Activism

Remembering June 12

Remembering June 12 Remembering June 12

Twenty-five years after the largest antinuclear demonstration ever, the movement has dwindled. But the threat of mass destruction grows greater.

Jun 14, 2007 / Jonathan Schell

Are We Disturbing? Are We Disturbing?

As leaders of the G-8 Summit played power politics at an opulent resort, protesters displayed a people's power, in demonstrations and at an alternative summit.

Jun 8, 2007 / Feature / Robert S. Eshelman

Coming to America Coming to America

The US guest-worker program has locked thousands in a modern-day form of indentured servitude.

Jun 7, 2007 / Feature / Felicia Mello

Bringing the War Home Bringing the War Home

Pointing imaginary guns and roughing up "Iraqi civilians", antiwar veterans brought the realities of the Iraq debacle to Manhattan, in a Memorial Day protest that turned Times Sq...

Jun 1, 2007 / Astra Taylor and Laura Hanna

Winning the War of Words Winning the War of Words

Prochoice activists are taking a page from the right by applying a values-driven strategy designed to prevent abortions.

Jun 1, 2007 / Feature / Stephanie Condon

Cindy Sheehan’s Farewell Cindy Sheehan’s Farewell

Her unscripted activism was characterized by an element so often missing from politics: genuineness. But we haven't seen the last of Cindy Sheehan.

May 31, 2007 / John Nichols

Welcome, Baby Cheney Welcome, Baby Cheney

Now that Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter has presented him with a grandson, maybe it's time for Grandpa to join PFLAG.

May 30, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

Want Out of Iraq? Call Your Senator Want Out of Iraq? Call Your Senator

Don't just get angry about the continuing Iraq debacle. Insist that your senators do something about it.

May 22, 2007 / Medea Benjamin

Misjudging Women Misjudging Women

In Gonzalez v. Carhart, Justice Anthony Kennedy has utterly changed the course of abortion jurisprudence.

May 16, 2007 / Feature / Jessica Arons

Laboring for Edwards Laboring for Edwards

John Edwards is meticulously laying the groundwork to become the candidate of organized labor, insisting prosperity can expand only if unionization expands.

May 10, 2007 / Marc Cooper

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