Feeling Burned Out? When We Gather, We Get Energized Removing debris after a hurricane or giving blood after a shooting empowers us. Sarah van Gelder | Jan 1, 2018
We Can Reimagine and Reinvent Our Society Let鈥檚 say goodbye to top-down revolutions and embrace grassroots action. Sarah van Gelder | Dec 27, 2017
Racial Justice | Education 9 Essential Reads For Your Racial Justice Conversations These authors will help you talk about White supremacy by using reasoning and research rather than anger and frustration. Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Dec 19, 2017
How Northwest Communities Are Stopping Big Oil Projects Last week, a Washington state energy panel voted unanimously to oppose what would be the nation鈥檚 largest oil-by-rail terminal. Sarah van Gelder | Dec 7, 2017
Gender justice | Women The Problem With 鈥淪ilence Breakers鈥 as TIME鈥檚 Person of the Year I decided to search for two words on the article鈥檚 web page: 鈥減atriarchy鈥 or 鈥渕isogyny.鈥 Zero results. Erin Sagen | Dec 6, 2017
Hear That? It鈥檚 New Impeachment Talk as Flynn Turns on Trump While it鈥檚 tempting to consider the end of this presidency, we should consider the long road ahead. Chris Winters | Dec 1, 2017
Local economies | Consumerism | Mindfulness When Buying Nothing Gives You More of Everything A way to get and give free stuff with your neighbors that is time-consuming, inconvenient鈥攁nd wonderful. Erin Sagen | Nov 22, 2017
8 Tips to Get You Through Difficult Conversations This Holiday Season The point isn鈥檛 to win. It鈥檚 to ignite understanding. Sarah van Gelder | Nov 22, 2017
Americans Are Stressed About the Future. Here鈥檚 Why That鈥檚 Promising The era of empire, white supremacy, dirty energy, and global capitalism is coming to a close. Sarah van Gelder | Nov 10, 2017
How Inmates, Scientists, and Government Workers Are Teaming Up to Save This Butterfly The effort to restore prairie ecosystems in Washington state before they disappear. Sarah van Gelder | Oct 28, 2017
6 Signs Your Callout Isn鈥檛 Actually About Accountability In many ways, holding each other accountable has come to mean punishing each other. Here鈥檚 how you can refocus on the bigger picture instead. Maisha Z. Johnson | Oct 19, 2017
Racial Justice What鈥檚 Stopping Media From Calling Las Vegas Killer a 鈥淭errorist鈥? His Whiteness Like other mass shooters before him, Stephen Paddock has the benefit of White privilege even in the most vicious of circumstances. Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Oct 2, 2017
鈥淲e鈥檙e Going to Keep Fighting for That Song鈥 Royalties for 鈥淲e Shall Overcome鈥 used to go to building the power of African Americans and other marginalized people. Not anymore. Sarah van Gelder | Sep 28, 2017
I鈥檓 an 80-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor. Antifas Aren鈥檛 Scary. Neo-Nazis Are More than 70 years after hiding in a Berlin cellar, I鈥檓 faced once again with neo-Nazis spewing and spreading their hate and beliefs around white supremacy. Barbara Roose | Sep 25, 2017
My White Friend Asked Me on Facebook to Explain White Privilege. I Decided to Be Honest He wanted to know how institutional racism has made an impact on my life. I鈥檓 glad he asked, because I was ready to answer. Lori Lakin Hutcherson | Sep 8, 2017
Wealth and inequality | Jobs | Consumerism | Democratic reforms It鈥檚 Not Too Soon to Talk About the Post-Trump Era Even when sensible adults finally take back government, 鈥渂ack to normal鈥 is not what we want. Chris Winters | Aug 21, 2017
Racial Justice | Criminal justice reform | Activism Confederate Statues Have Been Invisible to Most White People We鈥檝e been living alongside the Confederacy too long, and white people are finally starting to notice. Chris Winters | Aug 16, 2017
Activism | Racial Justice Charlottesville Was Not a 鈥淧rotest Turned Violent.鈥 It Was a Planned Race Riot Isn鈥檛 it time for the media to be honest and call white supremacists the domestic terrorists that they are? Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Aug 12, 2017
Outdoors Lovers Vote With Their Wallets, Move $45 Million Trade Show Out of Utah The outdoor-recreation industry delivered a big blow to Utah鈥檚 economy because of the state鈥檚 attempts to remove protections for public lands. Stephen Miller | Aug 3, 2017
Why We Shouldn鈥檛 Think of Climate Change as Only a 鈥淕lobal鈥 Issue While it is true that climate change is a global problem, we have power when we act locally. Another Test Page, Sarah van Gelder | Aug 2, 2017
Eastern Europe Makes American Democracy Look Pretty Good We have a long way to go before we lose the fight. Chris Winters | Jul 28, 2017
Democratic reforms | Clean elections | Local power Remember, Things Can Change for the Better (U.K.鈥檚 Labour Party Proves It) 8 lessons U.S. progressives can learn from Jeremy Corbyn鈥檚 remarkable campaign. Chuck Collins | Jul 25, 2017
The Progressive鈥檚 Guide to Reacting to Offensive Comedy Ten tips for when everyone says your favorite comedian has 鈥済one too far.鈥 Mark Rahner | Jul 20, 2017
Sustainable food and farming | Climate A Trillion-Ton Iceberg Broke Off Antarctica and All I Can Think About Is Food Climate change is getting worse, and policymakers are ignoring one of the biggest factors. Erin Sagen | Jul 14, 2017
Cooperatives | Local economies | Wealth and inequality | Consumerism | Democratic reforms | Local power How We Can Transition to a 鈥淏ottom Up鈥 Economy Three ways to rewire the economy for equality and ecological sustainability. Chuck Collins | Jul 6, 2017