Activism

Ai-jen Poo: Domestic Workers and the Roots of Exclusion Ai-jen Poo: Domestic Workers and the Roots of Exclusion

Domestic workers, many of them women of color or undocumented immigrants, are one of the most vulnerable labor pools when it comes to workplace abuses and sexual violence.

Nov 2, 2011 / Francis Reynolds and Emily Douglas

Melissa Harris-Perry: The Occupy Movement Takes On Classroom Inequality

Melissa Harris-Perry: The Occupy Movement Takes On Classroom Inequality Melissa Harris-Perry: The Occupy Movement Takes On Classroom Inequality

One out of five American children live in poverty. Among them, 40 percent of African-American children and 35 percent of Hispanic children live below the poverty line. We know this...

Nov 1, 2011 / Press Room

Occupy Bowdoin Kicks Off Occupy Bowdoin Kicks Off

The anatomy of a movement at Bowdoin College.

Nov 1, 2011 / StudentNation / Erica Berry

What Is Occupy Wall Street About? What Is Occupy Wall Street About?

This video, courtesy of Occupy Animators, helps explain what’s at stake and why the new movement against economic inequality is growing so rapidly.

Nov 1, 2011 / Peter Rothberg

Occupy Oakland Calls for a November 2 General Strike

Occupy Oakland Calls for a November 2 General Strike Occupy Oakland Calls for a November 2 General Strike

In less than two weeks, Occupy Oakland went from its first public action to calling for a city-wide general strike.

Nov 1, 2011 / Gabriel Thompson

Katrina vanden Heuvel: People Are in Motion for Change Katrina vanden Heuvel: People Are in Motion for Change

Katrina's first book, The Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama, examines the systemic dysfunction that plagues American politics.

Oct 31, 2011 / Press Room

Thinking Big on Poverty Thinking Big on Poverty

We should be a country that does big things—like cut poverty in half in the next decade.

Oct 31, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Is Occupy Wall Street Responsible for a New York Crime Wave? Is Occupy Wall Street Responsible for a New York Crime Wave?

 Conservatives are trying to blame the protests for every shooting in New York City. 

Oct 31, 2011 / Ben Adler

Occupy Wall Street at Valley Forge Occupy Wall Street at Valley Forge

A (self-) graduation speech for the Occupiers at Zuccotti Park.

Oct 31, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

David Strathairn: Stop Keystone XL David Strathairn: Stop Keystone XL

The celebrated actor explains why he’s coming to Washington, DC, on November 6 to join a symbolically powerful encircling of the White House.

Oct 31, 2011 / Peter Rothberg

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