Los Angeles Preempts Trump鈥檚 Deportation Plans By Finally Decriminalizing Street Vending
After years of work, advocates for immigrant rights rejoiced at the permit process, which will help keep 50,000 street vendors on the right side of the law.
Social Justice
鈥淰alve Turner鈥� Case a Mistrial, but Also a Warning for Direct Action Activists
Criminal sabotage was one of the charges for Ken Ward, who with fellow activists in Minnesota, Montana, and North Dakota shut down pipelines carrying tar sands oil.
Detroit鈥檚 Massive Muslim Community Looks for Allies in the Trump Era
Fifty-five percent of Americans know very little or nothing at all about Islam, but this group wants to change that.
Winona LaDuke on New Ways to Keep Pipelines Out of the Great Lakes
The surge of formal opposition to tar sands and fracked oil pipelines shows how Standing Rock resistance has emboldened Great Lakes tribes.
Repealing Obamacare Requires Finding Something Better (Might I Suggest Single-Payer?)
Congress is already slowing down on the promise to end the Affordable Care Act, as the realities of a replacement sink in.
Amid 鈥淢uslim Ban鈥� Chaos, Van Jones Sends in His Love Army
Lawyers and protestors took action: 鈥淣obody鈥檚 going to fight alone.鈥�
5 Ways Indian Country Can Resist Trump鈥檚 Chaos
North Dakota鈥檚 move to put states in charge of reservations is just one example of the possible nonsense to come. The Trump Era will require new strategies.
鈥淲e Don鈥檛 Want Your Tiny Hands Anywhere Near Our Underpants鈥�
How feminist punk bands are igniting the fight against Donald Trump.
Tribe Uneasy About Border Surveillance Plans on Their Land
Tensions are high on the Tohono O鈥檕dham Nation, where Border Patrol has proposed high-tech surveillance towers as part of a sophisticated 鈥渧irtual wall鈥� system.
National 鈥淰ote by Mail鈥� Could Add Millions of Votes in 2018
Laws that caused voter suppression targeted mostly people of color and poor people. But new legislation could fix that.
Banks Agree to Talk With Tribe (While Handing over Millions for Dakota Access)
Seven banks鈥攊ncluding Wells Fargo, TD Bank, and Citibank鈥攚ill meet with Standing Rock Sioux leaders after months of intense defund-DAPL pressure.
Trump Impeachment Campaign Begins
Never has a modern president so flagrantly violated the Constitution. A constitutional law attorney explains this unprecedented situation in American history鈥攁nd what we can do about it.
Standing Rock Chairman Demands 鈥淟eader to Leader鈥� Meeting With Trump
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reportedly has been directed to issue the Dakota Access pipeline easement, even though the environmental review is in the middle of a public comment period.
Surviving at Standing Rock After Trump鈥檚 DAPL Order
Original water protector camp resolves to stay鈥攅ven as Sioux tribe says no and Trump orders pipeline construction.
Don鈥檛 Let Trump Distract You: Public Comment on DAPL Is Now Open
Now until Feb. 20 is the public鈥檚 chance to push for a full review of the pipeline鈥檚 climate impacts. Here鈥檚 what to do.
The Spirit of Standing Rock on the Move
People from more than 300 tribes traveled to the North Dakota plains to pray and march in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux. Back home, each tribe faces its own version of the 鈥渂lack snake鈥� and a centuries-old struggle to survive.
The Never-Ending Indian Wars: Spotlight Returns to Standing Rock
The drama and injustice on display at Standing Rock have taught a new generation of observers what Native Americans already know: Even today, theirs is a brutal fight to survive.
How Somali Muslims Are Raising a 10,000-Person Anti-Hate Army
The large refugee community in Minnesota is a big target for bigotry, and tensions are expected to get worse. But they鈥檝e got a plan.
To Women Marchers: Just Because You Don鈥檛 Feel Welcome Doesn鈥檛 Mean You Don鈥檛 Belong
Issues that impact the womanhood of any one of us鈥攄irectly or indirectly鈥攊mpact all of us.
Big Protests Are Fine, But Here鈥檚 a To-Do List for Lasting Change
After the inauguration and the Women鈥檚 March on Washington, what comes next? To make real change, we鈥檒l need to build power where we live.
If We鈥檙e Honest, We All Know Trump鈥檚 America
Trump articulates ideas that are closer to what is considered 鈥渘ormal鈥� in the United States than many of us are willing to acknowledge.
Has History 鈥淪anitized鈥� King鈥檚 Words? Inside the Push to #ReclaimMLK Day
Organizers hope to connect today鈥檚 civil rights movements to those of the past with a week of demonstrations across the country leading up to Inauguration Day.
What It Looks Like When Communities Make Racial Justice a Priority
From conversations that heal to land trusts that fight gentrification.
Nader Calls for a Different 1 Percent
Author and activist Ralph Nader wants to create a new 1 percent鈥攐ne that will expose 鈥渃onditions of deprivation and abuse鈥� and champion 鈥渂asic fair play.鈥�
What It Takes to Get Women Out of Prison鈥攁nd Stay Out
The rate of women in U.S. prisons is growing faster than men. But in New Orleans, one group is successfully tackling sentencing for drug use and sex work.
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