Activism

America Is a Gun

America Is a Gun America Is a Gun

Shot up.

Feb 27, 2023 / OppArt / Laurie Lipton

Supreme Court protest in January 2023

The Student Debt Cancellation Movement Is About to Face Its Toughest Fight Yet The Student Debt Cancellation Movement Is About to Face Its Toughest Fight Yet

On February 28, advocates for student debt relief will rally outside the Supreme Court as the oral arguments for Biden v. Nebraska and Department of Education. v. Brown begin.

Feb 27, 2023 / StudentNation / Natalia Abrams and Cody Hounanian

Power to the People

Power to the People Power to the People

Human nature.

Feb 24, 2023 / OppArt / Tan Oral

USA’s Tommie Smith leading the race

Who’s Afraid of Tommie Smith? Who’s Afraid of Tommie Smith?

An Alabama school district kept Derrick Barnes, author of a book about Tommie Smith, from speaking. But the community is fighting back.

Feb 23, 2023 / Dave Zirin

I Signed the “New York Times” Open Letter. I Have More to Say.

I Signed the “New York Times” Open Letter. I Have More to Say. I Signed the “New York Times” Open Letter. I Have More to Say.

The Times is not alone in its obscene coverage of transgender people. 

Feb 23, 2023 / Hanna Phifer

Michael Pertschuk, Federal Trade Commission Chairman and consumer advocate in Washington, August 27th, 1979. (Photo by Ben Martin/Getty Images)

Ralph Nader Remembers Michael Pertschuk Ralph Nader Remembers Michael Pertschuk

Mike was called the “101st Senator”—his life and work offer invaluable lessons for today’s progressive movements and electeds.

Feb 23, 2023 / Ralph Nader

Rosa Parks, Courage and Leadership

Rosa Parks, Courage and Leadership Rosa Parks, Courage and Leadership

Rosa Parks was arrested first on December 1, 1955, and again on February 22, 1956, during the Montgomery bus boycott.

Feb 22, 2023 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Carlos Berger's memorial

Chile’s Battle for Memory: A Report From the Latest Front Chile’s Battle for Memory: A Report From the Latest Front

The fight over a memorial to my friend Carlos Berger and other victims of the Caravan of Death reveals that there are still many in Chile who resist the lessons of our country’s tr...

Feb 22, 2023 / Ariel Dorfman

The Black Panthers’ Liberation School

Why the United States Needs a New Reconstruction Why the United States Needs a New Reconstruction

In The Third Reconstruction, historian Peniel Joseph examines how how the broken promises of racial equality in the past might be fulfilled in the future.

Feb 22, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II

In the Dominican Republic, the Fight for Abortion Rights Is a Fight Against Anti-Blackness

In the Dominican Republic, the Fight for Abortion Rights Is a Fight Against Anti-Blackness In the Dominican Republic, the Fight for Abortion Rights Is a Fight Against Anti-Blackness

Afro-feminist movements push for comprehensive sex education, a cultural shift, and exceptions to a total abortion ban.

Feb 22, 2023 / Photo Essay / Natalia Perez-Gonzalez

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