Activism

Street & Digital Heat: Why We Need Both to Make Change Street & Digital Heat: Why We Need Both to Make Change

For real political change we need to combine the flexibility of digital organizing with the tangible results of on-the-ground activism.

Oct 18, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Dobbs and Pony Show: Snapshots of America’s Immigration Hypocrisy The Dobbs and Pony Show: Snapshots of America’s Immigration Hypocrisy

On Huffington Post, Isabel Macdonald asks whether the spectacle of Lou Dobbs's undocumented worker hypocrisy will force Obama to face this country's own immigration injustices?

Oct 18, 2010 / Press Room

The Wall Comes Tumbling Down The Wall Comes Tumbling Down

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers signed a historic agreement between farmworkers and a major grower.

Oct 18, 2010 / Greg Kaufmann

Climate Change Solutions Celebrated on 10/10/10 Climate Change Solutions Celebrated on 10/10/10

This past Sunday,  millions of people took part in 7347 related events in 188 countries to demonstrate their determination to work toward a low carbon future.

Oct 15, 2010 / Peter Rothberg

Nation Conversations: Ari Berman and Howard Dean on the Democratic Party Nation Conversations: Ari Berman and Howard Dean on the Democratic Party

Howard Dean joins Ari Berman to discuss Berman's new book and to examine how Democrats can amp up their base in the face of lagging enthusiasm and continuing partisan attacks.

Oct 14, 2010 / The Nation

Homophobia Shouldn’t be the Norm in America Homophobia Shouldn’t be the Norm in America

The Nation's Richard Kim speaks with the hosts of Democracy Now! about the end of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, America's culture of homophobia and how politicians continue to fan the f...

Oct 13, 2010 / Press Room

What Democracy Looks Like What Democracy Looks Like

On a Saturday in June, workers, students and allies of UNITE HERE Local 217’s downtown Providence hotels marched in solidarity with gay rights activists in the Rhode Island P...

Oct 12, 2010 / StudentNation / James Cersonsky

Slide Show: 10/10/10 Events from Around the World

Slide Show: 10/10/10 Events from Around the World Slide Show: 10/10/10 Events from Around the World

On Sunday, October 10, people at 7347 events in 188 countries celebrated 350.org‘s 10/10/10 Global Work Party by implementing small-scale climate solutions and urging governm…

Oct 11, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Reconsider Columbus Day Reconsider Columbus Day

 

Oct 11, 2010 / Peter Rothberg

Losing the War’s Beginning Losing the War’s Beginning

War seems simply to be the way it is.  We have always been at war in Afghanistan. We will always be at war in Afghanistan. Or maybe Pakistan. Or both.

Oct 7, 2010 / Laura Flanders

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