A New Strategy for Voting Rights A New Strategy for Voting Rights
Activists are already moving ‘from outrage to action’ in fighting the Supreme Court’s awful VRA decision.
Jul 3, 2013 / Ari Berman
BART Strike: Another Instance of Media Portraying Workers as Greedy BART Strike: Another Instance of Media Portraying Workers as Greedy
The media is back to villainize another strike—this time of BART workers.
Jul 2, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
Sharif Abdel Kouddous: The Revolutionary Spirit Is Still Alive in Egypt Sharif Abdel Kouddous: The Revolutionary Spirit Is Still Alive in Egypt
Reporting from Cairo, Sharif Abdel Kouddous explains why Egyptians are protesting against the president they helped to elect only one year ago.
Jul 1, 2013 / Press Room
After DOMA, Agency Rules Still a Hurdle After DOMA, Agency Rules Still a Hurdle
Two federal statutes may keep benefits from some elderly couples and and the spouses of gay veterans.
Jul 1, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
Gay Pride Versus ‘Gay Propaganda’ Gay Pride Versus ‘Gay Propaganda’
In Russia, activists struggle against rising homophobia and a government crack down on LGBT rights.
Jun 28, 2013 / Alec Luhn
This Week in Poverty: The Unfinished March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom This Week in Poverty: The Unfinished March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
A new report from the Economic Policy Institute examines the unfinished—and widely forgotten—agenda of the March on Washington fifty years ago.
Jun 28, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
What’s Next for the LGBT Movement? What’s Next for the LGBT Movement?
With victory in the fight for marriage equality in sight, what should LGBT activists focus on now?
Jun 27, 2013 / Urvashi Vaid, Lisa Duggan, Tamara Metz, and Amber Hollibaugh
Molon Labe! Molon Labe!
An arrest in Minnesota, a police tasering in New Hampshire, a July 4 march on Washington—and the angry-white-man efflorescence the media should be tracking.
Jun 27, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Marry The Movement! Marry The Movement!
SONG, Southerners on New Ground, reacted to the decisions from the Supreme Court this week by releasing what they call their ‘love song’ to their friends and allies in ...
Jun 27, 2013 / Laura Flanders
Outside the Texas Death Chamber Outside the Texas Death Chamber
As Kimberly McCarthy was put to death—the 500th Texas prisoner executed since 1982—protesters and crime victims alike came to bear witness.
Jun 27, 2013 / Alex Hannaford