Tag: activism

New research on the 2020 election confirms that mailed-out ballots boost turnout—especially when there are no bureaucratic hurdles for voters.

The near disaster at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant shows why activists fought for decades to end these risks — and why mass action is needed once again.

There’s no denying that this advocacy protects Americans’ freedoms.

Competing state constitutional amendments go to different lengths to enshrine voting rights and target anti-voter legislation and court rulings.

These are vital, promising steps under the USMCA, which requires Mexico to enforce the labor rights needed to lift up workers there and, in turn, level the playing field for workers north of the border.

Conservatives in the United States have fallen in love with the fringe Conservatives in the United States have fallen in love with the fringe protests led by Canadian truckers. It is a cause that unites the libertarian and extremist wings of the GOP and offers a new front in the culture wars to mobilize right-wing forces.

Witnesses, whether by accident or vocation, help to shape how societies understand social upheaval and respond to social change.

Megacorporations tend to dominate food contracting with schools and other large facilities in America. In Chicago, Black formerly incarcerated people are prepping locally sourced meals for schools, nursing homes and transitional housing facilities.

Van Dyke—who was the first police officer in the United States to be charged with murder for an on-duty shooting—was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison, but was freed early for “good behavior” after only serving a little over three years of his sentence.

Four years ago, Boulder, Colorado, sued ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy—owner of the only oil refinery in the state—for climate change-related damages and...