Joan Baez Looks Back Joan Baez Looks Back
I Am a Noise, a career-spanning documentary, makes it clear that the folk singer was one of the most important political musicians of her generation.
Dec 14, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Sarah M. Seltzer
Sexism and Racism on the Left: What Has and Hasn’t Changed Since Occupy Wall Street Sexism and Racism on the Left: What Has and Hasn’t Changed Since Occupy Wall Street
Dozens of Zuccotti Park activists pushed the movement to confront race and gender oppression—and have continued that work in the decade since.
Sep 20, 2021 / Feature / Sarah M. Seltzer
Newish and Jewish: An Interview With ‘Currents’ Editor Arielle Angel Newish and Jewish: An Interview With ‘Currents’ Editor Arielle Angel
How a revitalized magazine with its roots in American communism captured the Jewish left.
Feb 6, 2020 / Q&A / Sarah M. Seltzer
There’s a Good Reason Many Jewish Women Will Be Joining the Women’s March There’s a Good Reason Many Jewish Women Will Be Joining the Women’s March
We feel it’s where we belong.
Jan 17, 2019 / Sarah M. Seltzer
#MeToo Has Debunked the ‘Lean In’ Philosophy #MeToo Has Debunked the ‘Lean In’ Philosophy
Women shouldn’t have to change themselves to succeed at their jobs—not to mention, it doesn’t work.
Dec 19, 2017 / Sarah M. Seltzer
Want to Fight Harassment? Start With Pushing Back on Bullying Want to Fight Harassment? Start With Pushing Back on Bullying
The free pass given to men like Trump and O’Reilly in public is a cornerstone of a culture that allows harassment in private.
Oct 23, 2017 / Sarah M. Seltzer
3 Million of Hillary’s Biggest Supporters Found Each Other in a Secret Facebook Group 3 Million of Hillary’s Biggest Supporters Found Each Other in a Secret Facebook Group
But now Clinton herself is urging them to come out from behind their screens.
Nov 17, 2016 / Sarah M. Seltzer
Can Occupy Fight Back Against the War on Women? Can Occupy Fight Back Against the War on Women?
The first Feminist General Assembly is a model for how OWS can—and can’t—work alongside established social movements.
May 18, 2012 / Sarah M. Seltzer
Where Are the Women at Occupy Wall Street? Everywhere—and They’re Not Going Away Where Are the Women at Occupy Wall Street? Everywhere—and They’re Not Going Away
Women helped found and sustain the leaderless, anarchist-influenced movement—and despite running into bursts of sexism and ignorance, they are determined to stick around.
Oct 26, 2011 / Sarah M. Seltzer
Howls of Anger, and of Liberation Howls of Anger, and of Liberation
The new film Howl reveals how Allen Ginsberg's radical poem marked a coming out not only for his generation but also for himself.
Sep 29, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Sarah M. Seltzer