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How a Community Network Caught A Tufts Student Being Abducted by ICE

This is how we know what really happened to Rumeysa Ozturk.

5 Women Musicians Behind Legendary Protest Songs

From Joan Baez to Nina Simone.

How Undercover Organizers Are Energizing the Labor Movement

Let’s talk about “salting.”

How This Teen Labor Organizer Became an International Symbol of Resistance

Angelo Herndon was jailed after leading a march of 1,000 people through Atlanta.

Environmental Racism Is Literally Making Black and Brown Students Sick

Millions of young people like me go to school near major highways.

Gun Violence Has Cast a Shadow Over the Entire 2024 Election Cycle

From a school shooting in Georgia to assassination attempts against Trump.

College Students Are Voting in Numbers They Never Have Before

“You’d think the dysfunction would scare people off, but it’s a motivator.”

This Climate and Mental Health Worker Saw Her Family’s House Burn in a Wildfire

The Lahaina wildfire in Maui killed 102 people.

Who Was Aaron Bushnell Before He Set Himself on Fire for Palestine?

"Many of us like to ask ourselves, ‘What would I do if my country was committing genocide?’" Bushnell wrote in his last post. "You’re doing it. Right now."

How Does Throwing Soup Get Us to Climate Policy Changes?

The latest soup-throwing incident is part of a long tradition of direct action.

Harvard Students Doxxed for Israel-Palestine Letter Speak Out

“I think it's just hard to feel safe when not just your face is on a truck, but also… [faces of] people who look like you.”

Progress Isn’t Guaranteed. We Need to Learn From Protests of the Past

Ben Tumin and Vincent Bevins on the important lessons for a new generation of protesters.

18 Sunrise Activists Arrested for Occupying McCarthy's Office: "The GOP Hates Gen Z"

"The GOP can try to run from the problems... but Gen Z will not stand for that."

Over 100 Protesters Arrested in Biggest NYC Climate Disobedience in a Decade

"We're out of time. And Biden needs to get off his ass and actually do something."

I Interrupted the White House Press Secretary — Here's Why

"President Biden’s continuous support for fossil fuels is putting his support among young people at risk."

We Live in A Society, Whether You Like It Or Not

On the deaths of Jordan Neely, Banko Brown, and Amy St. Pierre.

Republicans Are Censuring Black and Trans Lawmakers

First Mauree Turner, then the Tennessee Three, now Zooey Zephyr.

Lorena Austin Wants to Redefine What a Politician Looks Like

The Arizona state representative is the first Chicanx gender-nonconforming state official in the country.

‘No More Police’ Shows Abolitionists Are the Actual Realists

Mariame Kaba and Andrea Ritchie explain how "we don't actually care about children in this country."

This Dull-Sounding Electoral Practice Fuels Mass Incarceration

“Prison gerrymandering” is a major issue.