Community Honoring A Landmark Black Gay Bar in the South Locals in Columbia, South Carolina, are mobilizing to honor The Candy Shop. By Marianne Dhenin / 1 Nov 2024
Labor Labor Unions Prepare to Protect Workers, No Matter What Can organized labor continue its recent momentum into the next presidential administration? By Marianne Dhenin / 30 Sep 2024
Community Harm Reduction Group in Oregon Endured Illegal Spying From Police, ACLU Says Harm reduction organizers are suing the City of Medford over allegations of police spying in violation of state law. By Marianne Dhenin / 24 Sep 2024
Education CA Educators Are Resisting Anti-Palestine Bills Pushing “Academic Police State” Activists say the bills will make public education more hostile for people already targeted by anti-Palestinian racism. By Marianne Dhenin / 23 Aug 2024
Palestine The Quiet Success of the Israel Divestment Movement Grassroots efforts to divest local U.S. taxpayer dollars from Israel over its ongoing genocide of Palestinians are gaining steam. By Marianne Dhenin / 9 Aug 2024
Community Can Elections Still Help Defund Police? Efforts to invest in “care, not cops” continue in advance of the 2024 election—albeit at a slower pace than in 2020. By Marianne Dhenin / 24 Jun 2024
Disability How Disabled Voters Are Accessing Democracy The vast majority of U.S. polling locations are not fully accessible. Disability justice activists are working to change that. By Marianne Dhenin / 1 Jun 2024
Palestine Ending Water Apartheid in Palestine Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank fighting for the right to a homeland, and for their basic right to water—which Israel continues to deny. By Marianne Dhenin / 11 Apr 2024
Community Why Disability Justice Activists Joined the Movement to Stop Cop City Disability justice activists are joining grassroots efforts to shut down Atlanta’s Cop City, the largest police training campus in the U.S. By Marianne Dhenin / 7 Mar 2024
Palestine Reporting From the Front Lines of a Genocide Being a Palestinian journalist has never been easy, but Israel’s escalation of violence against members of the press in Gaza is unprecedented, say press freedom advocates. Can global solidarity help stop the bloodshed? By Marianne Dhenin / 20 Jan 2024
Community Urban Planning for the People The planning profession is rooted in principles that put business ahead of people. Some people are beginning to push back. By Marianne Dhenin / 30 Sep 2023
Education Preserving Labor History in the Present, for the Future Labor activists take steps to preserve the documents and strategies they use today, so future organizers will have a practical guide. By Marianne Dhenin / 28 Dec 2022
