activism
Who Was Aaron Bushnell Before He Set Himself on Fire for Palestine?
"Many of us like to ask ourselves, ‘What would I do if my country was committing genocide?’" Bushnell wrote in his last post. "You’re doing it. Right now."
By Lex McMenamin
How Does Throwing Soup Get Us to Climate Policy Changes?
The latest soup-throwing incident is part of a long tradition of direct action.
By Dana R. Fisher
Harvard Students Doxxed for Israel-Palestine Letter Speak Out
“I think it's just hard to feel safe when not just your face is on a truck, but also… [faces of] people who look like you.”
By Brittney McNamara
Progress Isn’t Guaranteed. We Need to Learn From Protests of the Past
Ben Tumin and Vincent Bevins on the important lessons for a new generation of protesters.
By Ben Tumin
18 Sunrise Activists Arrested for Occupying McCarthy's Office: "The GOP Hates Gen Z"
"The GOP can try to run from the problems... but Gen Z will not stand for that."
By Lex McMenamin
Over 100 Protesters Arrested in Biggest NYC Climate Disobedience in a Decade
"We're out of time. And Biden needs to get off his ass and actually do something."
By Lex McMenamin
I Interrupted the White House Press Secretary — Here's Why
"President Biden’s continuous support for fossil fuels is putting his support among young people at risk."
By Elise Joshi
We Live in A Society, Whether You Like It Or Not
On the deaths of Jordan Neely, Banko Brown, and Amy St. Pierre.
By Lex McMenamin
Republicans Are Censuring Black and Trans Lawmakers
First Mauree Turner, then the Tennessee Three, now Zooey Zephyr.
By Lex McMenamin
Lorena Austin Wants to Redefine What a Politician Looks Like
The Arizona state representative is the first Chicanx gender-nonconforming state official in the country.
By Lex McMenamin
‘No More Police’ Shows Abolitionists Are the Actual Realists
Mariame Kaba and Andrea Ritchie explain how "we don't actually care about children in this country."
By Lex McMenamin
This Dull-Sounding Electoral Practice Fuels Mass Incarceration
“Prison gerrymandering” is a major issue.
By Alexis Benveniste
Imagine If There Were More Young People in Office
Congress is one of the oldest on average in recent history. That matters.
By Layla Zaidane
11 Activists on What Disability Justice Means
“It means unapologetically loving and fighting for all parts of me.”
By Teen Vogue Staff
We Got Fired From Our Jobs At Starbucks For Unionizing
And we’d do it again in a heartbeat.
By Nabretta Hardin and Victoria Tambellini
Behind the Scenes on the Fight for a Green New Deal
A new documentary, To the End, follows AOC, the Sunrise Movement and more.
By Nadja Sayej
This TikToker Is on a Mission to Make Public Bathrooms Accessible
Teddy Siegel, 22, is exposing the dire need for more public toilets in U.S. cities.
By Valeria Ricciulli
A Young Chicana Garment Worker Led ‘the Strike of the Century’
Rosa Flores became a literal poster girl for the movement.
By Kim Kelly
This “New Yorker” Cartoonist Spent a Year With a Socialist Senator
Sofia Warren's new book follows Julia Salazar's first year in office.
By Lex McMenamin
The Young Lords Brought the Revolution to Public Health
The group achieved victories for health care access in New York and beyond.
By Marissa Lemar