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How Organizers Made Survivors’ Incarceration an Issue in the Cuomo/Nixon Race
Mariame Kaba explains how sentence commutation gained prominence in this high-profile gubernatorial race.
Ending the Secrecy of the Student Debt Crisis
Student debtors can counter despair by fighting back through activism and political engagement
Back to School and Straight to the Picket Line
Thousands of teachers -- buoyed by inspiring displays of solidarity -- are fighting for long-overdue raises.
Inside the Prison Labor Strike: New Tactics Pay Off in Mainstream Coverage
A coordinated list of demands alongside new mobilization and messaging approaches helped garner media attention.
First Nations Celebrate Win Against Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
Here’s how indigenous leaders pulled together a grassroots movement to resist the pipeline expansion.
Four Days in Occupied Western Sahara — A Rare Look Inside Africa’s Last Colony
Thousands have been tortured, imprisoned, killed and disappeared while resisting the Moroccan occupation.
After 10 Days, Prison Strikes Spread to 11 States to Demand End to “Slave Labor”
Amani Sawari, prison strike organizer working on behalf of Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, discusses more.
Why Prison Strikers Are Demanding the Right to Vote
Strike organizers want universal suffrage because all other rights emanate from the right to vote.
Sex Workers Fight Back Against Harmful Anti-Trafficking Laws
Sex workers are organizing against anti-trafficking laws they say are putting them at risk.
Ferguson Activist Says: “We Need More Than Change, We Need Revolution”
The fight for Black liberation continues in Ferguson, four years after Michael Brown's murder.