Social Justice

Demonstrators against ICE

ICE Is Still Deporting Asylum Seekers ICE Is Still Deporting Asylum Seekers

A lawsuit against the federal government shows how asylum-seeking families from Central America are being targeted through raids.

Aug 17, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Trump / Wilmington riots

The Scary History of Trump’s Second-Amendment Call to Action The Scary History of Trump’s Second-Amendment Call to Action

In North Carolina, we have heard this before, and lived through the bloody consequences of white terrorist rhetoric.

Aug 17, 2016 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

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The Phony Populism of Donald Trump The Phony Populism of Donald Trump

Defeating Trump means unapologetically embracing the progressive populism needed to move the country forward.

Aug 16, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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‘Hope’ Is a Verb, and It Can Revive Our Democracy ‘Hope’ Is a Verb, and It Can Revive Our Democracy

Our moral movement is spreading out from North Carolina, one powerful gathering at a time.

Aug 12, 2016 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Asking for a Friend: Should I Put Up a Black Lives Matter Sign in Our Lily-White Neighborhood?

Asking for a Friend: Should I Put Up a Black Lives Matter Sign in Our Lily-White Neighborhood? Asking for a Friend: Should I Put Up a Black Lives Matter Sign in Our Lily-White Neighborhood?

And another inquirer could move into the middle class by buying a house—but not without gentrifying.

Aug 12, 2016 / Liza Featherstone

Radio station

One More Media Organization Just Admitted: Unpaid Internships Have to Go One More Media Organization Just Admitted: Unpaid Internships Have to Go

An organizing drive at New York Public Radio’s WNYC yielded an unlikely victory for interns—a paycheck.

Aug 8, 2016 / Natalie Pattillo

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Women Day Laborers Are Tired of Waiting for Work, and for Justice Women Day Laborers Are Tired of Waiting for Work, and for Justice

In Brooklyn, a new study shows that women face an underground labor market fraught with hidden risks.

Aug 5, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Obama speaking in panel

Why White People Need to Talk About Racism Too Why White People Need to Talk About Racism Too

I’ve inadvertently ended many a conversation by bringing up the issue of race.

Aug 4, 2016 / StudentNation / Zachary R. Wood

Pramila Jayapal speaking

Pramila Jayapal Just Scored One of the Biggest Progressive Victories of 2016 Pramila Jayapal Just Scored One of the Biggest Progressive Victories of 2016

She was one of the first congressional candidates this year to earn an endorsement from Bernie Sanders.

Aug 3, 2016 / John Nichols

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Nurses and Doctors Are Fighting Back Against Corporate Healthcare by Unionizing Nurses and Doctors Are Fighting Back Against Corporate Healthcare by Unionizing

Overwork, once a proud hallmark of the medical profession, now symptomizes systemic rot.

Aug 3, 2016 / Michelle Chen

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