Columbia University E-mail Reveals Disdain for Anti-Rape Campus Movement Columbia University E-mail Reveals Disdain for Anti-Rape Campus Movement
Students fighting to improve campus sexual assault policies face indifference—or worse—from administrators.
Aug 29, 2014 / George Joseph
From Ferguson to Miami, a Generation Demands Justice From Ferguson to Miami, a Generation Demands Justice
Michael Brown, John Crawford, Reefa Hernandez—and a national youth movement.
Aug 29, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
What the Twin Plagues of ISIS and Ebola Have in Common What the Twin Plagues of ISIS and Ebola Have in Common
Both thrive on the breakdown of the existing social order.
Aug 28, 2014 / John Feffer and Foreign Policy In Focus
Immigrant Rights Advocates Stage Civil Disobedience at the White House Immigrant Rights Advocates Stage Civil Disobedience at the White House
Immigrants and allies rallied in more than a dozen US cities on Thursday to ask President Obama to use his executive authority to stop deportations of undocumented workers and thei...
Aug 28, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Black Millennials Are Emerging as the ‘Movement Generation’ Black Millennials Are Emerging as the ‘Movement Generation’
If you’re asking the question “Where is the movement?” you simply haven’t been paying attention.
Aug 28, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Why the ‘Unhiring’ of Steven Salaita Is a Threat to Academic Freedom Why the ‘Unhiring’ of Steven Salaita Is a Threat to Academic Freedom
Under the spurious claim of protecting “civility,” the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has caved in to the McCarthyite bullying of the Israel lobby.
Aug 27, 2014 / David Palumbo-Liu
How Trayvon Martin’s Death Launched a New Generation of Black Activism How Trayvon Martin’s Death Launched a New Generation of Black Activism
A host of new groups are reviving the grassroots fight for racial equality.
Aug 27, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
It’s Time for a 21st-Century Anti-Lynching Movement It’s Time for a 21st-Century Anti-Lynching Movement
Black women have made connections between their struggles and those of black men since the 1800s.
Aug 27, 2014 / Paula J. Giddings
As People of Color, We’re Not All in the Same Boat As People of Color, We’re Not All in the Same Boat
We all have different places in the racial hierarchy. But we can still work together for justice.
Aug 27, 2014 / Rinku Sen
Obama’s Racial Justice Initiative—for Boys Only Obama’s Racial Justice Initiative—for Boys Only
Black girls face daunting odds, too. Why does My Brother’s Keeper neglect their struggles?
Aug 27, 2014 / Feature / Dani McClain