People Power

Problem Child
by Arthur Longworth
Jun 03, 2011
A conversation through the walls of solitary confinement.
Instead of Prison
by Sarah van Gelder
Jun 03, 2011
2.3 million people behind bars. How to stop wasting lives and money.
Our Most Urgent Climate Struggles—And How We Might Win Them
by Bill McKibben
Jun 02, 2011
Bill McKibben: In the mighty struggles beginning between climate activists and the fossil fuel industry, geography is on our side.
A Fair Tax on Millionaires
by Mark Engler
Jun 01, 2011
In a time of budget crises, debunking the arguments against taxing the very, very rich.
A Peaceful End to the War on Drugs?
by Rebecca Leisher
May 27, 2011
The international war on drugs isn't stopping drug use or trafficking—but it is ruining lives. Drug policy expert Sanho Tree on what we can do differently.
“The Single-Payer Train Has Left the Station”
May 25, 2011
Wendell Potter, a health insurance executive-turned-critic, on what Vermont's new law could mean for American health care.
Give Us Our Law Back: Montana Fights to Stop Corporate Corruption
by Gwen Stowe, Jeff Clements
May 24, 2011
For nearly 100 years, Montana law prohibited corporate money in politics. Then came the Citizens United decision.
The Road Not Built: Redefining Progress At Home and Abroad
by Robin Broad, John Cavanagh
May 23, 2011
Local opposition to a proposed road in Trinidad brings new understanding of “progress,” and what it means to be rooted.
Mexicans Reject U.S.-Backed Drug War
by Laura Carlsen
May 19, 2011
Led by a popular poet, tens of thousands of protesters fill the streets of Mexico to speak out against the war on drugs.
Mr. Colbert Goes to the FEC
by Brooke Jarvis
May 18, 2011
The satirist wants to form "a megaphone made of cash"—his own super PAC.
What I Said at the White House
by Shadia Fayne Wood
May 17, 2011
What happened when eleven young activists confronted the president about his climate and energy policies.
What a Public Bank Could Mean for California
by Ellen Brown
May 16, 2011
What the indebted state could gain from moving its money out of Wall Street.
Sarah van Gelder: 15 Years of YES!
May 15, 2011
Laura Flanders of GritTV interviews Sarah van Gelder, co-founder and executive editor of YES! Magazine.
Truth and Reconciliation in New York
by David Kaczynski
May 13, 2011
Ex-offenders and families of victims ask, how can we resolve the tension between our need to protect society, and our desire to believe in human redemption?
Keepers of the Seeds
by Winona LaDuke
May 12, 2011
Winona LaDuke: How Native farmers and gardeners are working to preserve their agricultural heritage.