Activism

Employees with Project Weber-Renew in Providence, Rhode Island.

This Overdose Prevention Center Isn’t Giving Up on Harm Reduction This Overdose Prevention Center Isn’t Giving Up on Harm Reduction

Over the past decade, overdose protections and programs like Project Weber-Renew have expanded, but with Trump back in office, this trend may be short lived.

Sep 2, 2025 / StudentNation / Fareed Salmon

Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale, right, congratulates Sandy Koufax, left, in the dressing room after Koufax pitched the Dodgers to the National League Championship, hurling a 3-1 win over the Milwaukee Braves in the pennant-clinching game on October 2, 1965.

Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale Belong in the Labor Movement Hall of Fame Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale Belong in the Labor Movement Hall of Fame

In the mid-1960s, the two pitchers inspired major league ballplayers to build a union and challenge the owners’ stranglehold on their lives, pay, and working conditions.

Sep 1, 2025 / Peter Dreier

The DC Night Patrols Are Showing Cities How to Fight Trump’s Occupation

The DC Night Patrols Are Showing Cities How to Fight Trump’s Occupation The DC Night Patrols Are Showing Cities How to Fight Trump’s Occupation

With only their cell phones, medical kits, and the confidence to assert their rights, volunteer night patrols follow and record the armed troops who have taken over the capital.

Aug 29, 2025 / Dave Zirin and Chuck Modiano

An image from the 1971 film “Chicano Moratorium: A Question of Freedom.”

Why the Chicano Moratorium Still Matters Why the Chicano Moratorium Still Matters

55 years ago, young Chicano activists took to the streets to proclaim, “our fight is in the barrio, not Vietnam.” Their protest still resonates to this day.

Aug 29, 2025 / Bill Gallegos

“It’s a Warning, Set to a Dance Beat”: Jon Batiste on His New Song  20 Years After Katrina

“It’s a Warning, Set to a Dance Beat”: Jon Batiste on His New Song 20 Years After Katrina “It’s a Warning, Set to a Dance Beat”: Jon Batiste on His New Song 20 Years After Katrina

The New Orleans jazz great tells Covering Climate Now, “When you make a song, you want to inspire people, but you also want to let them know what they can do.”

Aug 28, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard

A person holds a sign supporting transgender veterans at the Unite for Veterans rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC, Friday, June 3, 2025.

Trump’s Staggering Betrayal of Trans Service Members Trump’s Staggering Betrayal of Trans Service Members

Trans people signed up to risk death for a country they well knew would likely never return the favor. And now the government is trying to make their lives hell.

Aug 27, 2025 / Kali Holloway

The 10 Commandments of Defiance were inspired by a similar list created by 17-year-old Arne Sejr during World War II to encourage everyday Danish resistance to Nazi occupiers.

A Guide to the Everyday Acts That Can Gum Up the Fascist Machine A Guide to the Everyday Acts That Can Gum Up the Fascist Machine

Inspired by a Danish anti-Nazi list of 10 commandments, a group of artists and organizers made their own list to encourage ordinary people to resist the Trump administration.

Aug 27, 2025 / Regina Mahone

TACO Golf

TACO Golf TACO Golf

Par for the coarse.

Aug 26, 2025 / OppArt / Daniel Wapner

Kilmar Ábrego García and his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, stand surrounded by a crowd of supporters.

The Bravery of Kilmar Ábrego García vs. the Barbarism of Donald Trump The Bravery of Kilmar Ábrego García vs. the Barbarism of Donald Trump

The husband, father, and union worker from Maryland is risking indefinite incarceration in Uganda to stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves.

Aug 25, 2025 / Dave Zirin

Demonstrators listen to a go-go band during a “Free DC” protest in Washington, DC, on August 21, 2025.

Letter From DC: Goodbye to John Wall, Hello to Celebrating His Rebel Spirit Letter From DC: Goodbye to John Wall, Hello to Celebrating His Rebel Spirit

The former Washington Wizards point guard retires from the NBA, but the anti-Trump protests embody his swaggy defiance.

Aug 22, 2025 / Dave Zirin

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