How to Fight for Radical Change and Never Burn Out
Anyone who has done community organizing knows that there are no formulas for successful resistance. At the same time,…
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The Long Struggle for Affordable Housing in New Jersey Dates Back to the Civil Rights Movement
In New Jersey, municipalities are still constitutionally required to provide their “fair share” of affordable housing, but there is no longer any elected or state-level body responsible for defining what that means, or for helping to ensure the standard is followed.
France in Revolt: Pension Cut Protests Rage on Into Their Fourth Month
A protest movement against increasing the retirement age has become an existential struggle over the French way of life.
The NYPD’s Sordid History Chronicled in New Report
The Police Reform Organizing Project provides a detailed summary of the NYPD’s nefarious ways from its founding in 1845 to the present day.
The Rev says “All of life is becoming a kind of porn.” He has a cure for that.
‘We Won!’ Immigrant-rights Community Celebrates End of 30-year Saga for Jean Montrevil
Jean Montrevil no longer has to worry about being deported.
Voices from May Day: New Yorkers in Union Square Celebrate Workers, Working-class History
The annual International Workers Day celebration brought together hundreds of workers and organizers. Read what a few of them have to say.
Retired City Workers Hold Largest Medicare Advantage Protest to Date
Retired city workers have been protesting mayoral plans to hand over their health-care coverage to privately run Medicare Advantage…
NYPD’s Protest-Control Group Ducks City Council Scrutiny
NYPD officials refuse to appear before a City Council committee looking into a police special unit with a history of assaulting protesters.
Stop Cop City: The Fight for a Forest and the Future of American Policing
The effort to save a forest in Atlanta from becoming the country’s largest police-training facility has become the latest flashpoint in the struggle over the future of policing.