Breaking: Third Major Coal Spill in Tennessee
By Jamie Henn - Jan 15th, 2009 at 4:34 pmNews is just coming out today that a major coal spill has taken place for the third time in just over a month in Tennessee.…
Posts Tagged ‘activism’
Convincing Obama to Investigate Torture
By Jesse Singal - Jan 9th, 2009 at 11:13 amAri Melber of The Nation and other progressive journalists and bloggers are trying to use Change.gov to put pressure on President-elect Obama to dig up…
After Kyoto
By Dan Kagan-Kans - Dec 12th, 2008 at 12:59 pmTwo major international climate change talks crossed paths in Europe today. The European Union’s top heads of state started meeting in Brussels to hash out…
Yes They Did
By Jesse Singal - Dec 11th, 2008 at 11:43 amAccording to The New York Times, the good guys won in the Republic Windows and Doors factory standoff:
The occupation of a window-manufacturing plant here…
Hip-Hop Republicans Try to Change Their Party’s Focus
By Andy Kroll - Oct 31st, 2008 at 4:44 pmThe following is the second of two posts on The Hip-Hop Republicans, a group of young people aiming to reinvent the Republican Party. You can…
You Down With GOP?
By Andy Kroll - Oct 31st, 2008 at 1:49 pmThe following is the first of two posts on The Hip-Hop Republicans, a group of young people aiming to reinvent the Republican Party. Look for…
The Future of International Service
By Kay Steiger - Oct 9th, 2008 at 6:01 pmOver at Campus Progress we have a couple of articles on the Peace Corps and other kinds of international service. The first, by Adam Welti,…
Maryland State Police: Your Nonviolence Terrorizes Us
By Jesse Singal - Oct 8th, 2008 at 1:44 pmMaybe I was out of line when I argued last week that only non-white folks are ever saddled with the “terrorist” label. It turns out…
A History of Athlete Activism
By Kay Steiger - Oct 3rd, 2008 at 12:12 pmToday over at Campus Progress Andy Kroll has a review of Dave Zirin’s latest book, A People’s History of Sports in the United States. It…
Youth Activism Isn’t Dead, Just Different
By Ned Resnikoff - Sep 26th, 2008 at 2:56 pmI love “not really news to anyone” stories–those are the articles that pop up in newspapers every once in a while with headlines that say…
Youth Care About the Economy, 13% Still Undecided
By Kay Steiger - Sep 24th, 2008 at 11:35 amRock the Vote released a new poll of young voters for the month of September. It seems that young people are just as concerned about…
Now on Campus Progress: Battling Protests in the Public Eye, and Community Organizing Does Good
By Kay Steiger - Sep 18th, 2008 at 5:30 pmOver at Campus Progress, Tim Fernholz has a review of the film Battle in Seattle. The film comes out this weekend, but Tim wants to…
A Silver Lining to the Market Meltdown?
By Ned Resnikoff - Sep 18th, 2008 at 2:37 pmMany thanks to Jesse, Rob, Kay, and the rest of the Pushback team for giving me an opportunity to blog here. I’m really excited to…
No Vacancy for Polar Bears on DC Streets
By Jessica Hillyard - Sep 18th, 2008 at 11:30 amOn Tuesday morning, In the bustling, newly redeveloped neighborhood of Columbia Heights in Washington, DC, onlookers took note of what appeared to be a homeless…
