Can nonviolent struggle defeat a dictator? This database emphatically says yes
The Global Nonviolent Action Database details some 40 cases of mass movements overcoming tyrants through strategic nonviolent campaigns.
The military to prison pipeline
Trading one uniform for another.
Vermont faces legal challenge from big oil over law requiring climate damage payments
A lawsuit from major fossil fuel groups aims to derail Vermont’s groundbreaking plan to make polluters pay for climate disasters.
15 dead and dozens injured after terrorist attack on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street
Tragedy strikes Bourbon Street as terrorist attack claims lives on New Year’s Day.
14 guards beat Robert Brooks to death at New York prison as systemic abuse...
Outrage and investigations follow the death of Robert Brooks in a violent incident at a New York prison.
After two decades without charge Pentagon repatriates Guantánamo detainee as Biden faces final push...
After over two decades without charge, a Guantánamo detainee is repatriated, raising urgent questions about justice and human rights.
Gaza: Doctors warn thousands of Palestinians could die this winter from cold, hunger, disease
A new United Nations report finds that Israeli strikes on and near hospitals in the Gaza Strip have “pushed the healthcare system to the brink of total collapse.”
A global minimum wage would reduce poverty and corporate power
The world’s vast economic inequality “is no accident,” concluded a top Oxfam official.
Global conflicts shatter childhoods: Record number of children living in war zones in 2024
2024 marked an unprecedented crisis for children globally, with record numbers displaced, malnourished, and deprived of basic rights due to escalating conflicts.
10 inequality victories in 2024
Our year-end review of 10 of the most inspiring inequality wins, from union drives to fair taxes to consumer protection.