Activism

Port-au-Prince residents evacuate the city in a truck

The Biden Administration Cuts and Runs From Haiti The Biden Administration Cuts and Runs From Haiti

After more than a century bleeding the country, installing and abetting corrupt dictators, and suppressing democracy, the US government now advises Americans to flee.

Sep 1, 2023 / Amy Wilentz

Only a Social Movement Can Win Real Immigration Reform

Only a Social Movement Can Win Real Immigration Reform Only a Social Movement Can Win Real Immigration Reform

Activists marched for three days straight, demanding that Congress finally change the immigration registry date.

Sep 1, 2023 / Photo Essay / David Bacon

Los Angeles traffic

A Cooler Future Means a World With Less Pavement A Cooler Future Means a World With Less Pavement

Amid climate-fueled heat waves and floods, cities around the country are rethinking the streetscape.

Aug 31, 2023 / Lucy Sherriff

Photographs of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger displayed during “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship,” an exhibition at the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago, Chile.

Chile: The Secrets the US Government Continues to Hide Chile: The Secrets the US Government Continues to Hide

Fifty years after the military coup that brought down Salvador Allende and installed the Pinochet dicatorship, there are still top secret documents on the US role that must be dec...

Aug 31, 2023 / Peter Kornbluh

Louisiana LGBTQ

The Queer Progressives Helping to Pull Louisiana to the Left The Queer Progressives Helping to Pull Louisiana to the Left

The Pelican State might have a dearth of left-leaning political figures in office, but that doesn’t stop Davante Lewis and Mel Manuel from fighting for LGBTQ advocacy and economic...

Aug 31, 2023 / StudentNation / Kennith Woods

vivek ramaswamy speaks at FOX news republican primary debate

The Limits of Vivek Ramaswamy’s Racist Con Game The Limits of Vivek Ramaswamy’s Racist Con Game

While the emerging GOP star benefits from the right’s version of affirmative action, his ugly response to the Jacksonville shootings shows the cost—and constraints—of his strategy.

Aug 28, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Texas Governor: Border Murderer

Texas Governor: Border Murderer Texas Governor: Border Murderer

Greg Abbott’s razor-wire barrier kills immigrants.

Aug 28, 2023 / OppArt / Sue Coe

Martin Luther King Jr. at the March on Washington

Martin Luther King’s Dream at 60 Martin Luther King’s Dream at 60

King offered Americans the choice between acting in accordance with the constitution and resistance—often violent—to change.  In many ways, we face the same choice today.

Aug 28, 2023 / Eric Foner

Drew Faust on Growing Up in the ’60s

Drew Faust on Growing Up in the ’60s Drew Faust on Growing Up in the ’60s

A conversation with Harvard’s first woman president about how she became a civil rights and anti-war activist.

Aug 28, 2023 / Q&A / Jon Wiener

Ukrainian Shelter

Ukrainian Shelter Ukrainian Shelter

What do you see in it?

Aug 25, 2023 / Steve Brodner

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