Movements

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

Amid Minneapolis Uprising, Anti-War Veterans Call On National Guard to Stand Down

"We urge you to have the courage to do the right thing. Refuse activation orders."

Sarah Lazare

Look at How Much Sense It Makes to Do the Green New Deal Right Now

We can get out of this depression and save the planet all at once.

Sarah Lazare

Bernie Sanders Is the Only Leading Presidential Candidate Publicly Opposing the Patriot Act

Many Democrats are still acquiescing to a George W. Bush-era policy that has been in place for nearly 20 years.

Sarah Lazare

The Prisoners Forced To Sue for Soap and Toilet Paper

Prisoners have filed suit against the Wisconsin Department of Corrections due to unsafe living conditions and inadequate medical care.

Arvind Dilawar

Migrant Children Are Still Being Detained in Chicago

Heartland Alliance describes itself as a human rights and anti-poverty organization; but it operates five child migrant detention centers in the city.

Sabrina Gunter

Australia’s Devastating Fires Make an Urgent Case for Nationalizing Fossil Fuels

Why Australia and the United States should take over and shut down fossil fuels.

Carla Skandier