Movements

Tenants Just Won a Nationwide Eviction Ban. They're Still Fighting to Cancel Rent.

President Trump's surprise eviction moratorium is an election hail-mary. But to stave off a disastrous housing crisis, organizers say Democrats—including Joe Biden—must embrace bolder measures.

Rebecca Burns

Trump Is Inciting Racist Violence in Kenosha—And Democrats Are Complicit

Democrats are failing to articulate a clear moral vision that is opposed to Trump’s ultra-racist, law-and-order politics.

Alice Herman and Emilio Leanza

Covid-19 Hunger Strikes Sweep Migrant Detention Centers

Jailed migrants are fighting a battle for their lives.

Maurizio Guerrero

The Failure to Unionize the Tech Industry Will Eat the Labor Movement Alive

The pandemic has made tech stronger, but unions haven't caught up.

Hamilton Nolan

Community Control Won’t Fix What’s Wrong with Cops

There's no reforming an inherently violent, white supremacist system. We must abolish the police.

Carl Williams and Christian Williams

To Transform Policing, We Need Community Control

An elected civilian council could crack down on police abuses, and pave the way for longer-term transformations.

Jazmine Salas

We Organize Domestic Workers. Here's Why We Decided We Need a Union, Too.

How our union will make our organization stronger.

The NDWA Staff Union Organizing Committee

The Green New Deal Just Won a Major Union Endorsement. What's Stopping the AFL-CIO?

Union support for the Green New Deal is growing. It's time for America's largest labor federation to get on board.

Mindy Isser

I Shouldn’t Have to Be a “Strong Black Woman” for My Life to Matter

Support Black women when we are loud or quiet, when we are brave or scared, when we are fed-up or meek.

Ramenda Cyrus

Rural Black Lives Matter

After Travon Brown found a cross burning in his yard, he organized a Black Lives Matter march in the rural town of Marion, Va., where hundreds of angry counter-protestors were ready and waiting.

Mason Adams

“The Goal Is to Abolish the Police”: A Conversation with Assata’s Daughters

Young organizers on 'planting the seeds' of a better world.

Selah Amoaku, Destiny Bell and Theo Cunningham

“We Are On the Cusp of Something Great”: A Black Liberation Organizer on Next Steps for the Movement

An interview with Nikita Mitchell

Nikita Mitchell

They Are Burying Us Alive in Prison

When Covid-19 broke out in Stateville Correctional Center, we were left to die.

Raul Dorado

They Came to Support People Getting Out of Jail. Then They Were Attacked By Police.

Jail support outfits have not been spared police backlash.

Elizabeth King

The Grassroots Efforts to Save the Lives of Immigrants Who Can’t Get Covid-19 Testing From the State

Local groups are stepping in to fill a lethal void.

Maurizio Guerrero

How Our Bloated Military Strengthens the Police State

The violent U.S. domination of people of color overseas is inextricably linked to the oppression of people of color at home.

Shireen Al-Adeimi and Sarah Lazare

Beware of Police “Reforms” That Reinforce the Very System Killing Us

We can’t fix the problem by investing more resources in police. We must defund and disband.

Janaé Bonsu

The National Guard Crushes Protests Just Like the Military Does

Democratic mayors and governors who oppose Trump's threat to send in the military should take their own advice and end National Guard deployments.

Sarah Lazare