Movements

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

How Medicare for All Could Improve—and Save—the Lives of Transgender People

Transgender people are systematically shut out of medical coverage. Medicare for All could change that.

Izii Carter

A Win Against Voter Suppression in the South

While Republicans have purged voter rolls and suppressed Black turnout in the South, voting rights organizers just showed how to win.

Casey Williams

The Trump Administration Just Opened a New Immigrant Prison in Rural Michigan

But a statewide coalition of activists aims to shut it down.

Brian Dolinar

The 2020s Has To Be the Decade We Stop Climate Change—Not Start Another War

We can't let Trump's belligerence undermine the climate fight of our lives.

Sarah Lazare

Youth Activist to Chilean Leaders: Don’t Use the UN Climate Talks to Greenwash Your Repression of Us

"We are fearless," says Angela Valenzuela.

Christine MacDonald

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