Activism

At Annual NORML Conference, Legalization Initiatives Take Front and Center

By Phillip Smith / Drug War Chronicle

Pot policy activists say legalization initiatives on the ballot this November "The Final Days of Prohibition."

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Native History Under Attack: Students Fight Back Against Bans That Crush Ethnic Studies From Israel to Arizona

By Denise Rebeil , Gabriel M. Schivone / AlterNet

The Progressive Candidates’ Secret: How They May Defeat Their Opponents Who Are Outspending Them By Millions

By Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Girl Activist Shot in the Head for Demanding an Education

By Shelby Knox / The Ms. Education of Shelby Knox

Why Susan Scott Buried TransCanada's Money on Her Family Farm

By Candice Bernd / Truthout

Progressive Photo of the Day: Chickens Living in an Old Bug

Progressive Photo of the Day: High-Heeled Men Storm the Streets for an End to Sexual Violence

Now the Work of Movements Begins

Activism

Pro-Tolerance Subway Ads to Hang Near Anti-Islam Posters

Natasha Lennard / Salon

Is Whole Foods Sincere About its Support for Labeling Genetically Modified Foods?

Ronnie Cummins / AlterNet

WA Initiative to Legalize Pot Enjoys Popularity at the Polls -- So Why Are Some Pot Activists Against It?

Phillip Smith / Drug War Chronicle

Food MythBusters Take on Big Ag's Worst Lies

Anna Lappé / AlterNet

Seeking Living Wage and Humane Conditions, Workers Bring Fair Food Struggle to Chipotle

Amy Goodman / Democracy Now!

Two Books Check in on Feminist Revolution in Wake of Shulamith Firestone's Death

Claire Glass / AlterNet

$34.4 Million Can’t Seem To Buy Prop 37 Opponents Like Monsanto and Big Food Their Own Facts

Zack Kaldveer / AlterNet

How Wall Street Profits from Kicking Black People Off Their Land

Imara Jones / ColorLines

Win! Rental Car Companies Can No Longer Give You Recalled Cars That Could Burst Into Flames

Lauren Kelley / AlterNet

Meet the Bank Exec Fighting to Foreclose on a Wheelchair-Bound Cancer Patient

Peter Dreier / AlterNet

Why I Risked My Body to Stop Arctic Drilling

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

No One At Home: How To Deal With Foreclosures In Your Community

Ann Brown / Madame Noire

Phoenix Mayor Attempts to Live on a Food Stamp Budget: 'I'm Tired, and It's Hard To Focus'

Travis Waldron / Think Progress

Police Accused of Using Torture Tactics Against Nonviolent Keystone XL Pipeline Protesters

Candice Bernd / Truthout

Showing Pakistan a Different American Face: CODEPINK Delegation Set to Protest Drone Strikes

Medea Benjamin / AlterNet

Thousands Surround Spanish Parliament in Bid to "Occupy Congress" and Stop Austerity

Amy Goodman / Democracy Now

Greek Protests Get Violent After New Austerity Cuts

Katerina Voussoura / AFP

Son of a Bigot

Dick Gordon / Salon

Only a Revolution in Our Thinking Can Save Us From a Water Crisis

Tara Lohan / AlterNet

Shocking Stories of Loss Motivate Mourners of Mexico's Drug War Victims to Hold the U.S. Responsible

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

Footage of NYPD's Brutal Raid That Ended 2-Month Occupation of Zuccotti Park Released

Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet

South Africa Lifts Fracking Moratorium; Citizens Alarmed By U.S. Fracking Examples

Sabrina Artel / AlterNet

Classic Koch: How California's Prop. 32 Could Enrich Two Billionaires

Matthew Fleischer / Frying Pan News

Keep an Eye on Some of the Best Organizing Going On in America: 6 Activist Projects to Watch

Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet

Undocumented and Unafraid: Tam Tran, Cinthya Felix, and the Immigrant Youth Movement

Kent Wong, Janna Shadduck-Hernández, Fabiola Inzunza, Julie Monroe, Victor Narro, Abel Valenzuela Jr. / UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education

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