Before Trump ever called Clinton a “nasty woman,” these fierce ladies were getting it done—in the face of B.S. from the boys.
Washington state is considering putting a price on carbon emissions. This will not fix our climate problem and, in fact, will help fossil fuel companies continue to profit from it.
Most political donations go to short-term strategies like TV ads. But these organizers move contributions to grassroots organizing that can have lasting impacts.
Obama's controversial pilot program will make higher education dollars available to inmates this year. Proponents hope it will build on the success private liberal arts programs are achieving in prisons across the country.
There are new ways to think about ink.
Constitutional amendment organizers are confident of an eventual victory. “The push toward justice has always started at the grassroots.”
The Movement for Black Lives is calling on cities to launch participatory budgeting processes to make public spending fairer.
Far from the 9-to-5, the work of building community can be a challenge when the cash economy is less relevant and volunteer workers are just passing through.
The militarized response is escalating, Dakota Access construction is accelerating. To be clear: North Dakota is acting as trustee for the company, using what it considers the powers of state to make this project so.
Of 194 languages remaining in North America, nearly 63 percent are spoken only by adults or elders. That’s why children's television programming is key.
Millions of people suffer domestic violence, which can often involve economic abuse. But there are ways to break out of those relationships.
One hint at what’s to come is found in the data of early voting. And so far, it’s good news for Democrats—especially Native American candidates.
Now is the time to envision truly progressive Clinton administration policies on health care, immigration, student debt, and climate change. And movement leaders are gearing up.
In addition to advising on all three mega-mergers, Credit Suisse is playing a big role behind the scenes of the Dakota Access pipeline.
The $66 billion sale of Monsanto is yet another reminder of how corporations have colonized the world and subverted democracy. To regain our future, we must claim our right to popular sovereignty.
The #WeAreTwitter movement wants users to buy Twitter as co-owners and show Wall Street how a business should be run.
Some of the biggest unions have denounced the water protectors. But critical voices have been missing from the conversation: those of indigenous union members themselves.
We need to overhaul America’s social safety net, which was designed for a different labor market and economy.
Thanks to an ordinance passed last month, service and retail workers will finally get reasonable shift schedules, along with their $15-an-hour minimum wage.
After activists launched a strike shutting off the flow of tar sands oil across the U.S. this week, a movement leader calls for more faith-based direct action.
The next Standing Rock is the Longview Millennium coal export facility. Water protectors know coal dust is like a pipeline accident that happens daily.
We must build a movement for trade justice that rejects both Trump’s opportunism and the long-standing neoliberalism of the major political parties.
Ranked-choice voting is catching on, and Maine might become the first state to help citizens vote for candidates they actually want.
Four reasons communities all over the country are winning against the powerful and extremely wealthy fossil fuel industry.
What today’s workers can learn from day laborers and domestic workers about job security, health benefits, and retirement.
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