Activism Archives

Charlie Mirsky (left), and Alfonso Calderon, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, take part in a Gun Violence Prevention Forum at the House Visitor Center at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on May 23rd, 2018.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Stoneman Douglas Students Discuss Gun Violence at the U.S. Capitol

Charlie Mirsky, and Alfonso Calderon, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, take part in a Gun Violence Prevention Forum at the House Visitor Center.

Pacific Standard Staff

Social Justice

The LGB Community Is Working Hard to Save the World

New research finds that gay men and lesbian women are disproportionately represented in the anti-war and environmental movements.

Tom Jacobs

We have designed our participatory action research projects to inquire about a problem or struggle within the very institutions that many members of our research teams are engaged in/ working for/prisoners or students of. Thus "provocation," or questioning existing power structures, sits as both a goal and danger, investigating existing power structures and raising serious ethical questions.

Taking Freedom: Reclaiming Our Lineage: Organized Queer, Gender-Non-Conforming, and Transgender Resistance to Police Violence

On the role that queer people of color play in resisting oppressive policing.

Che Gossett, Reina Gossett & A.J. Lewis

Black Lives Matter protesters demonstrate against police brutality in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Social Justice

Racism Declined During the Black Lives Matter Campaign

New research suggests those impassioned rallies and demonstrations may have had a positive impact.

Tom Jacobs

Economics

The Limits of Corporate Activism

Corporations can help apply positive pressure for social change, but their profit motives should make us wary of letting them displace moral leaders.

Rick Paulas

Social Justice

The Group Bringing LED Light to Activism

The Overpass Light Brigade first made social justice messages go viral in 2011—today, it continues to help activists realize their collective power.

Elizabeth King

People attend the funeral of murdered indigenous activist Berta Caceres on March 5th, 2016.

Environment

The Deadliest Year for Environmental and Indigenous Activists Yet

At least 200 people were killed in 24 countries last year in retaliation for standing up to environmentally destructive industrial projects.

Mike Gaworecki

Representative Mark Amodei (R-Nevada) speaks at a town hall inside the Reno-Sparks Convention Center on April 17th, 2017.

News in Brief

Another Loss for the Land-Grab Campaign

Amid vigorous public lands activism, Representative Mark Amodei, a leader of the right-wing land transfer movement, retreats.

Jimmy Tobias

Social Justice

Political Activism on Social Media Has Grown Some Teeth

Social media is being galvanized to change public opinion, mobilize activists, and shape public policy.

Jonathan Moyer

News in Brief

‘We Have Come to Dance for Our People’

Jingle Dress Dancers bring healing and prayer after a historic day of battle in North Dakota’s oil pipeline war.

Antonia Juhasz