Inauguration Day Trials Continue to Threaten Activists Across the Country
The ongoing cases against the J20 defendants represent a dangerous precedent for future social justice movements: guilt by association.
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Viewfinder: Greenpeace Activists in Germany
Greenpeace activists stage an action against diesel cars on February 19th, 2018, in Stuttgart, Germany.
Inside Chicago's Activist Efforts to Secure Rent Control
Local organizers are pushing hard to get rent control on a spring referendum—but can their efforts succeed?
To Combat Gentrification in Mexico City, Two Artists Invented a Patron Saint
Sandra Valenzuela and Jorge Baca created Santa Mari La Juaricua to bring attention to communities in the Mexican capital displaced by the influx of wealthier populations.
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.
Nuns Protesting Nukes
Many say getting arrested, and then helping those in prison, is part of the point.
How Organized Minorities Defeat Disorganized Majorities
The whole idea of a democracy is that the majority is generally supposed to get its way. But time and again, it’s not the majority but a potent minority that drives—or prevents—progress.