Activism

Mia Mottley, the prime minister of Barbados, at the COP27 summit.

Dismantling Bretton Woods to Pay the Climate Bill Dismantling Bretton Woods to Pay the Climate Bill

Mia Mottley, the prime minister of Barbados, has a plan to create a new financial system that would fund climate spending.

Nov 25, 2022 / Tina Gerhardt

A Turning Point in the Search for Victims of Forced Disappearance

A Turning Point in the Search for Victims of Forced Disappearance A Turning Point in the Search for Victims of Forced Disappearance

Women from Medellín’s Comuna 13 neighborhood have fought for 20 years to excavate a mass grave site. Now, the search has finally begun.

Nov 25, 2022 / Photo Essay / Hanna Wallis

Desmond Meade, the executive director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition.

Desmond Meade on Why Love Is “the Most Powerful Word in the Universe” Desmond Meade on Why Love Is “the Most Powerful Word in the Universe”

The executive director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition was homeless, addicted to crack, and suicidal. Now, he has met the president, been one of Time magazine’s 100 mos...

Nov 24, 2022 / Q&A / Karlos K. Hill

Staughton Lynd, 1966

Staughton Lynd’s Radicalism From Below Staughton Lynd’s Radicalism From Below

The historian and activist dedicated his life to showing how, and helping, working people not only imagine but build a better world.

Nov 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Marcus Rediker

The Undocumented Can Work Jobs at the University of California, and Latinas Are Fighting Toxic Pollution

The Undocumented Can Work Jobs at the University of California, and Latinas Are Fighting Toxic Pollution The Undocumented Can Work Jobs at the University of California, and Latinas Are Fighting Toxic Pollution

On this week's episode of Start Making Sense, UCLA law professor Ahilan Arulanantham and writer Eliza Moreno join the show. 

Nov 23, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

Youth protesters at COP27

In a Historic Move, Frontline Communities Will Be Compensated for Climate Crisis Impacts In a Historic Move, Frontline Communities Will Be Compensated for Climate Crisis Impacts

At the UN climate negotiations, delegates celebrated the decision to create a mechanism by which developed countries will compensate developing countries for the havoc wreaked upon...

Nov 23, 2022 / Tina Gerhardt

Decolonize!

Decolonize! Decolonize!

Honor Native American communities year-round.

Nov 23, 2022 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Getting Adopted Didn’t Save Me

Getting Adopted Didn’t Save Me Getting Adopted Didn’t Save Me

Two years after I left foster care, my adoptive mother became physically and emotionally abusive. Now, I'm choosing kindness over guilt.

Nov 23, 2022 / StudentNation / George Romero

Two Black women at a rally for Sen. Raphael Warnock

Can Raphael Warnock Win an Even Tougher Runoff Election? Can Raphael Warnock Win an Even Tougher Runoff Election?

The Georgia Senate race is again in a runoff election. But this time around, it’s a lot harder for voters to participate.

Nov 23, 2022 / Joan Walsh for The Nation

Members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1587 on strike.

Labor’s Winning Weapon Labor’s Winning Weapon

Two Canadian unions show why the supermajority strike is the key to worker power.

Nov 22, 2022 / Jane McAlevey

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