The Civil Rights Movement Came Out of a Moment Like This One The Civil Rights Movement Came Out of a Moment Like This One
If civil rights movement history is any guide, the protests against police brutality are just getting started.
Dec 4, 2014 / Dani McClain
‘This Is Not a Protest—It Is an Uprising’ ‘This Is Not a Protest—It Is an Uprising’
Demonstrations have occurred in more than 150 cities across the US in the week since a grand jury declined to indict Darren Wilson, the police officer who killed Michael Brown.
Dec 3, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Shrinking the Vote Shrinking the Vote
Voters in fourteen states faced new restrictions, and in several races, disenfranchised voters could have changed the outcome.
Nov 11, 2014 / Feature / Ari Berman
Youth Are on the Frontlines in Ferguson, and They Refuse to Back Down Youth Are on the Frontlines in Ferguson, and They Refuse to Back Down
Faced with police brutality, white hostility and entrenched racism, young activists are showing the world a new kind of resistance.
Oct 16, 2014 / Muna Mire
How One Man Refused to Spy on Fellow Muslims for the FBI—and Then Lost Everything How One Man Refused to Spy on Fellow Muslims for the FBI—and Then Lost Everything
The case of Ayyub Abdul-Alim fits a decades-long pattern of government criminalization of African-American Muslims.
Oct 14, 2014 / Arun Kundnani, Emily Keppler, and Muki Najaer
There Is No Constitutional Right to Harass Women Online There Is No Constitutional Right to Harass Women Online
The stalking, harassment and defaming of women online shows the importance of cyber civil rights.
Oct 10, 2014 / Michelle Goldberg
Ferguson, Human Rights and America’s Interests Abroad Ferguson, Human Rights and America’s Interests Abroad
History suggests that progress in racial justice comes only when American leaders see it as crucial to US geopolitical interests.
Oct 9, 2014 / Moshik Temkin
Shelf Life Shelf Life
How did “one person, one vote” become the rule for statehouses across the country?
Oct 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker
Why Voting and Movement Building Go Hand-in-Hand Why Voting and Movement Building Go Hand-in-Hand
Voting and movements help create representative democracy.
Oct 3, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Voting Rights Victory in North Carolina Voting Rights Victory in North Carolina
Civil rights groups bring power back to North Carolina voters by challenging a restrictive voting law.
Oct 1, 2014 / Ari Berman