Kenya Downs: The Koch Brothers Vs. God
The fossil fuel lobby preached its gospel in Virginia. Now, black churches are fighting back. Rev. Paul Wilson fastens enough buttons on his jacket to stay warm on a chilly … Continue reading
Nora Biette-Timmons and James Burnett: The Parkland Kids’ Gun Reform Platform, Explained
In an online petition, and in testimony by one of their leaders to a shadow congressional hearing organized by Democrats in Washington, the Stoneman Douglas students galvanizing the new teen movement against gun … Continue reading
Sarah Stitzlein: Teaching students how to dissent is part of democracy
In scenes unprecedented in previous school shootings, the past few weeks have been marked by students taking to the streets, to the media, to corporations and elected officials in protest over … Continue reading
Belle Chesler: High School Students — The Canaries in the Coal Mine of American Disaster
“It was no surprise to anyone who knew him to hear that he was the shooter.” — Emma Gonzalez, Senior, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Over the past three weeks, … Continue reading
Marie Berry & Erica Chenoweth: Why training women in nonviolent resistance is critical to movement success
In the year since Trump’s inauguration, we have seen an outpouring of popular mobilization in resistance to his administration’s policies. Crowd estimates suggest that 5.2-9 million people took to the … Continue reading
Chris Hedges: How We Fight Fascism
In 1923 the radical socialist and feminist Clara Zetkin gave a report at the Communist International about the emergence of a political movement called fascism. Fascism, then in its infancy, … Continue reading
Abby Zimet: The Kids Have Had Enough
“The NRA is a terrorist organization.” With evidence growing that prayer will not stop bullets from killing school children, the kids themselves are stepping up to be the grownups in … Continue reading
Eve Andrews: Climate Strange
The eco-obsessed often get labeled as weirdos — even by their peers. Weird, however, is looking better and better. Alec Mitchell doesn’t like praise for what he’s doing. Not for … Continue reading
Sarah van Gelder: We Need Radical Imagination
Imagination, as Hawaiian Native rights advocate Poka Laenui describes it, is more than an antidote to hopelessness. It is a source of power. There are many consequences to the near … Continue reading
Nathan Schneider: A Populism of Hope Begins When People Feel Their Own Power
The waning years of the 1800s bore an uncanny resemblance to the present. The U.S. economy was transforming and globalizing, leaving behind many hardworking people. Then, as now, a populist … Continue reading
Christine Hanna: Trump Supporters Infuriated Me. But Then Van Jones Changed My Mind
I saw shades of the men in my own life in Jones’ story, and deeper understanding set in. Several weeks ago, I found myself at a retreat center in the … Continue reading
Bernice Yeung: The Women #MeToo Leaves Behind
Another day, another startling story about sexual harassment, or worse. The reality is that every day, about 50 people experience extreme sexual harassment when they are sexually assaulted or raped on the … Continue reading
John Samuel Tieman: Mi Amigo, Bill Salatino, El Montonero
It was always Bill, pronounced Beel, so Argentine, never Guillermo or Memo. Bill was what you imagine when you picture a Latin America revolutionary. Tall. Handsome. Played the guitar. Leftist … Continue reading
Wyatt Massey: Your Uncle Said What? How to Talk About Social Justice With Your Family During the Holidays
Finding connection and engaging face to face is important social change work—especially during holiday gatherings. The dread of politically combative conversations during the holidays—or awkward ones at best—is as akin … Continue reading
