This Landmark Trial of Climate Activists Puts the Political System Itself on Trial This Landmark Trial of Climate Activists Puts the Political System Itself on Trial
In a Minnesota courtroom, the Valve Turners are using the “necessity defense” in their shutdown of the tar-sands pipeline.
Oct 5, 2018 / Wen Stephenson
This Is Our Chance to Stop Kavanaugh This Is Our Chance to Stop Kavanaugh
Uplift the actions of brave protesters, attend a vigil, or head to DC.
Oct 2, 2018 / NationAction
NYC Prosecutors Are Stoking Fear About the Mass Bailout, but Their Arguments Don’t Add Up NYC Prosecutors Are Stoking Fear About the Mass Bailout, but Their Arguments Don’t Add Up
District attorneys’ comments belie the true purpose of bail in New York and ignore the safety risks of jail itself.
Oct 2, 2018 / John Pfaff
Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow Coalition Created Today’s Democratic Politics Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow Coalition Created Today’s Democratic Politics
Jackson turns 77 this year, after almost six decades of fighting for the dispossessed and disenfranchised.
Oct 2, 2018 / Steve Cobble
Looking Back on ‘Black on Campus’ Looking Back on ‘Black on Campus’
Co-founder Dr. Sherri Williams looks back on a year of amplifying black students’ voices and what comes next.
Sep 28, 2018 / StudentNation / Sherri Williams
Building Immigrant Communities in the Trump Era Building Immigrant Communities in the Trump Era
Immigrant networks ought to be supported and funded, not dismantled and driven into hiding.
Sep 28, 2018 / Kavitha Rajagopalan
Mass Surveillance Begins at the Local Level. So Does the Resistance to It. Mass Surveillance Begins at the Local Level. So Does the Resistance to It.
Grassroots groups are leading the pushback against government spying.
Sep 27, 2018 / Andrew Tan-Delli Cicchi
‘I Want People to Hear Me’: An Interview With Savannah West ‘I Want People to Hear Me’: An Interview With Savannah West
Black on Campus used technology, travel, text messaging, and the sheer force of will to build community as we learned to meet deadlines.
Sep 26, 2018 / StudentNation / Melissa Harris-Perry
Whither the Jackie Robinson Project? Whither the Jackie Robinson Project?
As the centennial of Robinson’s birth approaches, George Washington University plans to cut a project that, through the study of his life, advances our knowledge of the intersectio...
Sep 24, 2018 / Dave Zirin
Germany’s Faith-Based Sanctuary Activists Have Created a National Movement Germany’s Faith-Based Sanctuary Activists Have Created a National Movement
But it’s under growing pressure from politicians waging war on the right to asylum.
Sep 19, 2018 / Caitlin L. Chandler