Social Justice

The Very Specific 2006-ishness of Those Alleged Joy Reid Posts

The Very Specific 2006-ishness of Those Alleged Joy Reid Posts The Very Specific 2006-ishness of Those Alleged Joy Reid Posts

I don’t know if Reid wrote the posts in question, but it wouldn’t surprise me if she, or any liberal blogger at the time, had.

Apr 27, 2018 / Richard Kim

Can the ACLU Remake Itself as a Mass Movement for Progressive Change?

Can the ACLU Remake Itself as a Mass Movement for Progressive Change? Can the ACLU Remake Itself as a Mass Movement for Progressive Change?

Through a new “People Power” initiative, the country’s oldest civil-liberties organization wants to go beyond the courts—and into the streets.

Apr 25, 2018 / Feature / Dale Maharidge

The Selfless Servant Leadership of the African-American Women of the Civil-Rights Movement

The Selfless Servant Leadership of the African-American Women of the Civil-Rights Movement The Selfless Servant Leadership of the African-American Women of the Civil-Rights Movement

These women didn’t stand on ceremony; they accepted the risks of activism and fought for worlds where others might have freedoms that they themselves would never enjoy.

Apr 25, 2018 / Feature / Janet Dewart Bell

No Muslim Ban

As the Muslim Ban Goes Before SCOTUS, Share the Stories of Its Victims As the Muslim Ban Goes Before SCOTUS, Share the Stories of Its Victims

You can also support farmworkers and domestic workers fighting sexual harassment in their workplaces and get your community registered to vote.

Apr 24, 2018 / no-paywall / NationAction

Minimum wage protest

Will Democrats Have an Antidote to Trump’s Fake Populism? Will Democrats Have an Antidote to Trump’s Fake Populism?

The old ideas have failed, big-money politics has been exposed as corrupted, and the battle on what comes next is joined.

Apr 24, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Midia Ninja

Lula May Be in Jail, but Brazil’s Occupy Movement Won’t Let Hope Die Lula May Be in Jail, but Brazil’s Occupy Movement Won’t Let Hope Die

The Curitiba camp has become ground zero for a left that has been fighting an uphill battle since before the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff.

Apr 19, 2018 / Michael Fox

Mark Zuckerberg testifies to Congress

Break Facebook’s Power and Renew Journalism Break Facebook’s Power and Renew Journalism

We must take the Internet back from monopolies.

Apr 18, 2018 / Feature / Victor Pickard

Andrew Cuomo

Could These Community Groups Become Collateral Damage in Andrew Cuomo’s Fight Against Cynthia Nixon? Could These Community Groups Become Collateral Damage in Andrew Cuomo’s Fight Against Cynthia Nixon?

Make the Road, New York Communities for Change, and Citizen Action of New York could lose funding for their endorsement.

Apr 18, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Speaker Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan’s Cruel Vision—and the Red-State Rebellion Against It Paul Ryan’s Cruel Vision—and the Red-State Rebellion Against It

His plutocratic policies have provoked a growing backlash, in the form of teacher strikes and demonstrations from West Virginia and Kentucky to Oklahoma and Arizona.

Apr 18, 2018 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Legal System Needs to Catch Up With the #MeToo Movement

The Legal System Needs to Catch Up With the #MeToo Movement The Legal System Needs to Catch Up With the #MeToo Movement

It is nearly impossible to successfully sue for sexual harassment in the workplace—here’s what we can do to change that.

Apr 18, 2018 / Rafia Zakaria

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