Your Senators Are About to Vote on the Future of the Internet. Make Sure They Hear From You First. Your Senators Are About to Vote on the Future of the Internet. Make Sure They Hear From You First.
You can also call on Congress to stop the Trump administration from breaking up thousands of immigrant families.
May 8, 2018 / no-paywall / NationAction
Trump’s Denial of TPS to Hondurans Will Break Up Thousands of Families Trump’s Denial of TPS to Hondurans Will Break Up Thousands of Families
He loathes one of our most successful humanitarian programs because it protects people from what he calls “shithole countries.”
May 7, 2018 / Sasha Abramsky
The Persecution of GN Saibaba and India’s ‘Annihilation’ of the Resistance The Persecution of GN Saibaba and India’s ‘Annihilation’ of the Resistance
The plight of a wheelchair-bound professor reveals India’s “Terminator-like” attacks on dissent.
May 2, 2018 / Tekendra Parmar
Remembering Nate Smith, Pittsburgh’s Prizefighting Labor Activist Remembering Nate Smith, Pittsburgh’s Prizefighting Labor Activist
For May Day, we look back at the work of Nate Smith, whose organizing broke down racial barriers in Pittsburgh’s trade unions.
May 1, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld
The ‘People’s Pulitzers’ Salute Those Who Give Voice to the Powerless The ‘People’s Pulitzers’ Salute Those Who Give Voice to the Powerless
The remarkable work of this year’s Hillman Prize winners is a timely reminder of the indispensable role of the free press in sustaining a democracy.
May 1, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘There’s No Substitute for Confrontation’: An Interview With Howard Bryant on Today’s Political Black Athlete ‘There’s No Substitute for Confrontation’: An Interview With Howard Bryant on Today’s Political Black Athlete
Bryant’s new book explores what happens when black athletic struggle is revived, but collides with our post-9/11 world.
Apr 30, 2018 / Dave Zirin
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?
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
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
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