What’s Next for India’s ‘Manual Scavengers’ After Major Legal Victory
In a major movement win, India’s Supreme Court ruled to eradicate dangerous sanitation work and rehabilitate workers. However, the struggle is far from over.
Indicting Anarchism, Inventing ‘Terror’: From 1898 to Cop City
State propaganda has long mischaracterized and scapegoated anarchism to maintain a violent status quo
How Sharing a Meal Cuts Through the Violence in Prison
Once I decided that violence was not an option, I found the humanity in my fellow prisoners through the simple act of sharing food.
A Major Win Against Factory Farming Points to a Powerful New Direction for the Climate Movement
Small farmers in Oregon, backed by a coalition of animal rights and climate activists, secured a big legislative victory over industrial factory farms, providing inspiration for wider action.
How Guatemalans are Mobilizing to Defend Their Fragile Democracy
A multipronged movement in Guatemala is rising to defend the surprise election of a progressive president who is under attack from the corrupt old guard.
This Stop Cop City Activist Facing RICO Charges is Shining a Light on Political Repression
Despite being named in Georgia’s RICO case against Stop Cop City, Priscilla Grim believes the movement can win by fighting back with care, courage and resilience.
The Climate Movement Has a Recruiting and Retention Problem – Here’s How We Fix It
Bringing more people into the climate struggle starts with transforming movement culture and opening diverse paths to entry.
Lessons From Gramsci for Social Movements Today
From Gramsci’s political thinking and practical strategizing come a set of ideas that arguably have only grown more salient with time.
How Prisoner-Led Organizing Saved My Life
Joining the Black Prisoners Caucus helped me find direction and the opportunity to serve my community amidst a life-without-parole sentence.
Resisting Abortion Bans a Year After Dobbs
A nurse midwife discusses how health care providers and movements connect in the fight for reproductive justice after the upending of abortion rights.
How Suing the US Government Can Empower the Climate Movement
As the youth-led climate lawsuit Juliana v. United States heads to trial, plaintiff Nathan Baring discusses the important role legal action can play within a movement.
What Juneteenth Looks Like for Incarcerated People
"As Black men in prison, we live the tension between celebrating the abolition of slavery and struggling inside the system that replaced it."
Lessons From Transgender Stonewall Icon Miss Major on Survival and Hope
A new book explores how Miss Major has persevered over six inspiring decades on the frontlines of the queer and trans liberation movement.
Why Tortuguita’s Murder is Only the Tip of the Iceberg
From the School of the Americas to Cop City, the U.S. has long been complicit in the death of environmental activists.
Inside the Prisoner-led Struggle to Win Education for All
Prisoners in Washington State are renewing their fight to democratize education amid new restrictions threatening their decade-old program.