2008

• Youth in Action: Sophya Chum, Immigrant Rights Activist

  : Youth

  Jamilah King You voted. Now what? Look in your own backyard to find an issue close to your community.

• 'Tis the Season to Be Generous

  Katha Pollitt

  Ten great groups that help people who are worse off than you are.

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  Election's Over--Time to Begin

  Michael Pertschuk : Barack Obama Administration

  How millions of Obama volunteers can go to work for a progressive agenda.

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  Obama Needs a Protest Movement

  Frances Fox Piven : Presidential Election 2008

  A grassroots push for reform can make Obama a great president.

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  Antiwar Iraq Vets Arrested

  Brett Story & VideoNation : Iraq War

  A look at the brutal suppression of antiwar Iraq veterans highlights their continued struggle for justice.

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  The GOP's Blame-ACORN Game

  Peter Dreier & John Atlas : Republican Party

  Republicans are scapegoating the respected community advocacy group for Wall Street's disastrous lending spree.

• Main Street Marches on Wall Street

  Lucas Mann : Economics

  As economic turmoil continues over the proposed bailout plan, activists put pressure on Congress.

• Time for a Taxpayer Revolt

  Medea Benjamin & Arun Gupta : U.S. Economy

  The bailout package isn't a compromise: it's an appalling transfer of wealth upward. Register your protest!

• The Relentless Activism of Tom Morello

  ZP Heller : Music

  The Rage Against the Machine guitarist recounts his raucous RNC protest and explains his inspiration for melding politics and popular music.

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  From Organizer to Elected Official

  Peter Dreier : Presidential Election 2008

  It's not that big a leap from the public service work done by community organizers and the pragmatic work of coalition-building done by elected officials.

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  GOP Mocks Public Service

  Peter Dreier & John Atlas : Republican Party

  Mocking community organizers, the GOP attacks a tradition of collective self-help that's made America a more humane country.

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  Dissent in Denver

  VideoNation & Brett Story : Convention 08

  If Barack Obama is promishing change from the bottom up, then what's driving the protests in Denver?

• The Party Crashers

  Michael Gould-Wartofsky : Youth

  Thousands of young activists are poised to protest at the Democratic and Republican conventions. In the age of Obama, is street protest still relevant?

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  Organizing & Obama: A Forum

  : Presidential Election 2008

  Five community organizers from across the country assess the impact of Obama's history as an organizer.

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  Wanted: New Voters

  Christopher Hayes : Presidential Election 2008

  Obama's voter-registration drive could be the change America's been waiting for.

• I Am the Library

  Audrey Sprenger

  In advance of the Democratic convention, the people of Denver speak out on behalf of their city's public library.

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  Brave Nation Activist Award Winner

  Brave Nation : Video

  Cristina Lara is a feminist, a football player, a writer and a straight-A student. Watch her receive the first Brave Nation Activist award.

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  MoveOn at Ten

  Christopher Hayes : Internet & New Media

  It's given voice to a new silent majority--and made a few enemies. Now what?

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  Online Activists Keep the Pressure on Obama

  Ari Melber : Presidential Election 2008

  If Obama is lucky, he will continue to benefit from these energized, sophisticated activists who support his candidacy while they press his hand.

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  This Brave Nation: Two Generations of Hope

  Brave Nation : Public Figures & Intellectuals

  Pete Seeger talks about music and activism with one of the country's most effective young grassroots leaders, Majora Carter.

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  This Brave Nation: Peace Takes Courage

  Brave Nation : Video

  Antiwar activist Ava Lowery and the ACLU's Anthony Romero discuss the legal quagmire into which the country has sunk since 9/11.

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  Brave Nation Young Activist Award

  Brave Nation

  Who is a local unsung hero that even at a young age, has the bravery to put themselves on the line for a cause?

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  Mr. Lessig Goes to Washington

  Christopher Hayes : Congress

  The visionary professor who inspired the "free culture" movement takes on money in politics.

• C'est Terrible!

  Alexander Cockburn

  When in trouble, reach for nuclear subs.

  

• Truckers Hit the Brakes

  Barbara Ehrenreich : Economic Policy

  Hard hit by rising costs and the threat of losing their rigs, truckers are staging protests, calling for a bailout and lower fuel prices. What if the rest of us joined them?