Can this Small College in Maryland Pass the Fairest Wage Policy in US Academia?
An initiative developed by staff, students, and faculty would tie the earnings of the school's highest-paid employees to those of the lowest.
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The Movement to Live More Simply Is Older Than You Think
What might history teach us about living more simple, less consumerist lifestyles?
We Know Who Stole the Economy—National People’s Action Moves to Take It Back
"Listen to and work with your base to create a shared, big-picture narrative."
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Facing Ourselves: The Climate Challenge Needs a New Kind of Bravery
Before fighting climate change, we must first confront our emotions about it.
How I Got My Husband to Take Care of His Body (Even Though He Just Wants to Take Care of Me)
If it takes being a "controlling wife" to make my husband value his own health over his love for his family, I'm going to do it.
This New Bill Could Put 2,500 More People In Prison: Meet the Organization Trying to Stop It
"Violence is not simply shooting people. Violence is also poverty. It's also incarceration—putting people in prison is incredibly violent."
A Native Answer to “The Onion” (And 4 Other Great Things Happening on Reservations)
Native people are crafting some seriously creative and progressive ways of life, from same-sex marriages in states that don't allow it to the revitalization of indigenous languages.
TPP Protestors to Foreign Negotiators: “Don’t Let U.S. Bully You”
Negotiators from Latin American and Asian countries said they were "doing their best" to stand up to the U.S. Trade Representative.
Environmentalists Use Drones to Conserve–Not Destroy
Lian Pin Koh shows us how drones can be used for animal conservation, and keep an eye on poachers in the process.
“Cowboys and Indians” Camp Together to Build Alliance Against Keystone XL
At the Ponca Trail of Tears Spiritual Camp, tribal members and their ranchers are learning to understand each other as never before.
8 Courageous Things Harry Potter Fans Did to Fight Real-Life Dark Forces
If Harry Potter were a real person, he’d fight child labor, voter suppression, and poverty. Here are our favorite ways Harry's fans have taken his values from the page to the real world.
Six of the Top Ten U.S. Billionaires Are Kochs and Waltons
The profits of corporate giants that crash our economy and corrupt our politics deserve your outrage. But the efforts to curb them need your creative energy.
The Hunger Games Are Real: Teenage Fans Remind the World What Katniss Is Really Fighting For
What if we used fantasy not as an escape from our world, but an invitation to look deeper into it? How teenage fans are fighting injustice—in real life.
Why the UN Climate Negotiations Give Me Hope (In Spite of Everything)
It's possible to find hope for action in the new generation's determination and clarity—even after 19 years of stalled negotiations.
“Beauty Feeds a Different Kind of Hunger”: An Interview with Terry Tempest Williams
"I used to ask the question, 'Am I an activist or a writer?' I don't ask that anymore. I am simply a human being engaged."
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World Governments: If You Won’t Take the Lead on Climate Change, Then the People Will
If governments fail to listen to mounting protests demanding clean energy, people's movements will put their futures in question.
Being Kind
KarmaTube music video on kindness.
Artist’s Dollar-Bill Collages Question the Meaning of Money
"Anarchists are certain I'm an anarchist because I cut up a favorite tool of the oppressor," artist Mark Wagner says. "Capitalists think I'm a capitalist because I revel in it."
Wikileaks Puts the TPP’s Feet to the Flames—Can It Take the Heat?
After a major leak from the agreement's secret text, people are talking about the TPP. What will it mean for the secretive trade deal's future?
Two Years After the Eviction of OWS, Here’s 5 People Keeping the Movement Alive
Two years ago today, when Occupy Wall Street was evicted from Zuccotti Park, many wondered what was next for the movement. Two years later, we profile five projects that got their starts in the encampments and are still making change today.
These 5 NFL Players Are Changing What It Means to Be a Man in Football
Miami Dolphins lineman Jonathan Martin is not the only NFL player to challenge the league's bigotry and misogyny. These five men stand for a new kind of masculinity.
Will the Tropical Island of Kauai Be the Next Front in GMO Fight?
Local lawmakers will vote today on whether to overturn the mayor's veto of a bill to regulate the use of pesticides on the Hawaiian island.
Dryhootch: A Milwaukee Coffeeshop Where Vets Help Vets Survive—At Home
Returning vets often struggle with relationships, housing, PTSD, and more. Dryhootch founders say the best mentors for people returning from our latest wars are other vets who have been through it before.
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