Political dissent

Turkey Coup Defeat Selfies

To Fight the Coup, Erdoğan Adopted Tools Pioneered by Protesters To Fight the Coup, Erdoğan Adopted Tools Pioneered by Protesters

The Turkish president and his followers have latched on to social media tools and secular symbols.

Jul 18, 2016 / Dimiter Kenarov

Kwame Nkrumah statue

The Insufficiency of Pan-Africanism as We Know It The Insufficiency of Pan-Africanism as We Know It

The fact that many people identify, however loosely, with being African doesn’t replace the need for the services that only a government can provide.

Jul 7, 2016 / Anakwa Dwamena

Abner Mikva and Barack Obama

President Obama’s Progressive Mentor Abner Mikva Leaves a Legacy of Battling for Social Justice President Obama’s Progressive Mentor Abner Mikva Leaves a Legacy of Battling for Social Justice

Mikva was a political reformer and champion of civil rights and civil liberties who inspired generations of liberals in Illinois and across the nation.

Jul 5, 2016 / John Nichols

Andrew Cuomo

Governor Cuomo, Put Me on Your BDS Blacklist Governor Cuomo, Put Me on Your BDS Blacklist

One day, when the system of imposed inequality ends in Israel-Palestine, our resistance to it will be looked back on as a badge of honor.

Jun 7, 2016 / Yousef Munayyer

Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm Made the Democratic Party of Today Possible Shirley Chisholm Made the Democratic Party of Today Possible

“I ran because somebody had to do it first,” said the African-American woman whose presidential campaign won a primary, secured delegates, and was placed in nomination 44 years ago...

Jun 6, 2016 / John Nichols

Justice for Baek Nam-gi

The South Korean Government Is Steadily Eroding Democratic Freedoms The South Korean Government Is Steadily Eroding Democratic Freedoms

Under President Park Geun-hye, it has fostered a climate of police violence and impunity.

Jun 2, 2016 / Tim Shorrock

Stop Torture

The Era of Rogue Justice After 9/11 The Era of Rogue Justice After 9/11

We came perilously close to losing our Bill of Rights protections—and the struggle to restore them is not over.

May 25, 2016 / Feature / Karen J. Greenberg

Protest

Don’t Move the Olympics, Protest Them Don’t Move the Olympics, Protest Them

The recent ouster of Dilma Rousseff is more bad news for those concerned about the spread of the Zika virus—and the Brazilian people.

May 18, 2016 / Dave Zirin

ICE protesters

These Refugees Are Being Returned to the Violent Circumstances They Left Behind These Refugees Are Being Returned to the Violent Circumstances They Left Behind

For some asylum seekers, their “well-founded” fear of persecution is proven only after they’re repatriated.

Mar 25, 2016 / Michelle Chen

NSA: National Security, Art

NSA: National Security, Art NSA: National Security, Art

Perhaps what’s most striking about “Astro Noise” and “Agitprop!” are the ingenuity and openness of the institutions hosting the shows.

Feb 15, 2016 / Alina Cohen

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