‘All Resistance Is Local’: A Plan of Progressive Action for the Trump Years ‘All Resistance Is Local’: A Plan of Progressive Action for the Trump Years
Here’s how states and cities can lead the fight against the Trump administration—and build a new political order.
Nov 29, 2016 / That’s Debatable / Heather Gerken, David Bollier, Gary Gerstle, and Gar Alperovitz
Will Florida Voters Be Duped Into Killing Solar Power? Will Florida Voters Be Duped Into Killing Solar Power?
A Florida ballot initiative is written in pro-solar language—but its actual meaning is far more sinister.
Nov 4, 2016 / Samantha Schuyler
How a Somali-American Muslim Woman Candidate Is Mobilizing Millennial Voters in Minnesota How a Somali-American Muslim Woman Candidate Is Mobilizing Millennial Voters in Minnesota
Omar’s platform focuses on economic, social, racial, and environmental justice.
Nov 3, 2016 / StudentNation / Cirien Saadeh
Are Voters Getting Greenwashed at the Polls? Are Voters Getting Greenwashed at the Polls?
Contentious—and confusing—environmental issues are on the ballot in these states.
Nov 3, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter
From Black Lives Matter to the Fight for $15: Why Americans Are in Revolt From Black Lives Matter to the Fight for $15: Why Americans Are in Revolt
Journalist Sarah Jaffe celebrates the social movements that are rocking the country.
Oct 21, 2016 / Editorial / Astra Taylor
Amy Goodman: ‘The State Cannot Stop This Journalism.’ Amy Goodman: ‘The State Cannot Stop This Journalism.’
Goodman goes free as a North Dakota judge concludes that covering the Dakota Access Pipeline is not a crime.
Oct 20, 2016 / Editorial / Lizzy Ratner
What We Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Climate Change What We Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Climate Change
Years from now, historians will marvel at the absence of global warming in the 2016 campaign coverage and presidential debates.
Oct 14, 2016 / Column / Eric Alterman
There’s a Nationwide Boycott of Wendy’s Underway There’s a Nationwide Boycott of Wendy’s Underway
Organizers want the fast-food giant to agree to worker-friendly supply-chain practices.
Oct 10, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Native Americans Are Fighting a New but Familiar Battle at Standing Rock Native Americans Are Fighting a New but Familiar Battle at Standing Rock
The broken treaties of the past have now become a fundamental piece of the climate-justice battle.
Sep 22, 2016 / Editorial / Brian Ward
This Isn’t the First Time Cowboys Have Tried to Plunder 640 Million Acres of Public Land This Isn’t the First Time Cowboys Have Tried to Plunder 640 Million Acres of Public Land
In Utah and the Dakotas, history repeats itself as Native Americans fight to protect their lives—and ours.
Sep 20, 2016 / Chip Ward