Eight Ways to Strengthen Our Democracy Beyond Voting
The strength of our civic life depends on what we do outside elections.
I Can’t Watch Another Police Killing
Shocking videos will come and go, but systemic police violence will continue regardless of whether we’re watching — and it demands a systemic solution.
Is Political Correctness What’s Really Destroying America?
What passes in our society as political correctness is about more than jettisoning offensive speech.
The Sum of Our Fears
Has the Internet and social media primed us to worry too much about improbable threats — and too little about probable ones?
The Inequality Report Card Action Map
Use this new tool to see how your lawmakers are doing on inequality and take action.
Lessons of the Sixties: The Decline of Newspaper and Rise of Social Media
A public launch of the “Lessons of the Sixties,” project, with an event looking at the evolution of news media and its impacts and opportunities for social justice organizing.
Mid-East Tweeters Probe the Tenderest of Saudi Sore Spots
“No Saudi women will go to hell, because it’s impossible to go there twice,” he tweeted.
WikiLeaks XXX: U.S. Embassy in Jakarta Thought It Was “on the Forefront of Public Diplomacy 2.0”
The revolution will not be tweeted.
The Limits of Internet Organizing
One reason the Green Movement never quite became a revolution.