Social Justice

Tom Hayden

Tom Hayden Taught Us How to Get Beyond Trump and Trumpism Tom Hayden Taught Us How to Get Beyond Trump and Trumpism

What I loved most about Tom Hayden was his faith that the politics of division could be overcome.

Oct 24, 2016 / John Nichols

presidential nominee Hillary Clinton

The Antipoverty President of My Dreams The Antipoverty President of My Dreams

For too long we have been failing to fight together for what we know will work to ensure that everyone has a shot at the American Dream.

Oct 24, 2016 / Greg Kaufmann

Tom Hayden El Salvador

Tom Hayden Talks to Naomi Klein About Journalism and Activism Tom Hayden Talks to Naomi Klein About Journalism and Activism

In this 2007 video, Hayden and Klein talk about first finding their voices working at student publications.

Oct 24, 2016 / Peter Rothberg

What I Really Told Project Veritas’s So-Called Reporters

What I Really Told Project Veritas’s So-Called Reporters What I Really Told Project Veritas’s So-Called Reporters

In real life, I was discussing direct-action-protest ideas, not voter fraud. And yes, I’m still ready to fight for my community.

Oct 21, 2016 / Cesar Vargas

From Black Lives Matter to the Fight for $15: Why Americans Are in Revolt

From Black Lives Matter to the Fight for $15: Why Americans Are in Revolt From Black Lives Matter to the Fight for $15: Why Americans Are in Revolt

Journalist Sarah Jaffe celebrates the social movements that are rocking the country.

Oct 21, 2016 / Q&A / Astra Taylor

Amy Goodman Dakota Access

Amy Goodman: ‘The State Cannot Stop This Journalism.’ Amy Goodman: ‘The State Cannot Stop This Journalism.’

Goodman goes free as a North Dakota judge concludes that covering the Dakota Access Pipeline is not a crime.

Oct 20, 2016 / Lizzy Ratner

Muslim hate crime protest, Queens

Islamophobia Won’t End on Election Day (and It Didn’t Start With Trump) Islamophobia Won’t End on Election Day (and It Didn’t Start With Trump)

So what are we doing after the vote to truly challenge the hate and bigotry that has long pervaded our immigration politics?

Oct 19, 2016 / Deepa Iyer

Decolonize ANHM Protest

Some of the Exhibits at the Museum of Natural History Are… Not… Good… Some of the Exhibits at the Museum of Natural History Are… Not… Good…

The artist collective Decolonize This Place is taking their anti-imperialist message to cultural institutions across the world.

Oct 19, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Amy Goodman Dakota Access

North Dakota’s War on the First Amendment Threatens Everyone’s Right to Know North Dakota’s War on the First Amendment Threatens Everyone’s Right to Know

Charges against Amy Goodman were rejected. But warrants and arrests continue to threaten dissenters, observers, journalists–and honest debate.

Oct 18, 2016 / John Nichols

Democracy Spring Protesters

It’s Time for the Left to Claim a Few Victories It’s Time for the Left to Claim a Few Victories

The country is shunning Trump, Hillary Clinton said “systemic racism,” and the Paris climate agreement goes into effect in three weeks.

Oct 17, 2016 / Rebecca Gordon

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