Activism

Voices Are Raised Against the NBA Launching Its New African League in Rwanda

Voices Are Raised Against the NBA Launching Its New African League in Rwanda Voices Are Raised Against the NBA Launching Its New African League in Rwanda

Human rights groups are concerned that using Rwanda as a backdrop would provide a public relations boost for its autocratic leader.

Apr 30, 2021 / Dave Zirin

Battling the Rising Tides

Battling the Rising Tides Battling the Rising Tides

Taking action individually and globally.

Apr 30, 2021 / OppArt / Dara Herman Zierlein

Protest outside Chateau Marmont against firing of workers

Red Carpet at the Picket Line Red Carpet at the Picket Line

As Hollywood’s aristocracy convened for the Oscars, laid-off hotel workers were protesting to get their jobs back.

Apr 30, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

Waorani Ecuador

Save the Planet or End Poverty? How to Escape the Extractivist Dilemma. Save the Planet or End Poverty? How to Escape the Extractivist Dilemma.

A nearly forgotten proposal could help keep oil in the ground and reduce inequality.

Apr 29, 2021 / James North

Palestine

Human Rights Watch: Israel Is an Apartheid State Human Rights Watch: Israel Is an Apartheid State

The human rights group’s report lends strength to the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.

Apr 28, 2021 / Kaleem Hawa

George Floyd

George Floyd George Floyd

Black Lives Matter.

Apr 28, 2021 / OppArt / Isis Davis-Marks

Exit

Exit Exit

After forever.

Apr 27, 2021 / OppArt / Steve Sack

Marines Out

The Toxic Legacy of the US Military in the Pacific The Toxic Legacy of the US Military in the Pacific

A Welsh journalist uncovers a decades-long environmental disaster around US bases in East Asia.

Apr 27, 2021 / Tim Shorrock

To Serve and Protect? 

To Serve and Protect?  To Serve and Protect? 

Systemic racism in the police force.

Apr 26, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper, Paul Karasik, and Ron Hauge

Police at a protest in Washington, DC

The Backlash to Derek Chauvin’s Conviction Is Already Here The Backlash to Derek Chauvin’s Conviction Is Already Here

This simulacrum of justice for Black folks, delivered centuries overdue, won’t be a turning point unless we do far more work.

Apr 26, 2021 / Kali Holloway

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