Activism

OWS Marks Six Month Anniversary of Brooklyn Bridge Arrests OWS Marks Six Month Anniversary of Brooklyn Bridge Arrests

Hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters march across the Brooklyn Bridge to mark the six-month anniversary of one of the largest mass arrests of activists in US history.

Apr 2, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

The Problems With BDS The Problems With BDS

If the anti-Israel boycott's losing vote at the Park Slope Food Coop really was a victory for BDS, that's a bad thing. 

Mar 31, 2012 / Ben Adler

This Week in Poverty: Fresno to Homeless People—Get Out This Week in Poverty: Fresno to Homeless People—Get Out

Fresno adopts a policy of seizing and destroying homeless residents' property and a local legal services non-profit fights back.

Mar 30, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann

Tom Hayden: Reclaiming Participatory Democracy

Tom Hayden: Reclaiming Participatory Democracy Tom Hayden: Reclaiming Participatory Democracy

A longtime activist recalls the roots of participatory democracy.

Mar 29, 2012 / Francis Reynolds

Renewed Civil Rights Coalition Targets ‘Ghostwriters’ of ‘License to Kill’ Laws Renewed Civil Rights Coalition Targets ‘Ghostwriters’ of ‘License to Kill’ Laws

Civil rights, labor, religious and public interest groups are demanding that "ALEC and its NRA backers should immediately stop their promotion of the kinds of ‘Kill At ...

Mar 29, 2012 / John Nichols

BDS and the Park Slope Food Coop: Why the Vote Against Was a Win for the Boycott BDS and the Park Slope Food Coop: Why the Vote Against Was a Win for the Boycott

It doesn't actually matter if the Coop boycotts Israel or not. Just having the debate is a symbolic victory for the pro-boycott camp. 

Mar 29, 2012 / Kiera Feldman

Students Push NYU to Sever Ties with JP Morgan Chase Students Push NYU to Sever Ties with JP Morgan Chase

"I’m not okay with being a part of an institution that enables suffering in the community that it inhabits."

Mar 29, 2012 / StudentNation / Lucy Xiong

Adrienne Rich’s Touch Was Political

Adrienne Rich’s Touch Was Political Adrienne Rich’s Touch Was Political

A poet passionately engaged with writing and politics, she said "art means nothing if it simply decorates the dinner table of the power which holds it hostage."

Mar 29, 2012 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols

#Plan4Trayvon #Plan4Trayvon

A new campaign is chronicling the movement that is not just demanding justice for Trayvon Martin but also honoring his legacy through individual acts.

Mar 28, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

John Nichols: Fighting Back Against Austerity

John Nichols: Fighting Back Against Austerity John Nichols: Fighting Back Against Austerity

Why America is not so different from other countries that are facing austerity.

Mar 27, 2012 / Francis Reynolds

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