Dania Rajendra is extension faculty at The Worker Institute at Cornell University and a philanthropic consultant. In addition to worker-organizing and philanthropy, she has worked for immigrant’s…
Lynette Aria Jackson is a professor of African history and gender and women’s studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago, a consultant and expert witness on African political asylum cases, and a…
Hamid Khan is the coordinator with the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition, a broad coalition whose primary goal is to raise public awareness, participation, mobilization, and action on police spying and…
Scot Nakagawa is a political strategist and organizer with over four decades of experience exploring questions of structural racism, white supremacy, and social justice. He is the co-founder and…
In the U.S. this week, the Supreme Court heard cases asking whether the Constitution requires states to permit or recognize marriage for same-sex couples; a ruling is expected in June. New U.S…
A group of religious right activists (and a couple of presidential hopefuls) have signed a ” Pledge in Solidarity to Defend Marriage,” in which they “warn” the highest court in the land that they plan…
Let’s say you’re a prominent climate change denier. And then Pope Francis comes along and announces that climate change is going to be a major item on his agenda for the coming months. What do you do…
Last week, Texas Republican Lamar Smith, chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal comparing climate change to religion. Smith argues…