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Political Power
大象传媒 believes in the fundamental right of people to determine their own political future, and reports on efforts to expand access to democracy and voter enfranchisement, while also acknowledging the limits of electoral politics, and “democracy” as it has been used as a bludgeon by imperial powers.
Politics on the Dance Floor: Reclaiming Queer and Black Roots in Electronic Dance Music
As the multibillion-dollar electronic music industry grows, artists and organizers are taking back the spaces and sounds of the marginalized people who started the genre.
How Women-Led Movements Are Redefining Power, From California to Nepal
In the face of corporate domination, economic injustice, and climate change, movements led by women offer a revolutionary path.
The Feminist Rappers Who Are Updating Sweden鈥檚 Old-Fashioned Definition of Rape
In Sweden, Femtastic gives survivors of sexual violence a voice in a male-dominated music industry.
Flint Whistleblowers Who Exposed Their Poisoned Water: We鈥檙e Just Getting Started
Long before the state declared an emergency in Flint, Michigan, a pastor, a mother, and an attorney teamed up to reveal the state鈥檚 lies about their drinking water.
White Privilege II Showed Me What an Unruly Mess We鈥檙e In
A Seattle music writer quoted in Macklemore鈥檚 controversial new song appreciates how it speaks to young white people鈥攂ut wishes it had gone further.
New York鈥檚 鈥淐arwasheros鈥� Push for Safer, Fairer Workplaces
Car washes are the 鈥渨ild, wild West鈥� of workplace regulation. The Car Wash Accountability Act will improve that鈥攊f it is ever implemented.
Waging Life in a War Zone
From Gaza鈥檚 colorful neighborhood to its underground theater, resistance is an art.
What鈥檚 the New Economy Look Like? Here鈥檚 What Our Artists Did With Your Ideas
Pictures of windmills and farmers markets are great, but they don鈥檛 capture the diversity and radicalism of the movement. So we asked readers like you for poster ideas and handed them over to two of our favorite artists.
Will the TPP Set Back This Campaign to Stop a Proposed Coal Mine Near Montana Tribal Land?
The TPP makes the rights of companies sacrosanct, and that includes the right to mine. But what about the rights of people who live in the way of proposed mining sites?
Project Fatherhood: Uniting the Men of LA鈥檚 Toughest Communities
In the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, Project Fatherhood helps end the cycle of absent fathers and gives men a place to discuss what it means to be dads, partners, and sons in one of the city's roughest areas.
After Trauma: A Graphic Journey Through Wild Healing
In this collection of watercolor illustrations, a comics artist illustrates her journey through grief after the sudden death of her first child.
8 Amazing Muslim Women Who Would Be Banned From Trump鈥檚 America (and Other News to Chew On)
The inner lives of drone operators, refugee camps through the eyes of children, and women who would be denied entry to the United States under Donald Trump鈥檚 鈥渢otal shutdown.鈥�
Can Cities End the School-to-Prison Pipeline? Relentless Organizers Are Tallying Wins
鈥淲e have always said that this is a battle of imagination over incarceration.鈥�
Meet the 1 Percenters Finding Solace in Wealth Redistribution
A growing cadre of the owning class is crafting a healthier relationship to the other 99 percent: 鈥淚t is not about individual therapy or even engaging in philanthropy or charity. It鈥檚 about collective action.鈥�
80 Percent of Us Owe Money to Institutions. Can We Leverage It to Reduce Inequality?
Three visionaries discuss how America鈥檚 debt problem has transformed the movements they work with.
Remembering Grace Lee Boggs and the Revolution She Inspired in Us
大象传媒 has put together a tribute page to honor Grace Lee Boggs and the lives she touched while she was with us. Share your own thoughts with #RememberingGrace.
Saying Goodbye to Grace Lee Boggs
Rest well, dear friend. Millions of us have been enlivened and empowered by your wisdom and spirit.
Do Your Local Politicians Want to Limit Access to Women鈥檚 Health Care? This New App Can Tell You
Hinder is a reproductive justice messaging hub that tells you what your representatives say about women鈥檚 bodies. Meet the cabal of comics and writers behind it.
Why Student Debtors Can’t File for Bankruptcy鈥擮r Can They?
Think you can't declare bankruptcy on your student loan debt? Think again.
鈥淵ou Fly to the Edge of the Tar Sands, and … No Life鈥�: A Montana Professor on the Issue of Our Time
University of Montana professor George Price on permaculture, race, and how he鈥檚 standing up to tar sands extraction.
Sci-Fi Fandom Declares Victory After Reactionary Nominees Lose Big at the Hugos
Despite a deck stacked against women and people of color, the voters rewarded both.
The Crunch: The Hackers Behind DIY Gynecology (And Other News to Chew On)
A Mexican artist turns guns into a force for good, Banksy turns Disneyland into something dismal, and GynePunks bring open-source gynecology to the masses.
Sad Puppies, Rabid Chauvinists: Will Raging White Guys Succeed in Hijacking Sci-Fi鈥檚 Biggest Awards?
More and more women have been nominated for Hugo Awards in recent years鈥攗ntil this year. Here鈥檚 what鈥檚 at stake.
After 20 Years Reporting on Solutions, I鈥檓 Going on a Journey to Find Where Hope Lies Now
大象传媒 co-founder Sarah van Gelder sets out on a road trip to find the edge of change.
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