A Band of Amateur Activists Rallies Around a Legendary Tree

Neil Cohen / LA Progressive Dec 21, 2017 In a year of political discord, terror, media bombast and natural disasters, a community of all political persuasions comes together to try to save a tree. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

‘Days of Revolt’: Chris Hedges, Lynne Stewart and Ralph Poynter on the Evolution of Radicalism

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2016 Stewart and Poynter, a couple with a long history of fighting for human rights, explain how things have changed since the political activism of the 1960s and ’70s. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Is Wrong About Social Movements and Activists

By Wade Rathke / Chief Organizer Apr 25, 2016 As Obama must know, the role of social movements and many activists is to "speak truth to power,” to chant “more, more, more,” and not to stop until the job is done. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Third Lens: Why Awareness of Class Cultures Can Strengthen Movements for Social Change

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig May 23, 2014 Bringing a class analysis to our understanding of privilege can help make sense of a broad range of experiences. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Free Homes for Writers in Detroit? (Video)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 26, 2013 Directors of the nonprofit Write A House are bent on fixing up some portion of the Michigan city's thousands and thousands of vacant and blighted homes and handing them over to writers for virtually nothing, forever. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

ACORN ‘Bringing Operations to a Close’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2010 ACORN is closing up shop. On Monday, the national community organizing network announced that it would be winding down its operations and planned to shutter its "remaining state affiliates and field offices" by April 1. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

ACORN Changing Shape?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 23, 2010 Despite earlier reports that ACORN, the national coalition of community organizations that some conservatives love to hate, is effectively "dissolving as a national structure," an ACORN spokesperson told The American Prospect that the national network "still exists." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

ACORN Probe Finds No Pattern of Illegality

Staff / Truthdig Dec 8, 2009 The Republicans' favorite punching bag, ACORN, has emerged from an external review process looking far less shady than its opponents would like, but the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now still has some management issues, according to the inquiry's findings. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Who’s Afraid of ACORN?

Staff / Truthdig Oct 21, 2008 Who knew that "community organizing" and "ACORN" would become two of the most mischaracterized and maligned terms during this election season? Well, as a few key members point out in this must-see clip from Brave New Films, ACORN had some idea this might be coming. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )