Movements

Climate Change Is Fueling a Farming Boom in Alaska

It's becoming easier for the northern state to grow its own food—and more necessary.

Yereth Rosen

When Unions Save Lives

The threat of fines doesn't always make mines safer. But unions can.

Austyn Gaffney

The Underground Migrant Support Network

Meet the Chicago chapter of the "aboveground railroad" providing assistance to asylum seekers.

Eleanor Colbert

On Indigenous People’s Day, Anishinaabeg Leaders March Against Enbridge’s $7.5 Billion Oil Pipeline

The pipeline’s route would carry 760,000 barrels of oil per day, crossing 15 watersheds affecting 215 lakes, and violating Ojibwe treaty rights.

Amelia Diehl

Hundreds of Thousands Are Without Power Thanks to PG&E. This Shows Why We Need Public Ownership.

The utility giant's mass blackouts in California are just the tip of the iceberg.

Brooke Anderson

This Community Stopped ICE From Using Its Airport To Deport Thousands of Immigrants

Thanks to local organizing, King County International Airport no longer provides ground support for ICE.

Lena Elmeligy

Fighting Asthma with Compost

The Baltimore Compost Collective wants Baltimore to adopt curbside composting, to address the city’s air pollution problem.

Jesse James DeConto

When ICE Comes for Their Neighbors, These Community Defense Brigades Will Be Ready

In the era of Trump, communities are organizing foot and bike patrols to protect their neighbors against immigration raids.

Elizabeth King

On Trial in a Language You Don’t Speak

A shortage of court interpreters means vulnerable, non-English-speakers may not be getting adequate legal support

Kimberly Jin

Toledo Passed a “Lake Erie Bill of Rights” To Protect Its Water. The State Is Trying to Stop It.

A local effort to protect environmental rights—of both people and nature—faces pushback from the state and industry.

Mari Margil and Ryan Dickinson

In 2008, Democratic Socialists Endorsed Him. Now, a DSA Member Is Primarying Him.

Backed by Brand New Congress, Anthony Clark is challenging Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.), in a sign of how far left politics have moved.

Salim Muwakkil

Why We Still Need a Movement to Keep Youth From Joining the Military

A scrappy counter-recruitment movement is trying to starve the military of labor.

Elizabeth King

Meet the Woman Who’s Fought Racism in the Mississippi Delta for 54 Years

The days of racist policymaking are far from over. But where the state has refused to invest in Black communities, We2gether Creating Change is filling the gap.

Eli Day

How Border Patrol Occupied the Tohono O’odham Nation

Under ever-expanding high-tech surveillance, the reservation has become “the most militarized community in America.”

Todd Miller

What Makes Illinois’ Marijuana Legalization Bill So Progressive

The legislation, expected to be signed into law by the governor, takes steps towards rectifying the harms of the drug war.

Ramenda Cyrus

Lori Lightfoot Campaign Staffers Disappointed by Her Stance on Cop Academy

Sources close to Lightfoot’s campaign say some former staffers were disappointed by her apparent support for investment in further police training facilities.

Sabrina Gunter

The Democratic Socialists of America Helped Elect Them. Now What?

DSA chapters across the country are navigating relationships with politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Emma Whitford

We Talked with the New Hampshire Family in Andrew Yang’s Universal Basic Income Experiment

The $1,000/month from Yang has changed the Fassis' lives in small ways—and kindled their imaginations.

Andrew Schwartz