If our ex-presidents couldn’t solve America’s problems while they were in office, what good are they in this current crisis?

Richard Nixon tried to play on white fears about cities burning. It doesn’t necessarily guarantee success.

There can be no healing in America without an honest reckoning with racial injustice—but we have long known that.

Furious at being denied their fast food and manicures, the “reopen America” rebels have invented a slew of new constitutional rights.

As white armed protesters flood state capitols to be marveled at by the media and left alone by police, workers of color are fighting for their survival.

The challenges of collective action under lockdown

What happens when we can no longer march?

Pay attention to the rules and regulations being changed right now, and whom they benefit.

Despite his electoral failures, the Vermont senator has wrought incredible political shifts for a future generation to capitalize upon.

Very online vitriol can be counterproductive, but anger is often the last resort of the dispossessed.

In order to save our democracy, we must not merely defeat the Republican Party.

There's cause for hope, here at the end of the Decade From Hell: a new breed of hell-raiser.

A fortune built on exploiting the earth funds an empire dedicated to smothering free speech.

Theoretically, protesters won a huge victory with the government dropping its extradition bill. But Beijing is likely to double down on repressive measures as a result.

France’s gilets jaunes protests are the latest Western uprising against rule by technocratic insiders.

What makes a protest powerful?

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Catholic Church has become a powerful voice for democracy. Now, it is trying to ensure a fair election.

Evo Morales has done remarkable things for his country. But now, he is rejecting term limits—and Bolivians are taking to the streets to stand up for the rule of law.

America today has a lot in common with that bygone era of monopolies and gross inequality. But will the country respond similarly?

Term limits enforced, oligarchy on the run—all thanks to a targeted, disciplined protest campaign.