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Seeing Red, Feeling Blue in Purple America

Americans are under increasing economic pressure, and many feel powerless to do anything about it. David Sirota travels coast to coast and finds the people who know the U.S. is headed in the wrong direction--and are joining a populist uprising to turn it around

David Sirota | Jul 30, 2008

Mental health

The Fierce Urgency of Now

A call for beloved communities from Grace Lee Boggs: "We are living in a time of great peril and possibility."

Grace Lee Boggs | Feb 4, 2008

Activism

Pete Seeger: How Can I Keep from Singing?

In a 2007 interview, folk singer Pete Seeger talks about hitchhiking with Woody Guthrie, inspiring people with music, and the power of millions of small changes.

Sarah van Gelder | Feb 2, 2008

Native rights

Ecuador Offers a Half-Off Climate Swap

The ITT oil fields, located within Ecuador's Yasun铆 National Park, have become the center of an experiment that could bring equity and human rights into the climate equation.

Brooke Jarvis | Jan 30, 2008

Activism

Pirates on the Open Airwaves

Low-power transmitters are making local radio accessible to many. Is this pirate radio or is it serving the public interest?

Brooke Jarvis | Nov 8, 2007

Activism

On Critical Mass and the First Amendment

Do you need a permit to ride bicycles in New York? Critical Mass bicyclists say the First Amendment is their permit.

Reverend Billy | Nov 8, 2007

Activism

Not Your Grandfather’s SDS

Students for a Democratic Society is reborn, working with veteran activists to build movements for today.

Joshua Kahn Russell | Jul 30, 2007

Activism | Citizens United | Water

Communities Take Power

Communities across the country are declaring citizens' right and duty to protect their water, land, local economy, and way of life, even if it means taking on the enormous power of corporations. Here are some of the peaceful revolutionaries who have stepped up.

Doug Pibel | Jul 30, 2007

Activism | Jobs

Horizontalidad: Where Everyone Leads

Horizontalidad: bringing direct democracy to Argentina's citizens while reducing unemployment and stimulating worker involvement.

Marina Sitrin | May 12, 2007

Native rights

Evo Morales: Indigenous Power

Evo Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous president, is forwarding a socially just agenda that promotes the country's sovereignty and multiculturalism.

Jubenal Quispe | May 12, 2007

Humanity for the Crossing

Some provide water, others education and advocacy. Individuals in border states are making human rights real.

Catherine Bailey | Mar 26, 2007

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Unabridged

The unabridged text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted in 1948: the first, comprehensive, internationally approved statement of rights.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights Drafting Committee | Feb 13, 2007

Sometimes A Great Nation

The U.S. has a proud history of advancing human rights鈥攁nd sometimes forgetting them. Historian Eric Foner proposes we give humility and respect a try.

Eric Foner | Jan 30, 2007

Building Protective Walls

Lisa Gale Garrigues offers some rants against those tempted to cross borders.

Lisa Gale Garrigues | Aug 30, 2006

Mental health

Where FEMA feared to Tread

When Katrina hit New Orleans, medics on bicycles toured the city bringing relief where other agencies failed to show.

Tim Shorrock | Aug 10, 2006

Better Health Through Fairer Wealth

Being poor may be as great a risk factor in personal health as the consumption of cigarettes or junk food.

Brydie Ragan | Aug 9, 2006

Native rights

Surviving Hard Times: It’s not for sissies

Hopi and Iroquois prophecies draw on long cultural memories, offering practical approaches to surviving hard times.

John Mohawk | May 9, 2006

Activism

Why the Next 10 Years Will Be Nothing Like the Last 10 Years

On 大象传媒 Magazine's 10th anniversary, we look at trends that are changing our culture, our relationship to the earth, and our sense of self.

Sarah van Gelder | Feb 22, 2006

Activism

How to be Brave in a Culture of Fear

A nonviolent army stands fast, watching over human rights in the midst of conflict, a model of courageous peace.

Carol Estes | Feb 9, 2006

Checkpoint Women

Monitoring human rights abuses at checkpoints in occupied Palestine

Judith Kirstein-Keshet | Oct 4, 2005

Racial Justice | Activism

Seven Great Ideas for Movement Builders

Movement building is not just about winning on a particular issue, says Grace Lee Boggs. It is about advancing the evolution of human society.

Grace Lee Boggs | May 25, 2005

Activism

Presente! A Radio Station Barn Raising

When farmworkers needed a way to reach one another, they invited activists nationwide for a radio barn raising.

Hannah Sassaman | Mar 11, 2005

Fearlessness: Finding Peace in Activism

I do not feel particularly brave when I speak. I am simply propelled by the force of what I want to say.

Susan Griffin | May 21, 2004

A Conspiracy of Hope

Many thought the global movement against unfair trade started in Seattle 1999. But going back over 200 years, people have reached across borders to end the slave trade, shame a brutal colonial regime, and bring respite to laborers of the industrial revolution.

Zahara Heckscher | May 21, 2004

Activism | Racial Justice

The beloved community of Martin Luther King

Reflections on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s revolutionary ideas and what they might mean for us today.

Grace Lee Boggs | May 21, 2004

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