Activism

Blake Street Tenants Union Protest

The Connecticut Tenants Union Trying to Buy Their Apartment Building The Connecticut Tenants Union Trying to Buy Their Apartment Building

Members of the Blake Street Tenants Union in New Haven see community ownership as critical to preserving affordable housing. Is now the time for widespread tenant control?

Sep 2, 2024 / StudentNation / Maggie Grether

Delegates wearing keffiyehs hold up signs with the names of people who died in the Gaza war on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on August 20, 2024.

I’m Still Hoping to Vote for Kamala Harris I’m Still Hoping to Vote for Kamala Harris

But the hope I felt when she became the nominee has been curdling into despair over her refusal to allow a Palestinian to address the convention—and her continuing silence on Gaza...

Aug 30, 2024 / Benjamin Moser

Donald Trump smiling next to J.D. Vance

Don’t Underestimate Donald Trump’s Coalition of the Weird Don’t Underestimate Donald Trump’s Coalition of the Weird

The GOP’s new league of fringe figures tries to replicate the party’s winning formula of 2016. And it just might work again.

Aug 30, 2024 / Jeet Heer

The Oceans Are Heating Up

The Oceans Are Heating Up The Oceans Are Heating Up

Coral bleaching is “a canary in the coal mine.”

Aug 30, 2024 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Members of 18by Vote engaging in youth peer-to-peer organizing.

Youth Voter Turnout in NYC Is Struggling. These Organizations Want to Fix It. Youth Voter Turnout in NYC Is Struggling. These Organizations Want to Fix It.

A lack of knowledge about the process—from registration to marking a ballot—is often the main barrier between youth and voting. “If young people sit it out, that will have an impa...

Aug 30, 2024 / StudentNation / Aminata Gueye and Nikole Rajgor

Demonstrators march in protest to the war in Gaza near the United Center where the Democratic National Convention (DNC) is taking place on August 21, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.

Palestinians Will Speak Whether Democrats Want Them to or Not Palestinians Will Speak Whether Democrats Want Them to or Not

The party may have successfully prevented Palestinians from addressing the DNC. But it cannot hold back the tide forever.

Aug 29, 2024 / Y.L. Al-Sheikh

Two women stand in uniform with their hands behind their back.

Why We Should Honor the Chicano Moratorium Against the War Why We Should Honor the Chicano Moratorium Against the War

On this date 54 years ago, the largest ethnically focussed action in the movement against the Vietnam War took place—offering an important example of the power of a people united....

Aug 29, 2024 / Bill Gallegos

House And Senate Democrats Unveil Policing Reform And Equal Justice Legislation

The Mass Movement That Never Came The Mass Movement That Never Came

Four years after the “Summer of George Floyd,” the political climate has cooled.

Aug 27, 2024 / Column / Adolph Reed Jr.

Kamala Harris, Wisdom

Kamala Harris, Wisdom Kamala Harris, Wisdom

“Can you think of any laws that give government the power to make decisions about the male body?” is a quote from Kamala Harris during Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing in 201...

Aug 26, 2024 / OppArt / Hooked Hands

Visitors walk near a “Stop Extreme Heat Danger” sign in Badwater Basin salt flats.

As Global Temperatures Rise, So Does the Potential for Violence As Global Temperatures Rise, So Does the Potential for Violence

Hotter temperatures can increase aggressive behaviors, making violence more likely during the accelerating climate crisis.

Aug 26, 2024 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen and Thea Sebastian

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