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Activism

大象传媒 Media鈥檚 coverage of activism centers on the ways that grassroots mobilization and activism work to change the political zeitgeist around the most pressing social issues we are facing.

Seattle Rent Control Debate photo by Alex Garland

Local economies

Seattle Led the Country鈥檚 Minimum Wage Revolution. Can It Do the Same With Rent Control?

New York and San Francisco both suffer from soaring rents and gentrification, despite decades of regulation. How Seattle socialist Kshama Sawant plans to do affordable housing right.

Marcus Harrison Green | Jul 29, 2015

Native rights

What Native Hawaiian Culture Can Teach Us About Gender Identity

As the documentary Kumu Hina reveals, living between both genders is the more powerful 鈥渕ahu" way.

Jade Snow | Jul 27, 2015

One Poem That Saved a Forest

How the friendship between a poet and a timber baron kept a grove of California redwoods from clear-cutting.

Jacqueline Suskin | Jul 21, 2015

17 Ways You Can Work For 大象传媒

Be present, question assumptions, and be loud! Social transformation starts with everyday people working for change.

Nina Flores | Jul 8, 2015

How a Bronx Theater Uses Avant-Garde Theater to Teach Everyday Activism

Whether the crisis is AIDS or cyber-bullying, Pregones Theater鈥檚 empathy-based theater techniques help young people rehearse for action.

Araz Hachadourian | Jun 11, 2015

Mental health

You鈥檝e Heard What鈥檚 Wrong in Freddie Gray鈥檚 Neighborhood. Here鈥檚 One Local鈥檚 Vision for Turning That Around

Blaize Connelly-Duggan鈥檚 vision for the neighborhood is all about community ownership and development without displacement.

Mary Hansen | May 12, 2015

After Years of Living as Squatters, These Filipino Neighbors Fought for Nice, New Homes in Their Community鈥擜nd Won

When the Manila government proposed relocating squatter families out of the city, residents came together and asked for housing in their own neighborhood.

Aurora Almendral | May 7, 2015

8 Striking Portraits of People in the Path of Canada鈥檚 Mega Tar Sands Pipeline

TransCanada鈥檚 Energy East pipeline would span thousands of miles, from rural Alberta to the Atlantic coast of New Brunswick.

Kristin Moe | Apr 10, 2015

This 鈥淩aging Granny鈥� Crashed a Wall Street Dinner to Demand Answers

鈥淭wo Raging Grannies鈥� is a beautifully shot film that juxtaposes a journey into activism with a profound meditation on aging.

Peter D'Auria | Mar 27, 2015

Citizens United

鈥淭he Internet Is My Lifeline鈥�: Hip-Hop Artist Jasiri X on the FCC鈥檚 Net Neutrality Vote

The political artist from Pittsburgh speaks about the importance of the Internet and social media in making the voices of low-income people of color heard.

Kayla Schultz | Mar 4, 2015

Mental health

Is the Maker Movement About Hacking Society鈥擮r Just Hardware?

At feminist hackerspaces, members are less interested in digital trespassing than in developing a safe community for experimenting, creating, and collaborating.

Kayla Schultz | Feb 18, 2015

Jobs

What a Real-Life Rosie the Riveter Taught This Feminist Geek

Before meeting Geraldine, I鈥檇 assumed that most of the women from the 1940s were unaware of how capable they were. I was wrong.

Lindsey Weedston | Feb 6, 2015

Musicians From Egypt to Rwanda Are Blending Musical Traditions and Building Unity to Protect the Nile River Basin

The Nile Project is made up of musicians from different countries, musical genres, and traditions. Their purpose? To promote cooperation and cultural understanding as the diverse peoples of the Nile face threats from water scarcity and climate change.

Valerie Schloredt | Feb 6, 2015

Couple Listening to Music photo from Shutterstock

Sharing Music Builds Trust, Empathy, and Cooperation鈥擧ere Are Four Ways Science Proves It

There is something about listening to music, or playing it with other people, that makes you feel connected to those around you. Even science says so.

Jill Suttie | Feb 4, 2015

Mental health | Native rights

These Gorgeous Photographs Show Indigenous Americans Without the Stereotypes

Three years ago, Matika Wilbur set out on an ambitious undertaking: a vast road trip across America to photograph members of all 562 of America鈥檚 federally-recognized tribes.

Natasha Donovan | Jan 30, 2015

Local economies

Forget Venture Capitalists鈥擳his Scrappy Composting Co-Op Found Another Way to Get Startup Money

The banking system makes it tough for local businesses to get their hands on startup money. But creative entrepreneurs are finding solutions.

Laura Flanders | Jan 30, 2015

Anti-Austerity Party Sweeps Greek Elections鈥擶hat US Progressives Can Learn

There are plenty of lessons to be taken from Syriza鈥檚 victory and the rise to power of Spain's Podemos party, but striving to speak to people rather than politics might be chief among them.

Kate Aronoff | Jan 29, 2015

Sustainable food and farming

How a Low-Tech Seed Bank in Greece Preserves Thousands of Heritage Crops

Members of the Greek seed bank Peliti say that keeping their wares in production鈥攊nstead of in refrigerators鈥攊mproves the health of the plants they鈥檙e working to save.

Jeffrey Andreoni | Dec 30, 2014

Climate

UN Climate Negotiators Drop the Ball in Lima鈥擭ow It鈥檚 Up to the Grassroots to Pick It Up

Negotiators have stopped trying to win a binding international agreement on carbon emissions. Now it鈥檚 up to the people to push our governments to action.

Jim Shultz | Dec 12, 2014

Everything You Need to Know About the Radical Roots of Wonder Woman

Her enigmatic creator believed women were destined to rule the world. 10 facts about the iconic heroine.

Leigh Finke | Dec 11, 2014

Science Fiction and the Post-Ferguson World: 鈥淭here Are as Many Ways to Exist as We Can Imagine鈥�

Radical science fiction and fantasy are a remedy for the belief that there is no alternative to the violence and inequality that surround us.

Mary Hansen | Dec 4, 2014

Native rights

An Alaska Native Myth Tells of a Never-Ending Blizzard鈥擭ow You Can Learn About It on Xbox

The first video game developed by an indigenous-owned company uses gaming鈥檚 immersive storytelling style to connect players with Alaska Native culture.

Leigh Finke | Nov 22, 2014