Science Fiction and the Post-Ferguson World: 鈥淭here Are as Many Ways to Exist as We Can Imagine鈥�
Radical science fiction and fantasy are a remedy for the belief that there is no alternative to the violence and inequality that surround us.
Social Justice
Mentally Ill People Often Face Violence From Police鈥擝ut These Cities Are Trying to Fix That
Crisis Intervention Teams train police officers to understand mental illness without resorting to violence.
Police Violence Is Not Inevitable: Four Ways a California Police Chief Connected Cops With Communities
鈥淎 critical look at any institution with as much power and authority invested in it as the police is probably a good thing.鈥�
#Ferguson Thanksgiving: A Former Slave Proposed the Holiday 55 Years Before Lincoln. Why His Version Matters Today
鈥淔or some, racial inequality and fear are raw realities every day, and anything inspiring in American history rings false and remote. For others, the call to reflect on injustice feels like a personal accusation. But we are caught in this history together.鈥�
Undercover University: Palestinians Study Up in Israeli Prisons
麻豆社事件 than 40 percent of Palestinian males have spent time in Israeli prisons. The schools that operate within are increasingly important.
When the City Turned Off Their Water, Detroit Residents and Groups Delivered Help
Grassroots action has backed down the city鈥檚 aggressive water shutoffs.
New Film Shows How Florida Farmworkers Won Fairer Pay From America’s Biggest Food Companies
"This is not a film about oppression," said Food Chains executive producer Eva Longoria. "It's actually about transformation."
This Food Stand Celebrates Palestinian Culture. When It Received a Death Threat, Students Stood Up
Conflict Kitchen serves up food from countries in conflict with the United States鈥攁nd its customers think it's worth defending.
An Alaska Native Myth Tells of a Never-Ending Blizzard鈥擭ow You Can Learn About It on Xbox
The first video game developed by an indigenous-owned company uses gaming鈥檚 immersive storytelling style to connect players with Alaska Native culture.
The New Grassroots Heroes: They Fight Pollution鈥攁nd Police Brutality鈥擜nd They’re Changing How Social Movements Happen
"The global justice movement, the antiwar movement, the climate movement: We are now part of a much larger, more systemic movement that really sees the interrelationships between all these systems and climate destruction."
25 Years Later: How the Fall of the Berlin Wall Inspired Global Uprisings from Occupy to Ferguson
Every so often, we witness a period of mass insurgency that seems to defy the accepted rules of politics. If ever there was a time in modern history that exemplified such a moment, it was the second half of 1989.
Divestment Helped to End Apartheid in South Africa鈥擟an It Work for Fossil Fuels?
When it comes to divestment, the anti-apartheid struggle is always cited as an influence. Here's how South Africans are starting to apply those same lessons to addressing climate change.
Next Week Oregon, Alaska, and D.C. Vote on Recreational Pot鈥擜nd It’s About 麻豆社事件 Than Just Getting High
If those three measures pass, more states will be added to the list of places where healing from the drug war can begin, places where people will no longer face jail time because of a little nugget in their pockets.
The Avengers Join Guardians of the Galaxy and Other Marvel Heroes to Make Bullying History
鈥淭he center of Marvel鈥檚 storytelling history is the eternal struggle between good and evil, with many of its greatest superheroes having to contend with鈥攁nd rise above鈥攂ullying, in all its forms.鈥�
To Curb Gun Violence, Chicago Residents Hit The Streets鈥擜nd Really Listened to Their Neighbors
When a group of volunteers walked the streets of Chicago's east side, they learned that gun violence was not the only problem plaguing their neighborhood.
Before the Zombie Apocalypse鈥擳hese 4 Trade Deals Were Ravaging the World!
Forget ghouls and goblins. From deregulating Wall Street to shredding environmental and labor protections鈥攖hese policy monsters are way scarier.
These Two Vets Walked Thousands of Miles to Heal Trauma and Raise Money
Two veterans trekked across America to leave behind the trauma of war and raise money for fellow vets. Now they want to offer the same healing experience to others like them.
Yes, They鈥檙e Mostly Students Occupying a Public Square. But Here鈥檚 Why Hong Kong鈥檚 Protesters Are Different
Hong Kong鈥檚 鈥淥ccupy Central鈥� movement is neither revolutionary nor subversive: It鈥檚 a basic demand for a more responsive and accountable government.
Beating Climate Change by Retooling the Economy鈥擳he Story Begins in Navajo Country
A proposed community-owned solar project on an abandoned coal mine in Arizona illustrates how cooperative economomics make it possible to stop extracting fossil fuels鈥攚ithout leaving workers behind.
To Build a New Economy, a New Government Comes First
National People鈥檚 Action Campaign is training the next wave of progressive candidates for 2016. Here鈥檚 how they could win.
When Poverty Was the Enemy, Not the Poor
The poverty rate in the U.S. would be 15 percent higher if not for the War on Poverty and government anti-poverty programs since 1967.
Americans on Food Aid Document Their Hunger in Photos
鈥淏efore I was on SNAP, I budgeted $50 a week for all groceries for my two children and myself. This was for food, shampoo, toilet paper, everything.鈥�
Bangladeshi Workers Organize to Protect Their Most Valuable Export: Themselves
In the evolving global economy, migrants facing virtual indentured servitude abroad鈥攁nd coming home to debt and social isolation鈥攆eels like the new normal.
These 8 Projects Are Sustaining the Momentum of the People鈥檚 Climate March
From people who are still literally marching to campaigns to sue the government for failing to take action on climate change, these projects make it clear that the People鈥檚 Climate March was just the beginning.
After Ferguson, It鈥檚 Time to Turn a Civil Rights Moment Into a Human Rights Movement
鈥淲e need to expand the civil-rights struggle to a higher level鈥攖o the level of human rights.鈥�
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