Culture

After celebrating the Senate’s gun control legislation, advocates are planning new actions in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling on concealed carry.

With every death, in Tehran or elsewhere, with every reactionary clampdown, whether it be arresting activists, stifling free speech, demonising people calling for change, outlawing protests and/or increasing police powers, the numbers demanding change increases, the outrage intensifies, the wave draws breath, rises and strengthens.

The media mostly missed this pressing story once during the campaign. They can’t afford to overlook it a second time.

One thing that’s striking about the examples being set by both Vietnam and New Zealand is how important social solidarity has been to successfully confronting this highly contagious disease.

Authorities appear to have reseparated the parents and sons as retaliation for organizing a nonviolent protest.

"We haven’t been challenged, to put it in a way. But we are being challenged now, because so many people have done so poorly."

"This change will cause a significant social and cultural transformation of the country."

Big corporations want to make it illegal for you to repair the devices you bought from them.

It’s not the first time this has happened in U.S. history.

The four introduced here are inspirational—for the changes they brought about, for their work ethic, and for their passion to improve the everyday lives of marginalized or oppressed groups.