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An Interview With Sherry Payne: Nurse, Childbirth Educator, Womanist
This is injustice at its most fundamental level.
Chicago Rising: This Year in Struggle
As activists and organizers, we live in opposition to that which is an affront to our humanity and our beliefs, and we do so while building both community and …
Peace Parenting and Nonviolent Resistance: the Berrigan Generations
This is a tender but frank recollection of a childhood in tumultous times in the house that was Ground Zero of nonviolent resistance to the war in Vietnam, to …
The Brutes in Blue: From Ferguson to Freedom
The institutionalization of racism, slavery, and policing predates the formation of the United States itself.
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Why Movements Should Care About Azealia Banks
The #BlackLivesMatter movement is quickly creating a national context whereby celebrities across industries are being forced to take sides.
New York City Activists Mobilize for Right to Counsel in Eviction
New York City may become the first to provide free legal representation to low-income tenants facing eviction.
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Flipping the Script: Pedagogy, Theater and Radical Organizing in Schools of Poverty
Teacher Jay Gillen goes beyond simply refusing to be complicit with educational injustice.
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Twelve Hashtags That Changed the Conversation in 2014
If awareness is useful, then so are hashtags - as long as public interest remains to fuel them.
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Berkeley Council Hears Police Abuse Claims, Fails to Act
Berkeley has failed to implement a program to collect data on the race of people stopped by police.
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Jeopardy Has Not Attached: Killer Cops Can Still Be Indicted
The murder of the police officers should not be pretext for repression. Protests should continue to demand justice for Michael Brown and Eric Garner.