Monday, September 14, 2026

The ‘secret sauce’ for Southern organizing

Hometown Action’s “secret sauce” for building power to win in the Deep comes from organizing, which builds consciousness and relationships through deep conversations, which makes a difference and creates impact.

The triumph and tragedy of the Olympic Refugee Team

It's beautiful that there's an Olympic team for 82 million displaced people. But have we accepted mass displacement as the new normal?

Where are the men?

No more bystander boys in the post-Roe era.

Successful tool lending libraries force us to rethink what the public is willing to...

Spawned in the wake of World War II, tool libraries lend implements and devices and provide practical guidance to community members who can’t afford to own or store their own tools.

Life without limits: The delusions of technological fundamentalism

Playing god got us into this trouble and more of the same won't get us out.

Dick’s Sporting Goods pulls assault weapons off its shelves and takes stance on gun...

"If the kids in Parkland are being brave enough to stand up and do this, we can be brave enough to stand up with them."

Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, October 2

Amazon adopts $15 minimum wage, California bans animal-tested cosmetics and becomes first state to require women on corporate boards, and more.

Infographic: This is how much equality a $30 trillion inheritance can buy

What it means to be an heir in the U.S., and a few big ideas on how to use the largest intergenerational wealth transfer ever.

How a top chicken company cut off black farmers, one by one

After years of working as a sheriff’s deputy and a car dealership manager, John Ingrum used his savings to buy a farm...

Watch: With gun control measures held up in congress, ‘Gut Punch’ psa shows children...

A new PSA released Wednesday by the non-profit group Sandy Hook Promise showcases the reality children face as they head back to...