The current era calls for an evolutionary political change enacted through the investment of time, money, and faith in businesses and institutions that we actually appreciate: this is the New Activism.
After a year of restless sleep and nightmares that involve the state of the planet, I slept with a sense of ease and comfort of an innocent child afte...
I set out with a simple goal: to remove all of the garbage I am personally responsible for (theoretically, of course) out of the ocean.
The obvious, tangible environmental problems that affect our every day lives are so abundant--I find it shocking that we need to resort to a doomsday scenario in order to mobilize.
The art being displayed around the Copenhagen climate change negotiations indicates that the movement to ensure a healthy future for the planet and its inhabitants is more than just a job for policymakers.
There are some truths about women's health that may now seem self-evident, but perhaps would not be so obvious if it were not for the ideas espoused, starting so long ago, by "Our Bodies, Ourselves."
The activists inside the UN climate change summit are relatively few -- a robust fence and police cordon keep the majority of the tree-hugging hordes at bay -- but they put on a good show.
When Barack Obama backed a Senate health reform plan that differed radically from prior proposals, he ignored the lessons he learned as a young organi...
In an unprecedented show of strength, diversity, and optimism, more than 5,000 people marched together in Tel Aviv on December 11, in Israel's first H...
It's hard to listen when your emotions are heated. Just ask Christopher Monckton who called young activists who protested The Americans for Prosperity meeting in Copenhagen yesterday, 'Hitler Youth.'
Current Waldenbooks employees have come forward to alert the public that the company plans to dispose of many unsold books in the cheapest, easiest, least responsible way possible - by trashing them.
As ordinary citizens gain increased access to secure communications technologies, the autocracies of the world may find it increasingly difficult to dominate the story.
As I've mentioned before, I'm not all that obsessive over metal, heavy or otherwise. Don't hate it -- in fact, I like the beat and the aggression and ...
There has been a noticeable drop-off this year in progressive campus organizing. Part of this simply is the predictable return to more normal levels f...
We ought to demand more from Obama than the tired trope that we can only achieve peace by waging war. This means we need to challenge ourselves.
Racial inequality is both individual and collective. The crushing levels of incarceration and police repression that Black men endure take a toll on Black communities and families as well.
Finding unsheltered working homeless people can be accomplished by talking to the organizers, volunteers, service providers or friends who know these homeless people.
We all think of Thanksgiving as ever-present in America. Not so. In fact, it very likely would never have become a national holiday without the conc...
Chaos descended upon the University of California campus this week when thousands of student protesters faced off against armed police after UC's Boar...
Stop the presses! Political comedian-turned-activist-turned-candidate for Senate Randy Credico has resigned his position at the Kunstler Fund to devote himself full-time to defeating Schumer.
"During my most difficult moments and complex situations I have been able to dream of a more beautiful future," Menchu Tum says with conviction.
