The burgeoning pro-democracy, anti-Trump movement known as 50501 expects to drive tens and possibly hundreds of thousands to protest in 1,000 cities and towns on Saturday.
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Income Inequality Hurts State Tax Revenues As 2013 Census Reports Historic Wealth Gap
The widening gap between the wealthiest Americans and everyone else has been matched by a slowdown in state tax revenue as the very rich shield their income from taxes.
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How Catholics Are Confronting Climate Change This Week – With or Without the Bishops
Catholics from as far as Florida and Argentina are coming to New York "to indicate our prayerful support of God’s creation."
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Green Latino Movement Pushes Climate Change Further Into Electoral Arena
Nine out of 10 Latinos support government taking action to combat the threat of climate change – and 56 percent of Latinos see climate change as an extremely or very serious issue compared to 43 percent of all voters.
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Unite, Focus, Act: The Global Convergence for Climate Justice In New York City
The history of resistance movements shows that when 3.5% of a population mobilizes on an issue, no government can withstand it – and organizers hope the climate justice movement can reach that level.
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An Australian's Call to Action: Reclaim the Climate Movement
This weekend I won’t be marching for the climate, but I won’t be sitting around doing nothing either – I’ll be at the sixth annual Australian Climate Action Summit in Queensland delivering some inconvenient truths.
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September 17 Actions Mark Three-Year Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street
On the third anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, we'll be gathering in Zuccotti Park, New York City, for a full day of speakers, workshops and teach-ins – concluded, of course, with a march on Wall Street.
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Occupy to Mainstream Media: We Are Replacing You
Using social media and alternative news networks, activists and citizen journalists have found new ways to tell Americans the real story – it's immediate, it's personal, its electronic and its everywhere.
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Three Years Since Liberty Square, We Feel the Collective DNA of Occupy
When we chant “We are the 99%,” it is said with a sense of power, with our heads held a little higher and backs straighter, for people have a newfound dignity in being in the majority.
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Protesters Beware: Don’t Get Stung By Stingrays
If you're planning to take to the streets in New York City or elsewhere this week, know that today's IMSI technology used by police or the FBI could greatly affect the privacy of your cell phone and protest communications.
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Why I Am Marching: A Canadian In New York
The People's Climate March will begin in Columbus Circle – chosen in clear recognition that Indigenous people are on the frontline, leading struggles to protect all of our communities against polluting fossil fuel industries.
