Permalancers, Unite! Permalancers, Unite!
Freelancers staged a walkout at Viacom this week, instigating one of the most unlikely and successful labor campaigns in recent memory.
Dec 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Anya Kamenetz
Iraq’s Civil Resistance Iraq’s Civil Resistance
The secular left brings together unionists, women's organizations and students.
Dec 6, 2007 / Feature / Bill Weinberg
Students for a Free Pakistan Students for a Free Pakistan
Putting blogs, cellphones and text messages to work, Pakistani students around the world are rallying against Musharraf's martial law.
Nov 30, 2007 / Feature / Jayati Vora
Stop the Subprime Tsunami Stop the Subprime Tsunami
Predatory lending is the biggest economic crisis since 1929, especially for the black and brown people caught in its grip.
Nov 30, 2007 / Video / Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
How the Peace Movement Can Win How the Peace Movement Can Win
For war opponents, the election year is a moment of great opportunity--and peril. The challenge is to leverage antiwar sentiment into a victory for peace.
Nov 29, 2007 / Feature / Tom Hayden
WGA: Picket and Click It WGA: Picket and Click It
As the strike continues, Writers Guild members have turned the Internet into an organizing tool.
Nov 26, 2007 / Feature / Christopher Lisotta
The Nijinsky of Ambivalence The Nijinsky of Ambivalence
During a Vietnam War protest, Norman Mailer blustered and banged a generation's experience through his prodigious ego.
Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Morris Dickstein
Gay Muslims Unveiled in ‘Jihad for Love’ Gay Muslims Unveiled in ‘Jihad for Love’
Parvez Sharma's new documentary chronicles the experiences of gay and lesbian Muslims in seven countries, as they struggle to align their sexuality with their religion.
Nov 17, 2007 / Feature / Rashi Kesarwani
Climate Change Power Shift Climate Change Power Shift
Thousands of students came together to infuse the largest citizen conference ever to address climate change with energy, enthusiasm and a new vision for the future.
Nov 15, 2007 / Feature / Anya Kamenetz
Writers Strike, Silence Falls Writers Strike, Silence Falls
As the screenwriters strike enters its second week, take a moment to appreciate those without whom late night comics are struck mute, movies are left unmade and on TV, there's no...
Nov 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Barbara Ehrenreich