labor, “alt-labor” community, women’s, immigrants, seniors and disability rights groups made change happen after eighty years. A pledge by...
Sep 22, 2013 / Laura Flanders
At G20, Politicians Push the Same Neoliberal Agenda That Got Us Into This Mess At G20, Politicians Push the Same Neoliberal Agenda That Got Us Into This Mess
Meanwhile, activists organized a counter-summit to discuss the problems world leaders were unwilling to address.
Sep 20, 2013 / Alec Luhn
Blame a Feminist: The Top Tragedies Feminism Has Wrought Blame a Feminist: The Top Tragedies Feminism Has Wrought
Are you having a bad day? It’s probably a feminist’s fault.
Sep 20, 2013 / Jessica Valenti
This Week in Poverty: New Data, Same Story (and Same Dangerous House Republicans) This Week in Poverty: New Data, Same Story (and Same Dangerous House Republicans)
The new Census data on poverty doesn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know--nothing will change without a formidable political movement.
Sep 20, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
Demand the United States Military Prioritize Civilian Lives Demand the United States Military Prioritize Civilian Lives
Someday we may live in a world where war and militarization were rare, but, until then, we must demand the protection of innocent life when conflicts happen.
Sep 19, 2013 / NationAction