Activism

Voting Rights Victory in North Carolina

Voting Rights Victory in North Carolina Voting Rights Victory in North Carolina

Civil rights groups bring power back to North Carolina voters by challenging a restrictive voting law.

Oct 1, 2014 / Blog / Ari Berman

What’s Wrong With the Radical Critique of the People’s Climate March

What’s Wrong With the Radical Critique of the People’s Climate March What’s Wrong With the Radical Critique of the People’s Climate March

The movement to stop climate change needs both mass mobilizations and direct action.

Sep 30, 2014 / Jonathan Smucker and Michael Premo

From Walmart to Wall Street, Students Mass for Racial Justice

From Walmart to Wall Street, Students Mass for Racial Justice From Walmart to Wall Street, Students Mass for Racial Justice

For young people across the country, generational moments collide.

Sep 29, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Why We Should Appreciate the Stunning Success of the Wilderness Act, 50 Years On

Why We Should Appreciate the Stunning Success of the Wilderness Act, 50 Years On Why We Should Appreciate the Stunning Success of the Wilderness Act, 50 Years On

Like the Civil Rights Act, the Wilderness Act brought about justice, but also compassion for the planet.

Sep 29, 2014 / William deBuys

My Brother’s Keeper Will Expand, but Not to Include Women and Girls

My Brother’s Keeper Will Expand, but Not to Include Women and Girls My Brother’s Keeper Will Expand, but Not to Include Women and Girls

President Obama gave a nod to women and girls of color, but critics say his racial justice initiative still misses the mark.

Sep 28, 2014 / Blog / Dani McClain

Newark Students Have Made the City Their Classroom

Newark Students Have Made the City Their Classroom Newark Students Have Made the City Their Classroom

Students in Newark, New Jersey, walked out of class earlier this month in protest of the “One Newark” plan to privatize the district’s schools. A substitute teach...

Sep 26, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation and Nyle Fort

What It Takes to Unite Teachers Unions and Communities of Color

What It Takes to Unite Teachers Unions and Communities of Color What It Takes to Unite Teachers Unions and Communities of Color

Overcoming years of tensions and divisions, parents and teachers are linking arms to save public schools.

Sep 24, 2014 / Michelle Fine and Michael Fabricant

These Frontline Communities Know What Climate Justice Would Mean—and They’re Not Seeing It at the UN

These Frontline Communities Know What Climate Justice Would Mean—and They’re Not Seeing It at the UN These Frontline Communities Know What Climate Justice Would Mean—and They’re Not Seeing It at the UN

Changing the path corporations and the 1 percent have set for our planet is going to take more than a march. It’s going to take a struggle.

Sep 24, 2014 / Wen Stephenson

‘We Need to Convert That Energy’: Keith Ellison on What Comes After the People’s Climate March

‘We Need to Convert That Energy’: Keith Ellison on What Comes After the People’s Climate March ‘We Need to Convert That Energy’: Keith Ellison on What Comes After the People’s Climate March

A Q&A with the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Sep 24, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter

The Fight to Keep Toxic Mining Out of El Salvador

The Fight to Keep Toxic Mining Out of El Salvador The Fight to Keep Toxic Mining Out of El Salvador

Hundreds of protesters recently gathered at the World Bank to shame a gold-mining firm’s shakedown of one of Central America’s poorest countries.

Sep 23, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Diana Anahi Torres-Valverde and Foreign Policy In Focus

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