Social Justice

Highlander Education and Research Center

Why the Highlander Attack Matters Why the Highlander Attack Matters

The arson attack on the Highlander Center, a longtime leader in racial and social-justice work, is not merely a hate crime—it’s an act of war.

Apr 12, 2019 / Feature / Robin D.G. Kelley and Makani Themba

Green New Deal

What ‘Living in Truth’ Looks Like in the Face of Climate Catastrophe What ‘Living in Truth’ Looks Like in the Face of Climate Catastrophe

Bill McKibben has shown us what it means to live within the truth of our struggle for human survival. Will a new generation find the courage to do the same?

Apr 11, 2019 / Wen Stephenson

Gillibrand

Kirsten Gillibrand’s Journey to the Left Kirsten Gillibrand’s Journey to the Left

Joan Walsh on the candidate, Eric Foner on Reconstruction, and Amy Wilentz on Jared Kushner.

Apr 11, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

These Men are Fighting to Abolish the Death Penalty—From Death Row

These Men are Fighting to Abolish the Death Penalty—From Death Row These Men are Fighting to Abolish the Death Penalty—From Death Row

Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty is the nation’s only anti–death penalty organization run by death-row prisoners.

Apr 4, 2019 / Feature / Lauren Gill

Martin Luther King Jr.

The Next American Revolution The Next American Revolution

On the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech condemning the Vietnam War, we must remember that a nation founded in revolution must always remain open to reassessment in or...

Apr 3, 2019 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Black Lives Matter Chicago protest

The Rising Black Left Movement Behind Chicago’s Historic Elections The Rising Black Left Movement Behind Chicago’s Historic Elections

No matter who becomes mayor on April 2, the landscape of Chicago politics has shifted radically.

Apr 1, 2019 / Barbara Ransby

Green New Deal

What 16 Young People Think About the Green New Deal What 16 Young People Think About the Green New Deal

“This legislation is not only about saving the planet. It is about reimagining the way that we live.”

Apr 1, 2019 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Kooper Caraway

‘Organize or Die’: Kooper Caraway Ushers in a New Labor Movement ‘Organize or Die’: Kooper Caraway Ushers in a New Labor Movement

The 28-year-old president of the Sioux Falls AFL-CIO puts international solidarity to work in South Dakota.

Mar 29, 2019 / Rebecca Zweig

Keystone Protest

Democrats Should Have Called McConnell’s Bluff and Voted ‘Yes’ on the Green New Deal Democrats Should Have Called McConnell’s Bluff and Voted ‘Yes’ on the Green New Deal

New polls show people want bold action on climate–and grassroots organizing is well underway.

Mar 28, 2019 / Sean McElwee, Vijay Das, and Julian Brave NoiseCat

American DREAMers

American DREAMers American DREAMers

Red, white, and blue.

Mar 28, 2019 / OppArt / Iviva Olenick

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