It’s the fifty-second anniversary of the event that started the LGBTQ movement. But it’s what happened after the uprising that really matters.

How student debtors took a radical idea to the mainstream

In a city with thousands of vacant homes, families are still homeless. Jennifer Bennetch decided to do something about it.

From “Everybody Hates Bill” to “Go Home Jacob,” it’s been a rough year for the faces of local power.

The president-elect might be willing to compromise with Mitch McConnell on his Cabinet picks. Can liberals force him to play hardball?

Resistance groups spent months planning for this week, but it devolved into infighting about how to answer Trump’s attempt to steal the election.

A grassroots coalition is fighting like hell to build power for the left. Securing a Democratic win this presidential election is a necessary detour on that path.

The forgotten intersectionality of disabilities activism

Marching this year was a reminder that the mainstream LGBT movement still needs to cement its commitment to anti-racism.

How does direct action shape policy?

Grassroots Democrats are marching and donating, but they are not forging a movement.

Many youth activists preceded her. Many others, with underprivileged perspectives, stand with her now.

As Democrats ponder a number of necessary governmental reforms, an army of progressive organizations is building support among the electorate.

Why Google and other firms still cling to their military contracts

How twelve young activists forced a bold idea into the mainstream of the Democratic Party

Grassroots activists have organized a movement stronger than Obama’s, and the midterm elections were just the beginning.

For these women, environmentalism and women's rights are closely linked: Past drilling projects have resulted in increased assaults, cancer, and infertility.

An Ohio megachurch’s revival of religious community activism

Oprah, not activists, may have sunk labor nominee Andy Puzder. But arbitrary events don't set the zeitgeist like mass activism does.

History shows that civil disobedience and mass protests are more effective in the long run than black-bloc tactics.