"Soon We Will Be Millions": From Paris with Love and Lessons

This is not a protest – Paris is alive with democracy. Real democracy. Overflowing the streets and squares. By Marina Sitrin

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In Oakland, Replacing Predatory Lenders with Community Finance

Without adequate access to capital, neighborhoods, individuals, families, small businesses, organizations, and nonprofits cannot fully succeed.

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Bernie and the Big Banks

The recent kerfluffle about Bernie Sanders purportedly not knowing how to bust up the big banks says far more about the threat Sanders poses to the Democratic establishment and its Wall Street wing than it does about the candidate himself.

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Victory In Landmark Climate Case As Oregon Judge Rules for Future Generations

In what Bill McKibben and Naomi Klein called the “most important lawsuit on the planet right now,” 21 plaintiffs under the age of 19 sued the federal government for violating their constitutional rights to life, liberty and property.

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The Panama Papers: Leaktivism's Coming of Age

The theory that leaking information is an effective form of social protest is being put to the test like never before. It could give rise to capitalism’s greatest crisis yet.

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San Francisco Becomes First U.S. City to Mandate Fully Paid Parental Leave

Activists hope new law paves way for more progressive policies in the U.S. – the only developed country that doesn’t guarantee paid maternal or paternal leave.

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The Supreme Court Upholds the Historic Principle of One Person, One Vote

A rare win for voting rights by a unanimous court, as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg writes the decision saying that all people are entitled to equal representation under the law.

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In Scotland, People Demand "Banks for the Common Good" to Overthrow Multinationals

A coalition of social justice groups in the U.K. looks at the economic and ecological dangers of corporate mega banks and mounts an argument for democratic reform.

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TPP Under Fire in the U.S. As Other Countries Advance Towards Ratification

As the leading presidential candidates compete for who can bash U.S. trade policies the hardest, other countries have been pressing the gas on the secret controversial trade deal.

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California Governor Announces Landmark $15 Minimum Wage Deal

“It’s a matter of economic justice, it makes sense, and it will help our entire state do much better for its citizens,” said Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday, marking the largest victory to date of the national Fight for $15 movement.

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