For Most, There’s Never a Right Time to Protest
Every important movement faces significant push-back; that doesn't mean it won't succeed.
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Making Police Departments More Diverse Isn’t Enough
Local police departments should reflect the communities they serve, but fixing that alone won’t curb unnecessary violence.
Water Off A Duck’s Back: Ethical Consumption and Outrage in the Digital Age
How everything from reading to watching television has become a conundrum of ethics.
Massive California Prison Strike Ends After 60 Days
Leaders say the strike is “suspended” after the promise of public hearings.
Historic Hunger Strike in California Prisons Continues
On Day 43, a judge approved a request to force-feed striking inmates.
Thousands of California Inmates on Hunger Strike Against Solitary Confinement
Here are their five demands.
What Does Pussy Riot Mean in Russian?
How does a protest that wouldn't turn a head in the West manage to distract Putin, unnerve the Orthodox church and pick at the scab of Russia's gender politics? A Western scholar just back from Russia explains the Pussy Riot phenomenon.
Start Highstepping When Politicians are Sidestepping
Marc Herman’s 101 post about flash mobs flamenco-ing in Spain’s ailing banks sounds like an echo, or perhaps…