Activism

For three years a grassroots movement for universal healthcare has been building in Vermont. On May 1, 2011 thousands rallied for health care as a human right in Montpelier, the state's capital.

The 2011 National Conference for Media Reform brought together more than 2,500 independent media makers, educators and leaders in the media reform movement.

What the privatization of public spaces has to do with our likelihood of taking to the streets.

In the UK, the Great Recession inspired ordinary people to take on corporate tax evaders—with enormous success. Can the same model work in the U.S.?

Chicago's 49th Ward first US government to adopt Brazilian practice of letting the people make their own budgets.

Welcoming the New Year Saturday January 1, 2011 nine women from Vermont and Massachusetts were arrested as they blocked the driveway leading in to the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant owned by Entergy.