Saturday, November 7, 2026

Why riot? Toward a typology of social unrest

It is not fair to expect oppressed people to answer violence with nonviolence, but it’s what actually works far more often.

Twenty-first century socialism: what it will become and why

Together these goals comprise an effective, attractive new vision to define and motivate a socialism for the 21st century.

Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 10, 2018

Trump rule would give $2.5 billion tax cut to big bank fat cats, Judge blocks Trump administration from deporting asylum seekers, Argentina Senate votes against legalizing abortion, and more.

Inflatables, rainbow crosswalks, flooding snitch lines—creative action was off the charts in 2025

In the face of rising authoritarianism, creativity is an enduring movement superpower that helped us break through the stranglehold of fear this year.

‘These are the bad times’: Trump to deploy heavily armed border patrol tactical units...

"Trump is using military-style tactics because he has a political beef with cities whose policies he doesn't like."

The Execution of Nimr Al-Nimr: One More Reason to Re-evaluate the Toxic U.S.-Saudi Alliance

The killing of Sheikh Al-Nimr should serve as a prime moment for the U.S. to reconsider its alliance with the Saudi regime, a regime that not only denies human rights to its own people but exports death and destruction abroad.

Congressman suspended after indicted for domestic abuse

In a legislative session before his arrest, Corley ironically voted for a bill supporting harsher sentences for domestic violence offenders.

The nonprofit hospital that makes millions, owns a collection agency and relentlessly sues the...

In July 2007, Carrie Barrett went to the emergency room at Methodist University Hospital, complaining of shortness of breath and tightness in...
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“I thought we were going to be executed”: Police held family at gunpoint after...

An African-American family is suing the city of Phoenix, Arizona, after police held them at gunpoint because their 4-year-old daughter had allegedly...

Native Youth Demand A Senate Hearing On Dakota Pipeline Impact

“We are protectors of water, and we will stand strong and protect the water for future generations.”