Why activists need art to create social change
The authors of a new book on artistic activism discuss the importance of fighting on the terrain of popular culture to reach a mass audience.
Exclusive: Lizz Winstead and Abortion Stories in the Public Square
Lady Parts Justice League protested outside the Republican National Convention to raise awareness for pro-choice activism.
Monsanto targets cancer scientist in flawed Reuters story
The story fails to disclose several key pieces of information.
Philadelphia school bus drivers, cleaners and engineers win 9.5% raises and first paid parental...
The 2,000 members of 32BJ SEIU District 1201 approved the three-year deal 800 to 80, after opening talks in June with higher pay as their bottom line.
Seeds of Democratic Revolution in Ethiopia: Thousands March Against the Ruling Regime
Such violent, crude methods will only succeed for so long: eventually the people will unite and revolt, as they are now doing, and all strength to their cause, which is wholly just.
Polanski’s Devil’s Disciples
Just finished viewing, for the umpteenth time, one of my favorite films, Chinatown (1973), directed by Roman Polanski and starring Jack Nicholson. At...
“Movements work”: As activists occupy Seattle’s capitol hill, city bans tear gas, expels police...
Seattle has become the first city in the nation to win a comprehensive ban on the use and purchase of chemical weapons and other barbaric weapons used against protest movements, so tear gas, mace and pepper spray, rubber bullets, flashbang grenades, water cannons, ultrasonic weapons.
Nonprofit groups sue Monsanto over deceptive Roundup labeling
The groups are asking for equitable relief on behalf of the general public.
Drinking water in Indian Country: More violations, less EPA
Analysis shows more health violations but much less federal enforcement at tribal water treatment plants, suggesting “regulatory neglect.”
Former NY Assembly Speaker’s corruption conviction overturned
Will Sheldon Silver be re-tried?