Activism

Ramona Steps Down Ramona Steps Down

Ramona Ripston, who is stepping down after forty years as the head of the ACLU of Southern California, transformed the meaning of civil liberties.

Feb 11, 2011 / Jon Wiener

Calling Out the Climate Cranks Calling Out the Climate Cranks

 It’s time to unmask those who are holding our nation's climate policy hostage.

Feb 11, 2011 / Peter Rothberg

Credit Obama, Not the Bush Administration, for Seeds of the Egyptian Revolution Credit Obama, Not the Bush Administration, for Seeds of the Egyptian Revolution

The Egypt pro-democracy movement has much more in common with the grassroots, bottom-up Obama campaign than the Bush admininistration's barrel of a gun “freedom agenda.&rdquo...

Feb 11, 2011 / Ari Berman

The Student Week Ahead

The Student Week Ahead The Student Week Ahead

A weekly series highlighting the best in student events coast to coast.

Feb 11, 2011 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Supporting the Egyptian Revolution Supporting the Egyptian Revolution

The goal is to let people inside Egypt know that the world supports them – and inspire all of us outside Egypt as well.

Feb 9, 2011 / Peter Rothberg

Battle of Cairo, Day 16: Workers Join the Revolution Battle of Cairo, Day 16: Workers Join the Revolution

What could become a general strike by Egypt's workers has begun. Parliament building, broadcasting center targeted.

Feb 9, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

The Battle to Desegregate the Washington Redskins The Battle to Desegregate the Washington Redskins

For Bobby Mitchell, integrating the last whites-only football team in the NFL was a greater challenge than most Americans can grasp, and remains part of a period in sports histor...

Feb 9, 2011 / Press Room

Left-Right Coalition in the House Blocks Obama’s Move to Extend PATRIOT Act Left-Right Coalition in the House Blocks Obama’s Move to Extend PATRIOT Act

President Obama wanted to extend PATRIOT Act surveillance authorities for three years. House Republican leaders tried to get him a one-year extension. But the vast majority of Hous...

Feb 9, 2011 / John Nichols

Obama Takes Wrong Turn on Civil Liberties, Adopting Worse Patriot Act Stance Than GOP Obama Takes Wrong Turn on Civil Liberties, Adopting Worse Patriot Act Stance Than GOP

President wants a longer extension of Patriot Act provisions than House Republicans. He’s wrong. The ACLU is urging Congress to reject any extension until the threats to priv...

Feb 8, 2011 / John Nichols

Demand Al Jazeera English Demand Al Jazeera English

Beyond a handful of places across the US, cable viewers can't watch the best television coverage of the Egyptian revolution.

Feb 8, 2011 / Peter Rothberg

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