The Power of Beautiful Solutions
A new “toolbox for liberation” demonstrates that a more just world is not only possible—it’s actively under construction.
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For a Liberated Palestine
Artists, writers, and cultural workers are fighting the genocide in Gaza on another front.
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Why Kamala Harris Failed
Rather than conclude Trump won over masses of voters, Kamau Franklin wants to examine why Democrats failed so badly.
A Return to Leftist Self-Defense
Communities targeted by escalating right-wing violence are learning from their own histories how to keep each other safe.
Cop Cities Meet Growing Resistance Nationwide
Faced with the spread of militarized police training facilities known as "cop cities," grassroots activists are taking the call to #DefundPolice to cities nationwide.
Reviving Asian American Solidarity
Right-wing forces are recruiting Asian Americans. Here’s how community members are countering this growing extremism.
Environmental Justice as Birthright
On Aug. 8, 2023, 13-year-old Kaliko was getting ready for her hula class at her mother’s house in West Maui. The power was out, and she heard there was a
Youth Take J.D. Vance to Task on Climate
Community organizers with the Sunrise Movement explain why they protested outside the GOP Vice Presidential hopeful’s office.
Why Protest Works—Even When It’s Unpopular
High-profile, disruptive protests can lead to increased polarization—but often still yield increased public support for the protest’s goals, even if the tactics are criticized.
Pride Is Power: How Queer People Are Defeating Anti-LGBTQ Laws
Faced with unprecedented numbers of anti-LGBTQ bills, queer people are taking to the state houses, courts, and communities to prove that love wins.
Toward a Multiracial Immigrants’ Rights Movement
A formerly undocumented Salvadorian American immigrant and organizer assesses how the immigrants’ rights movement can address anti-Blackness and white supremacy.
Feminism Is About Justice, Not War
Christine Ahn and Marie Berry report back from the powerful Feminist Peace Summit, held in Denver recently.
Surprising Solidarity in the Fight for Clean Water and Justice on O’ahu
After a 2021 leak at the U.S. military’s Red Hill fuel storage facility poisoned thousands, activists, Native Hawaiians, and affected military families have become unlikely allies in the fight for accountability.
The Palestine Exception to Campus Free Speech
Writing under a pseudonym to protect herself, a high school student details the intimidation she and her peers have faced from schools for protesting the Gaza genocide.
Murmurations: There Will Be Living, After All
If we do not turn away from our grief, we can use it to craft armor, building a new demographic that will rise from the rubble to dance like dust.
A Jewish American Says “Not in My Name!”
Many Jewish Americans—including the thousands who have been arrested protesting Israel’s war on Gaza—consider solidarity with Palestinians to be a moral imperative.
Native Water Warriors Help Delay U.S. Warship, in Solidarity with Palestinians
Coast Salish water warriors in canoes delayed a U.S. military ship believed to be carrying weapons from the Port of Tacoma to Israel.
How Young Climate Activists Are Confronting Power
A newly formed organization called Climate Defiance is challenging the Biden administration to live up to its climate change promises.
The Radicalization of Climate Activism
The climate emergency is here. Our political system isn’t responding at scale, so climate activists are stepping up their game.
Eros and the Revolution: Why Activism Needs Pleasure
Punishing ourselves through the deprivation of rest and pleasure won’t get us free.
The Power of Humor in Indigenous Activism
Native activists are using comedy to fight cultural invisibility and structural oppression.
Good Care for Good Trouble
Three ways to practice community care for movement organizers, unionizers, and other folks on the ground keeping good trouble going.
June Jordan’s Legacy of Solidarity and Love Remains Relevant
The late poet and activist’s legacy lives on decades after her untimely death—in the purposeful lives of her former students.
Stepping Up for Social Change 
Whether you’re ready, weary, or wise, you can take your movement engagement to the next level.
Hopeful Signs of Climate Culture Shift at COP27
Favianna Rodriguez says the cultural successes at COP27 overshadow the political failures.
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