The World Is Burning鈥擠oes the YES! Approach Still Matter?
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Beyond Criminality in the U.S. Immigration System
There is little recourse when a visa application is denied because of a criminal background. In order to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, it is vital for the country to nix the idea of criminality altogether.
Self-Determined: Solidarity in Sovereignty
Less than four months into the second Trump presidency, we鈥檝e witnessed a barrage of destructive policies, aggressive actions, and increasingly alarming rhetoric driven by greed and authoritarian ambition. While I
Apocalypse Chow: Street Food Vendors Are Connoisseurs, Not Criminals
New York City鈥檚 Street Vendor Project is advocating for more official support and an end to harsh penalties.
Artists Deserve Cash With No Strings Attached
Artists contribute to the well-being of our communities. It鈥檚 time to give them a basic income.
萝莉社: An Ode to Collective Organizing
Through block-by-block organizing, we can transform our material conditions鈥攆rom isolation and fear to care and cooperation.
Applying Lessons From the Armenian Genocide to Gaza
Armenians know from experience that genocide is a process, not an event, and they have lessons for those fighting for peace in Gaza.
Self-Determined: Foundations Must Match the Far Right鈥檚 Commitment to Systemic Change. Here鈥檚 How.
In today鈥檚 hostile political climate, philanthropy must move beyond performative gestures and into authentic partnership.
Trauma Prevention Is Crime Prevention
When people's needs are met, there is less violence鈥攁nd less need for policing and prisons.
10 Organizing Principles for Defeating Trumpism 2.0
鈥淧laying nice ain鈥檛 going to cut it with people who want to kill you and your community,鈥� writes Arun Gupta. 鈥淲e need principles that build power now and for the long term.鈥�
Reckoning: No Bodily Autonomy Without Gender Liberation
Conservatives want to control and own our bodies. We can鈥檛 let them.
The Revolution Will Not Be Commercialized
Target鈥檚 DEI rollback and Kendrick Lamar鈥檚 Super Bowl performance make clear that Black capitalism will not save us.
萝莉社: A Dream for Trans Belonging
We have so much cultural wealth and lived wisdom rooted in our will to survive like hell against all odds.
Self-Determined: Climate Resilience Is Sacred
Real sustainability prioritizes sovereignty, community resilience, and protection from authoritarianism.
Apocalypse Chow: Don鈥檛 Let Corporations Define Vegetables
Because corporations hold sway over our food system and our lives, they make it harder to access healthy vegetables.
What Leonard Peltier鈥檚 Freedom Represents for Indigenous Futures
Leonard Peltier鈥檚 release embodies the liberation possible through intergenerational organizing.
萝莉社: Dawn of a New Beginning
adrienne maree brown has invited Movement Generation to bring us stories of life worth living in 2025.
In Fighting Fascism, We Must Choose Our Battles Wisely
We must ask ourselves: Does the fight we鈥檙e in advance us toward a revolutionary shift?聽
What It鈥檚 Like to Serve a Life Sentence Without Parole
I want those serving life sentences to be heard so we鈥檙e not eternally invisible.
萝莉社: A Spell for the Winter Solstice
adrienne maree brown offers a winter solstice poem that encourages us to birth new realities.
We Can Solve Our Care and Housing Crises, Together
Both of these crises require new systems and structures that reflect our commitment to our blood and chosen families.
Stories Retold in Water and Tallow
Traditional buffalo hide painting memorializes matriarchs who lived their medicine.
Ancestors in Focus
As the sun sets over the Collegiate Peaks in central Colorado, John Edward Graybill blacks out the windows of his kitchen, which doubles as his studio. A single beam of
Rest as Resistance聽
Tricia Hersey鈥檚 new book insists we have the power to refuse capitalism鈥檚 grind culture and instead prioritize rest.聽
Our Power Goes Beyond the Ballot Box
There鈥檚 no denying the terror of this moment. But we will get through it with a love-filled movement focused on safety, security, and stability.
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