Activism

Climate change protest

This Earth Day, It’s Time to Make Polluters Pay This Earth Day, It’s Time to Make Polluters Pay

The costs of climate change are falling on those least responsible. This year, we must ask our elected officials for more than just flimsy commitments to sustainability.

Apr 22, 2024 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

Police patrol outside Columbine High School on April 17, 2019 in Littleton, Colorado, the site of the deadly school shooting in 1999.

25 Years After the Columbine Massacre, Is There Any Hope to End America’s Epidemic of Gun Violence? 25 Years After the Columbine Massacre, Is There Any Hope to End America’s Epidemic of Gun Violence?

With the National Rifle Association now weaker than it has been in decades, progress is possible—if politicians are willing to seize the time.

Apr 19, 2024 / Peter Dreier

Eyes Wide Shut

Eyes Wide Shut Eyes Wide Shut

Split screen.

Apr 19, 2024 / Steve Brodner

Woman walks by photo of Iranian missiles

Joe Biden Is Destroying His Own Foreign Policy by Giving Israel Impunity Joe Biden Is Destroying His Own Foreign Policy by Giving Israel Impunity

World / April 19, 2024 Joe Biden Is Destroying His Own Foreign Policy by Giving Israel Impunity The administration’s blatant double standard demonstrates that the new “liberal…

Apr 19, 2024 / Jeet Heer

The Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University

Inside the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University Inside the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University

Hundreds of peaceful protesters began occupying the campus on Wednesday to demand that the university divest from Israel. The next day, the school sent in the NYPD to arrest them....

Apr 19, 2024 / StudentNation / Lara-Nour Walton

Berkeley Law School

A Protest in Berkeley Escalated Into Antisemitism A Protest in Berkeley Escalated Into Antisemitism

Left Coast / April 19, 2024 A Protest in Berkeley Escalated Into Antisemitism Students have every right to protest Israel’s actions in Gaza. But doing so at the home of a Jewis…

Apr 19, 2024 / Sasha Abramsky

When Will We Hit the Climate Tipping Point?

When Will We Hit the Climate Tipping Point? When Will We Hit the Climate Tipping Point?

You don’t need a weatherman to know...

Apr 19, 2024 / Peter Kuper

Dr. Hilary Cass in London

What the Cass Review Means for Trans Kids in Britain—and Beyond What the Cass Review Means for Trans Kids in Britain—and Beyond

A new review of gender-affirming healthcare in England could change the way gender-questioning children and young everywhere people receive care.

Apr 19, 2024 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Apartheid

Apartheid Apartheid

Wrapped.

Apr 18, 2024 / OppArt / André Carrilho

A protester at a vigil in Atlanta, Georgia, commemorating the life of environmental activist Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán on January 18, 2024. Tortuguita was killed by Georgia State Troopers a year before, on January 18, 2023, during a raid on a Stop Cop City encampment.

The Cop City Defendants Are Done Being Silent The Cop City Defendants Are Done Being Silent

Sixty-one people are facing RICO charges from the state of Georgia for their activism. Here’s what some of them have to say about their case.

Apr 18, 2024 / Oliver Haug

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