Jobs | Consumerism | Wealth and inequality Tax Overhaul and the Immorality of Inequality A society that fails to invest in its children, to protect its land and water, or to build a future is courting collapse. Sarah van Gelder | Mar 28, 2018
Conservatives Agree the New Pro-War Ideologues Are Dangerous Alarm over John Bolton, who has pushed for pre-emptive war in North Korea and bombing Iran, isn鈥檛 just among progressives. Sarah van Gelder | Mar 27, 2018
9 Ways You Can Use the Midterm Elections to Build Local Power We can build long-term power in our communities and help elect our favorite candidates if we work strategically, inclusively鈥攁nd independently. Sarah van Gelder | Mar 21, 2018
Why Irish Americans Should Embrace Their Culture of Colonial Resistance In telling the story of Irish America, we must grapple with the history of British colonial rule, racial identity, and capitalism. Shannon O'Sullivan | Mar 15, 2018
TV Stations Follow John Oliver鈥檚 Lead in the Movement to Forgive Medical Debt How former debt collectors showed everyone how to buy up people鈥檚 medical debt at pennies on the dollar. Sarah van Gelder | Mar 1, 2018
Native rights | Indigenous lands The Disruption of White Supremacy The white male-centric colonial system is incapable of the leadership we need, and Indigenous knowledge is essential for the innovation that will follow this disruption. Mark Trahant | Feb 28, 2018
I Was Wrong About the Rural鈥揢rban Divide Wisconsin dairy farmers reminded me not to allow Fox News and the NRA to define groups of people. Sarah van Gelder | Feb 22, 2018
I Know Why Black Women Are Wary of Reproductive Activism I鈥檓 burdened with the responsibility of informing the world around me that my body is mine. Historically, it belongs to everyone else. A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez | Feb 9, 2018
Yes, Lots of People Go to Jail Because They Can鈥檛 Pay a Fine One of the most chilling reasons for being sent back to prison is failure to pay a fine or court or supervision fees. Sarah van Gelder | Feb 2, 2018
We Need Radical Imagination Imagination, as Hawaiian Native rights advocate Poka Laenui describes it, is more than an antidote to hopelessness. It is a source of power. Sarah van Gelder | Jan 25, 2018
We Must March. But We Must Also Organize Locally The next women鈥檚 march is in the works. Although big mobilizations are important, they鈥檙e just one tactic. Sarah van Gelder | Jan 5, 2018
Activism | Mental health | Empathy | Women After Erica Garner鈥檚 Death, I Can鈥檛 Breathe Through the Tears Perhaps our grief can spark people to join the movement to end the oppression. Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Jan 3, 2018
Feeling Burned Out? When We Gather, We Get Energized Removing debris after a hurricane or giving blood after a shooting empowers us. Sarah van Gelder | Jan 1, 2018
We Can Reimagine and Reinvent Our Society Let鈥檚 say goodbye to top-down revolutions and embrace grassroots action. Sarah van Gelder | Dec 27, 2017
Education 9 Essential Reads For Your Racial Justice Conversations These authors will help you talk about White supremacy by using reasoning and research rather than anger and frustration. Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Dec 19, 2017
How Northwest Communities Are Stopping Big Oil Projects Last week, a Washington state energy panel voted unanimously to oppose what would be the nation鈥檚 largest oil-by-rail terminal. Sarah van Gelder | Dec 7, 2017
Gender justice | Women The Problem With 鈥淪ilence Breakers鈥 as TIME鈥檚 Person of the Year I decided to search for two words on the article鈥檚 web page: 鈥減atriarchy鈥 or 鈥渕isogyny.鈥 Zero results. Erin Sagen | Dec 6, 2017
Hear That? It鈥檚 New Impeachment Talk as Flynn Turns on Trump While it鈥檚 tempting to consider the end of this presidency, we should consider the long road ahead. Chris Winters | Dec 1, 2017
Mindfulness | Local economies | Consumerism When Buying Nothing Gives You More of Everything A way to get and give free stuff with your neighbors that is time-consuming, inconvenient鈥攁nd wonderful. Erin Sagen | Nov 22, 2017
8 Tips to Get You Through Difficult Conversations This Holiday Season The point isn鈥檛 to win. It鈥檚 to ignite understanding. Sarah van Gelder | Nov 22, 2017
Americans Are Stressed About the Future. Here鈥檚 Why That鈥檚 Promising The era of empire, white supremacy, dirty energy, and global capitalism is coming to a close. Sarah van Gelder | Nov 10, 2017
How Inmates, Scientists, and Government Workers Are Teaming Up to Save This Butterfly The effort to restore prairie ecosystems in Washington state before they disappear. Sarah van Gelder | Oct 28, 2017
6 Signs Your Callout Isn鈥檛 Actually About Accountability In many ways, holding each other accountable has come to mean punishing each other. Here鈥檚 how you can refocus on the bigger picture instead. Maisha Z. Johnson | Oct 19, 2017
What鈥檚 Stopping Media From Calling Las Vegas Killer a 鈥淭errorist鈥? His Whiteness Like other mass shooters before him, Stephen Paddock has the benefit of White privilege even in the most vicious of circumstances. Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Oct 2, 2017
鈥淲e鈥檙e Going to Keep Fighting for That Song鈥 Royalties for 鈥淲e Shall Overcome鈥 used to go to building the power of African Americans and other marginalized people. Not anymore. Sarah van Gelder | Sep 28, 2017