Social Justice

Black Lives Matter march

What Does Black Lives Matter Want? Now Its Demands Are Clearer Than Ever What Does Black Lives Matter Want? Now Its Demands Are Clearer Than Ever

After a year of planning, members of the movement have released a comprehensive platform.

Aug 1, 2016 / Dani McClain

Vanessa Perez

The Progressives at the DNC Who Weren’t With Her The Progressives at the DNC Who Weren’t With Her

Not everyone in Philadelphia was excited about the nominee.

Jul 29, 2016 / Emilio Leanza and Astha Rajvanshi

Who Goes to the DNC Anyway?

Who Goes to the DNC Anyway? Who Goes to the DNC Anyway?

From an 18-year-old first-time voter to a baseball-cap entrepreneur, eight conventioneers tell us what brings them to Philly.

Jul 28, 2016 / Samantha Schuyler and Molly Stier

Local Progress Pittsburg Rally

This Group of Politicians Just Put Forward a Platform Progressives Can Embrace This Group of Politicians Just Put Forward a Platform Progressives Can Embrace

At the DNC, Local Progress offers a vision of cities as the center of the fight against inequality.

Jul 26, 2016 / P.E. Moskowitz

El Paso Police Chief

When the Long Arm of the Law Belongs to a Black Man When the Long Arm of the Law Belongs to a Black Man

El Paso’s police chief is the latest right-wing darling to demonize the movement for black lives.

Jul 26, 2016 / Debbie Nathan

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders Just Showed Us What a Mensch Looks Like Bernie Sanders Just Showed Us What a Mensch Looks Like

Only the charisma-free, 74-year-old, Brooklyn-born Jewish socialist from Vermont could bring the political revolution this far.

Jul 26, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

The Democratic Party Puts a Diverse America Onstage

The Democratic Party Puts a Diverse America Onstage The Democratic Party Puts a Diverse America Onstage

Immigrant-rights groups kept the pressure on Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party during the first day of the convention.

Jul 26, 2016 / Julianne Hing

Yale Slavery Menafee

A Worker Broke a Window at Yale and Shed Light on History A Worker Broke a Window at Yale and Shed Light on History

The vestige of American slavery had long gone politely ignored amid the polished Oxonian interiors of the rarefied university.

Jul 25, 2016 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen

Airport Workers Strike, Philadelphia

Airport Workers Have Voted to Authorize a Strike During the DNC Airport Workers Have Voted to Authorize a Strike During the DNC

The vote presents a vindication and a challenge to what the DNC calls its “most progressive platform” yet.

Jul 22, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Protesters in Cleveland Bring the Wall to Donald Trump

Protesters in Cleveland Bring the Wall to Donald Trump Protesters in Cleveland Bring the Wall to Donald Trump

“He’s been calling for a wall…and we’re bringing it.”

Jul 21, 2016 / Julianne Hing

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