Activism

90 Degrees in Winter: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like

90 Degrees in Winter: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like 90 Degrees in Winter: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like

The last days of winter and the first days of spring have seen hundreds of record-breaking high temperatures. Worry.

Mar 20, 2012 / Bill McKibben

Help Free Imprisoned Journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye Help Free Imprisoned Journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye

Multiple human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Reporters Without Borders and the Committee to Protect Journalists, have decried Shaye's...

Mar 19, 2012 / NationAction

John Nichols: The GOP’s Wisconsin Crisis John Nichols: The GOP’s Wisconsin Crisis

Republicans in Wisconsin continue to lose political strength and control.

Mar 19, 2012 / Press Room

Investigate NYPD Violence Against #OWS Investigate NYPD Violence Against #OWS

Join the call for a full, independent investigation by the state Attorney General into the active suppression of the Occupy movement.

Mar 19, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

This Week: What’s Next for Occupy? PLUS: A Jailed Journalist in Yemen This Week: What’s Next for Occupy? PLUS: A Jailed Journalist in Yemen

This week, a special forum on what's next for the Occupy movement. Plus, Jeremy Scahill reports on the case of a jailed Yemeni journalist, and we welcome guest-blogger Bryce Covert...

Mar 17, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

No More Subsidies for Fossil Fuel No More Subsidies for Fossil Fuel

There's no way to move to renewable energy sources like wind and solar without ending the subsidies to an industry that's already earning record-breaking profits.

Mar 16, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

This Week in Poverty: Me, Mom and Reagan This Week in Poverty: Me, Mom and Reagan

A new report on single mothers in the United States shatters some of the Gipper’s favorite myths that still persist today.

Mar 16, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann

The Occupy Spring: Ilyse Hogue

The Occupy Spring: Ilyse Hogue The Occupy Spring: Ilyse Hogue

Occupy has already accomplished so much. What promise does it hold and what dangers does it face this spring?

Mar 15, 2012 / Francis Reynolds

The Occupy Spring: Marina Sitrin

The Occupy Spring: Marina Sitrin The Occupy Spring: Marina Sitrin

Why has democracy become a question?

Mar 15, 2012 / Francis Reynolds

The Occupy Spring: Frances Fox Piven

The Occupy Spring: Frances Fox Piven The Occupy Spring: Frances Fox Piven

What happens to American politics in the absence of protest movements?

Mar 15, 2012 / Francis Reynolds

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