Civil rights

A Brief History of Women’s Protests

A Brief History of Women’s Protests A Brief History of Women’s Protests

Starting from Lysistrata.

Jan 19, 2017 / Michelle Dean

Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s Presidency Will Be a Fiasco for Donald Trump Donald Trump’s Presidency Will Be a Fiasco for Donald Trump

The president-elect will only get smaller and less influential as broken promises pile up.

Jan 19, 2017 / William Greider

The Congressional Resistance Grows as Dozens of House Members Boycott Trump’s Inauguration

The Congressional Resistance Grows as Dozens of House Members Boycott Trump’s Inauguration The Congressional Resistance Grows as Dozens of House Members Boycott Trump’s Inauguration

More than 10 percent of House members have now announced they will protest rather than celebrate on Inauguration Day.

Jan 17, 2017 / John Nichols

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 / Danny Goldberg

Students celebrate a gender-neutral bathroom

Under Trump, LGBT Student Rights Could Be in Trouble Under Trump, LGBT Student Rights Could Be in Trouble

But there is a lot communities can do at the local level to safeguard LGBT protections.

Jan 11, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Newspaper in Hyderabad

Why Trump’s Hotels Will Doom Us All Why Trump’s Hotels Will Doom Us All

Who’d have thought it’d be a bad idea to elect a president with business interests pretty much everywhere in the world? 

Dec 22, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt

Emmett Till

Why Are We Still Reliving the Nightmarish Death of Emmett Till? Why Are We Still Reliving the Nightmarish Death of Emmett Till?

When I went to Mississippi to cover the trial, I had no idea that the story would become so relevant again more than 60 years later.

Dec 19, 2016 / Dan Wakefield

Obama’s Civil Rights Legacy—and Ours

Obama’s Civil Rights Legacy—and Ours Obama’s Civil Rights Legacy—and Ours

Today’s turmoil in race relations may be a testament to the progress his administration made.

Dec 8, 2016 / Feature / David Cole

Fred Leidel

This 99-Year-Old Man Rode His Bike to the Polls. Wisconsin Republicans Turned Him Away. This 99-Year-Old Man Rode His Bike to the Polls. Wisconsin Republicans Turned Him Away.

Scott Walker’s voter-ID law is disenfranchising the greatest generation.

Nov 8, 2016 / Ari Berman

Hayden at Meeting

Remembering Tom Hayden Remembering Tom Hayden

He was an exemplary reformer, in the best American tradition. Birthing the new was always at the heart of Tom’s love of life.

Oct 26, 2016 / Steve Wasserman

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