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Russia Domestic Violence

Russians Don’t Want to Live in the Middle Ages Russians Don’t Want to Live in the Middle Ages

By reducing the penalty for domestic violence, the Duma yet again failed to heed the voices of citizens and experts.

Feb 1, 2017 / Blog / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

People hold up signs at an immigration rally

Want to Know How Trump’s Policies Will Actually Impact Undocumented Immigrants? Read This. Want to Know How Trump’s Policies Will Actually Impact Undocumented Immigrants? Read This.

How Trump will target immigrants, and how all of our communities can fight back.

Jan 27, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Immigrant rights advocates rally against President Donald Trump

Fear and Fight in the Final Days of DACA Fear and Fight in the Final Days of DACA

Every day, undocumented young people must decide whether to ask the Trump administration for renewal of their status.

Jan 25, 2017 / Julianne Hing

Protesters at the Human Be-In, San Francisco 1967

All the Human Be-In Was Saying 50 Years Ago, Was Give Peace a Chance All the Human Be-In Was Saying 50 Years Ago, Was Give Peace a Chance

Then, as now, many in the political classes looked down on supposedly impractical efforts to change consciousness.

Jan 13, 2017 / Blog / Danny Goldberg

Bernie Sanders supporters

Why Millennials Aren’t Afraid of Socialism Why Millennials Aren’t Afraid of Socialism

It’s an old idea, but the people who will make it happen are young—and tired of the unequal world they’ve inherited.

Jan 10, 2017 / StudentNation / Julia Mead

UPenn Trump Protesters

In the Wake of Trump, a Black-Student Groundswell In the Wake of Trump, a Black-Student Groundswell

We know, from our history and social-studies and literature classes, the value of peaceful protest and civil disobedience.

Dec 16, 2016 / StudentNation / Students Organizing for Unity and Liberation, Grace Dolan-Sandrino, and Zahri Jackson

Harvard University

Trumpism Poses the Most Dire Threat to Academic Freedom in Recent Memory Trumpism Poses the Most Dire Threat to Academic Freedom in Recent Memory

A shadowy new Professor Watchlist has revived the McCarthyite hysteria of the 1950s. We must fight back.

Dec 13, 2016 / Blog / Erik Loomis

Cuba Baseball

What’s Next for Cuban Sports? What’s Next for Cuban Sports?

Here’s a perspective from Baltimore Orioles owner John Angelos, who attempted to use baseball to liberalize relations between the two countries.

Dec 9, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Coach Popovich and Cornel West

Soul Men: Coach Pop and Cornel West Soul Men: Coach Pop and Cornel West

The Spurs coach and Harvard professor engaged with San Antonio youth about their potential to make change during this uncertain time.

Dec 5, 2016 / Dave Zirin

The Second Coming of MTV News

The Second Coming of MTV News The Second Coming of MTV News

Its rebirth gives insights into twin trends across the media landscape: prestige and diversity.

Dec 2, 2016 / Wei Tchou

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