Political Power
Ƶ believes in the fundamental right of people to determine their own political future, and reports on efforts to expand access to democracy and voter enfranchisement, while also acknowledging the limits of electoral politics, and “democracy” as it has been used as a bludgeon by imperial powers.
This Is What Happened When Scholastic Tried to Bring Pro-Coal Propaganda to School
Teenage Defender of First Nations Rights Becomes Literal Superhero
A Ƶ Tour of Oscar Winners Through the Decades
From Trayvon Martin to Jordan Davis: Can Art Provide Justice When Courts Fail?
Tiny Houses for the Homeless: An Affordable Solution Catches On
How the Fight Against Alabama’s Anti-Immigrant Law Transformed a Community
In Pete Seeger’s Letters, A Voice for Justice Sings On
Darth Vader’s Death Star Created Jobs, Too! New Video Pokes Fun at Keystone Pipeline Claims
“So My Daughter Won’t Have To”: Why Kelly Sue DeConnick Fights to Make Women Welcome in Comics
Growing Concern Over Japan’s Dolphin Hunt Leads to Widespread Outcry
Photo Essay: Pete Seeger’s Life on the Hudson
“We Shall Overcome”: Democracy Now! Remembers Folk Icon Pete Seeger
Why the Smartphone Became the Lightsaber of the Environmental Justice Movement
Paradise Farmed: Inside Kaua’i’s Local Food Movement
India’s Own “Occupy”: How a New Political Party is Battling Corruption—and Winning
Beyond Classic Disney: 5 Great Animated Kids’ Films Without the Racial Stereotypes
How a Chicago Mom Liberated a Foreclosure and Got a Home for Her Four Kids
After 20-Year Fight, Bronx Community Wins Big on Development Project Committed to Living Wages and Local Economy
This Guy Turned a 2,000-Page Report on Climate Change into 19 Stunning Haikus
Less Stuff, More Heart: 5 Gifts On a New Dad’s Christmas List
The Education of Bill McKibben: How the Unlikely Activist Learned to Break the Rules
Boulder Votes to Break With Xcel and Start Its Own Power Utility
Can this Small College in Maryland Pass the Fairest Wage Policy in US Academia?
We Know Who Stole the Economy—National People’s Action Moves to Take It Back
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