Activism

Record-Breaking Temperatures Are Sparking Forest Fires

Record-Breaking Temperatures Are Sparking Forest Fires Record-Breaking Temperatures Are Sparking Forest Fires

Climate change is here and now. Action can’t wait.

Jul 23, 2021 / OppArt / Tamara Wyndham

Civil rights Cambridge protest 1963

The ‘Creative Chaos’ of Gloria Richardson (1922–2021) The ‘Creative Chaos’ of Gloria Richardson (1922–2021)

The civil rights activist was a militant advocate for her community as well as a canny strategist.

Jul 23, 2021 / Barbara Smith

Protesters March Against The Tokyo Olympics

Why Tokyo Turned Against the Olympics Why Tokyo Turned Against the Olympics

The city is the center of a great experiment at a dangerous new phase of the pandemic.

Jul 23, 2021 / Chelsea Szendi Schieder

Ready When You Are

Ready When You Are Ready When You Are

Vaccines equal victory.

Jul 22, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo and Bill Bramhall

India Walton

Progressives Around the Country Are Recalling Sewer Socialism’s Proud History Progressives Around the Country Are Recalling Sewer Socialism’s Proud History

At the local level, sidewalk socialists represent a movement whose time has come.

Jul 21, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Crisis in Haiti

Crisis in Haiti Crisis in Haiti

Haitian president, Jovenel Moïse, was assassinated on July 7, sending the country further into chaos.

Jul 21, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Martin Luther King Jr.

Texan Republican Cancel Culture Targets the Teachings of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Texan Republican Cancel Culture Targets the Teachings of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Why did Texas senators vote to drop Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” from school curriculums?

Jul 21, 2021 / John Nichols

Safe Olympic Events

Safe Olympic Events Safe Olympic Events

Japan’s pandemic games.

Jul 20, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Anti-Asian Hate Protest

Policing Won’t Stop Anti-Asian Violence—Solidarity Will Policing Won’t Stop Anti-Asian Violence—Solidarity Will

Hate crime legislation and law enforcement will not protect working-class Asian communities.

Jul 20, 2021 / Chalay Chalermkraivuth and Heena Sharma

The USA’s Gun-Buying Spree

The USA’s Gun-Buying Spree The USA’s Gun-Buying Spree

2021 is on pace to be Americ’s deadliest year of gun violence in the past two decades.

Jul 19, 2021 / OppArt / Margaret Roleke

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