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Communities Beyond Elections
Communities Beyond Elections offers a different lens through which to look at electoral politics.
Series Introduction
Communities Beyond Elections is an editorial partnership and hub site by the members of the Movement Media Alliance. Based on the principles of movement journalism, where journalism serves communities affected by oppression with the goal of liberation for all, Communities Beyond Elections offers a different lens through which to look at electoral politics. In collaboration with our members, we publish crucial and authentic narratives for movement-building where those most often left out of mainstream media are empowered to report from and alongside their communities.
Communities Beyond Elections gives people a home to inform themselves on how electoral politics, electoral justice, and election impacts affect them, a historical context to better understand political events, and community-driven solutions through which we can imagine and build a better future for all.
Teachers Turn to Study Groups for Anti-Racist Learning as History Is Whitewashed
Amid right-wing attacks on classrooms, study groups light a “fire of hope” among anti-racist educators.
12 Ways We Can Exploit Fossil Fuel Industry Vulnerabilities — Even Under Trump
Polluters are vulnerable. This was true during Trump’s first term and will be true in his second.
With Trump’s Return, Combating Corporate News Disinfo Is More Urgent Than Ever
Instead of top-down regulation, we need bottom-up scrutiny of mis- and disinformation based on critical media literacy.
Appalachian Communities Are Ready to Resist Trump’s Environmental Racism
We must reject fossil fuel expansion disguised as economic progress and embrace sustainable solutions.
NJ Activists Brace to Fight Trump Immigration Agenda After Setbacks Under Biden
Activists who fought ICE detention under Trump and Biden are bringing their experience into Trump’s second presidency.
Student Debt Doesn’t Vanish With Age. Older Debtors Protest With a “Knit-In.”
With rocking chairs and cross-stitch kits, protesters outside the Department of Education demand debt relief from Biden.
Without Transformative Local Media, Our Communities Are Vulnerable
We need to break the billionaires’ grip on our democracy — and that starts with loosening their hold over local media.
Don’t Panic: Organizers Weigh In on Defending Reproductive Justice From the GOP
Organizers are building mutual aid networks to defend against attacks on reproductive rights.
Organizers Demand Justice for Immigrants in Week of Action From California to DC
They are resisting anti-immigrant policies and urging the dismantling of the migrant detention and deportation regime.
Academic Labor Unions Are Key to Fighting Trump’s Repressive Higher Ed Agenda
AAUP President Todd Wolfson says unions like his are key to fighting Trump’s attacks on the bedrock of democracy.