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Is There a Nonviolent Path to a Livable Future? A Conversation With Chris Moore-Backman
There's a “movement of movements” taking place, knitting together a vast array of nonviolent social struggles.
Hours Away From Too Late: Demand Freedom for Leonard Peltier
We must join across movements and great distances to demand Obama make freeing Leonard Peltier part of his legacy.
Gene Sharp’s “From Dictatorship to Democracy” Speaks to the Age of Trump
From Dictatorship to Democracy can be read as “From Demagoguery (back) to Democracy.”
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Watchdog: Lack of Oversight Plagues Health Care Services for Native Americans
A recent report tied the poor health outcomes of Native Americans to a lack of consistent management at federal hospitals.
Now Is the Time for “Nobodies”: Dean Spade on Mutual Aid and Resistance in the Trump Era
The activist, scholar and movement lawyer takes stock of this harrowing political moment.
Women Doing Paid and Unpaid Work Are Called to Strike: A Conversation With Erin Mahoney
Women need to build a movement that elected officials of all parties feel accountable to.
Obama’s Controversial Policy of Immigrant Family Detention Could Expand Under Trump
Since 2014, thousands of Central American women and children seeking asylum have been held in private jails.
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“This Is a Country for White Men”: White Supremacy and US Politics
The white moderate is more devoted to “order” than to justice.
MLK Day 2017: Mobilizing Against Racism, Capitalism and Militarism in a Neo-Fascist Era
The moment we are in demands that we pay close attention to history. Our lives depend on it.
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Women’s Work: A Personal Reflection on MLK Day
One Black woman who spent her girlhood in Trump country builds a new bridge to sisterhood.