After almost four years of McTeacher's Night fundraisers, teachers in the greater Los Angeles area are demanding the fast-food chain stop predatory marketing toward their students.
The day 40 to 50 Native water protectors kept 250 militarized police from attacking camp.
Next year, the DOJ will collect nationwide data on police shootings and other violent encounters with the public. Is that enough progress?
The 76 million women who have been oppressed by rape culture and sexual trauma may turn out with surprising force on November 8.
Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner talks about being disinvited to introduce Bernie Sanders at the DNC, racism in America, and grassroots leadership.
Songs and prayers, words of encouragement, and spaces for recovery are at the core of the healing happening here at Standing Rock.
The purely private-purpose corporation is an illegitimate entity. This is the elephant in the room that no politician dare mention.
Can liberals empathize with Trump supporters? How to understand people on the other side during this election cycle.
Mobolaji Olambiwonnu hopes his new film on the killing of Michael Brown will bring healing, dignity, and investment to Black communities affected by police violence.
Have a question about the militarization of policing near Dakota Access pipeline construction? Here’s who to call, starting with Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier.
To clear the way for a pipeline, North Dakota invoked a measure reserved for state emergencies like natural disasters. That’s one answer.
Yes, everyone should be talking about climate change. But we deserve to survive because our lives are worth defending in their own right — not simply because “this affects us all.”
Climate scientists like me need to be clear about the global danger. Putting a price on CO2 would slow warming more effectively than any other policy tool we have available.
Under a new law this year, 40,000 Maryland residents previously convicted of felonies can now vote. Advocates are helping them realize how powerful they can be.
Before Trump ever called Clinton a “nasty woman,” these fierce ladies were getting it done—in the face of B.S. from the boys.
I’m angry. White people in Oregon are acquitted while Native people in North Dakota are attacked by riot police from five states. And our politicians are preoccupied.
The real change we need to stop the social and ecological unraveling can be found in the neighborhoods and cities, where we encounter each other every day.
Washington state is considering putting a price on carbon emissions. This will not fix our climate problem and, in fact, will help fossil fuel companies continue to profit from it.
Most political donations go to short-term strategies like TV ads. But these organizers move contributions to grassroots organizing that can have lasting impacts.
Obama's controversial pilot program will make higher education dollars available to inmates this year. Proponents hope it will build on the success private liberal arts programs are achieving in prisons across the country.
Constitutional amendment organizers are confident of an eventual victory. “The push toward justice has always started at the grassroots.”
There are new ways to think about ink.
The Movement for Black Lives is calling on cities to launch participatory budgeting processes to make public spending fairer.
Far from the 9-to-5, the work of building community can be a challenge when the cash economy is less relevant and volunteer workers are just passing through.
The militarized response is escalating, Dakota Access construction is accelerating. To be clear: North Dakota is acting as trustee for the company, using what it considers the powers of state to make this project so.
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