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February 20, 2023
Magazine
Jess Bergman
How Bosses Ate Feminism
The rise of “Lean In”–style feminism—and the women who fought for a better alternative
December 2, 2022
Magazine
Nell Irvin Painter
Improving American Democracy Means Working Locally for the Common Good
Amid the threats of climate change and civil war, the “solidarity dividend” benefits everyone.
August 4, 2022
Critical Mass
Micah Uetricht
The Tragedy and Triumph of an Organizing Campaign
Daisy Pitkin’s memoir “On the Line” documents acts of heroism and solidarity, as well as the grueling personal toll of a life in organizing.
May 14, 2021
Critical Mass
Jo Livingstone
Branding ACT UP
On the aesthetic legacy of HIV/AIDS activism in our own time of viral panic.
April 19, 2021
Magazine
Ryann Liebenthal
The Long Fight to Cancel Student Loans
How student debtors took a radical idea to the mainstream
January 4, 2021
Magazine
Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
The Artist Isn’t Dead
Eulogies for the creative class are premature. Art workers can organize—and survive.
November 6, 2020
The Soapbox
Kate Aronoff
The Philadelphian Left Holds the Line
After decades of voter suppression, organizing efforts pay off.
October 30, 2020
The Soapbox
Gili Ostfield
Ten Moves, Two Tents, and Five Months of a Housing Reckoning in Minneapolis
During a summer of uprising and mutual aid, Nadine Little moved from park underpasses to hotels and back again. She’s not alone.
October 23, 2020
The Soapbox
Isabel Cristo
The Bernie Organizers Who Want to Elect Biden—Then Defeat Him
A grassroots coalition is fighting like hell to build power for the left. Securing a Democratic win this presidential election is a necessary detour on that path.
September 2, 2020
The Soapbox
Jesse A. Myerson
The End of the Voter-Consumer
The work of organizing a politically legible coalition of nonvoters is functionally the same as what’s needed for the left to win elections.
August 25, 2020
The Soapbox
Jo Livingstone
The Whitney Museum’s Careless Attempt to Curate a Summer of Black Uprising
The self-appointed guardians of America’s visual heritage are at it again.
July 27, 2020
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Susie Armitage
The Growing Fight Against the School Death Trap
Teachers, bus drivers, health aides, and other school workers are organizing against a culture that is trying to feed them into the jaws of the pandemic.
April 9, 2020
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The Politics of Everything
The Socially Distanced Protester
The challenges of collective action under lockdown
April 6, 2020
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Micah L. Sifry
The Vanishing Public Square
What happens when we can no longer march?
June 27, 2019
Adam Eichen
Advocates Want Everyone Counted, No Matter the Fate of the Citizenship Question
The Supreme Court ruled Trump officials needed a better reason to tinker with the census; Democracy watchdogs aren't waiting for them to find one.
May 16, 2019
Magazine
Doug Henwood
The Socialist Network
Inside DSA's struggle to move into the political mainstream
April 28, 2017
Sam Adler-Bell
A Tough-Love Letter to the Left
A new book urges activists to avoid insularity and purism—and to focus on winning.
June 5, 2013
Andrew Levison
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Ruy Teixeira
Why the Democrats Still Need Working-Class White Voters
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