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

A new generation of activists, disappointed by the mainstream Jewish response to bigotry, has come to the fore.

A new poll shows the party's base is losing patience. Women at the Congressional Black Caucus' annual conference explain why.

Police are suppressing the rights of protesters—and that's just the way Trump wants it.

The huge march on Saturday may have been a counter-protest, but the organizers have been working for a very long time.

Progressives are wielding their wallets to fight Trump. But there are limits and dangers to harnessing consumer activism for political change.

Why the voting booth matters less than the streets.

A new documentary, "Whose Streets?," shows how protest centered the movement against police brutality.

Dave Grossman teaches police officers to think like "warriors." But is the rise of a militarized mindset turning black citizens into targets?

An elite police squad was supposed to clean up the streets of 1970s Detroit. Instead, it terrorized African Americans, and turned the city into a battleground.

Republican lawmakers are trying to criminalize dissent. Does this herald a larger and more dangerous backlash against free speech?

As Black History Month kicks off with a focus on “The Crisis in Black Education,” the debate has gotten a lot more complicated.

From Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter, the left has been reborn. Can it find a way to harness the populist uprising that brought Trump to power?

The president-elect could use law enforcement to abuse civil rights.

The activist left was anemic under Bush, but flourished under Obama.

Clashes at sports stadiums between white crowds and Black Lives Matter protesters proved that “white fragility” wasn’t a moment, but a movement.