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Global Day of Dance Connects Women around the Globe

Eve Ensler鈥檚 One Billion Rising brought women into the streets in every country registered with the United Nations, plus a few places that aren鈥檛. At the Seattle event, a dancing little girl seemed to represent the movement鈥檚 hopes for women鈥檚 lives.

Katrina Rabeler | Feb 16, 2013

Mental health

Today, One Billion Rise

Rise, strike, dance: The worldwide walkout for the end of violence against women and girls.

Christa Hillstrom | Feb 15, 2013

Activism

Only the People of the United States Can End Israel鈥檚 Occupation

Many progressives breathed a sigh of relief when last month鈥檚 Israeli elections set the stage for a centrist coalition and not a far-right one. Yet peace will remain out of reach until the American people pressure the Obama Administration to end Israeli impunity.

Stephen Zunes | Feb 7, 2013

Pathway to Progress in Israel Runs through International Law, Local and Global Action

While Israel moved away from the far right in last month鈥檚 elections, the new coalition is unlikely to alter the occupation. But change may come from divestment campaigns, the new U.N recognition of Palestinian statehood, and in the Israeli and Palestinian campaigns of nonviolent resistance.

Phyllis Bennis | Feb 7, 2013

Activism

Rosa Parks, Champion for Human Rights

The radical life story often left untold.

Alice B. Jennings, Grace Lee Boggs | Feb 5, 2013

Native rights

Why I Returned My Queen Elizabeth Medal of Honor

A letter to Canada鈥檚 Governor General explains why Maude Barlow鈥搕ogether with Idle No More鈥揳re speaking out against the country鈥檚 new environmental rules.

Maude Barlow | Jan 29, 2013

Chicago Gun Violence photo by Ashlee Rezin

Activism | Mental health

Tomorrow, We March on Washington to End the Gun Violence

Twenty-two times more children have been killed by guns since 1979 than military personnel in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined. Rev. Jacqui Lewis on why all of us鈥攆rom clergy to factory workers鈥攎ust not be too sad, too busy, or too afraid to say, enough.

Rev. Jacqui Lewis | Jan 26, 2013

Eleanor: The Radical Roosevelt

Hollywood just can鈥檛 seem to tell the truth about Eleanor Roosevelt, who was a fierce defender of human rights. Historian Peter Dreier steps in to set the record straight.

Peter Dreier | Jan 25, 2013

Activism

Vandana Shiva: Our Violent Economy is Hurting Women

There is a connection between the growth of unjust economic policies and the intensification of crimes against women. The Delhi gang rape has triggered a revolution鈥攐ne that we must sustain.

Vandana Shiva | Jan 19, 2013

Native rights

Ta鈥橩aiya Blaney on First Nations: 鈥淲e鈥檙e Awake and We鈥檙e Standing Up鈥�

Video: She鈥檚 only 11 years old, but she鈥檚 already been working for environmental justice for a few years now. Here, she addresses the crowd at an Idle No More event in British Columbia.

| Jan 19, 2013

Activism | Native rights

Indigenous Women Take the Lead in Idle No More

Motivated by ancient traditions of female leadership as well as their need for improved legal rights, First Nations women are stepping to the forefront of the Idle No More movement.

Kristin Moe | Jan 19, 2013

Native rights | Activism

鈥淔lash Mob Prayer Circle鈥� Shows Idle No More鈥檚 Spiritual Side

Speakers at an Idle No More event in Seattle drew comparisons between spiritual and political struggles, making the movement seem closer to Civil Rights than Occupy.

James Trimarco | Jan 15, 2013

Activism | Jobs

Human Trafficking Awareness Day: Let鈥檚 Take a Stand for Domestic Workers

150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, it's time to recognize domestic labor as real work that should be protected.

Tiffany Williams | Jan 12, 2013

Native rights | Mental health

In Rural Mexico, Student-Led Education Heals Old Wounds

Unitierra has no classrooms, no teachers, and no formal curriculum. Yet the school has successfully helped local people learn practical skills for years.

Mike Emiliani | Jan 12, 2013

Can U.S. Citizens End Israel鈥檚 Legal Impunity?

Each time international law has attempted to censure Israel for its recent violations of human rights, the United States has stepped in to stop the process. If anyone is in a position to do something about this, it鈥檚 the U.S. public.

Stephen Zunes | Nov 21, 2012

Criminal justice reform

Standing with Troy Davis in His Final Days

A year ago today, the state of Georgia executed a man whose guilt was widely contested. Jen Marlowe, friend and journalist, on what it was like to stand with the Davis family on the last day.

Jen Marlowe | Sep 21, 2012