Feminism: The Men Arrive! (Hooray! Uh-Oh!)

By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch Nov 3, 2014 The prime minister of India, retired NFL punter Chris Kluwe, and superstar comedian Aziz Ansari (pictured) all spoke up for feminism this year, part of an unprecedented wave of men actively engaging with what’s usually called "women’s issues." The arrival of the guys signifies a sea change, part of an extraordinary year for feminism. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Dark Money and Poll Taxes: Coping With Our Crazy Democracy

Staff / Truthdig Nov 1, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The 2014 midterms are upon us, Rebecca Solnit says women's issues are men's issues, and "FOIA terrorist" Jason Leopold tells us about Michael Hayden's finances. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Wheel Turns, the Boat Rocks, the Sea Rises

By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch Sep 19, 2014 When we argue for change in response to climate change, we’re arguing against people who claim we’re disrupting a stable system. They insist we’re rocking the boat unnecessarily. I insist it's a lifeboat, and that if we rock hard enough, maybe the people in it will wake up and start rowing instead of clinging to the wreckage of an old order. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

#YesAllWomen Changes the Story

By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch Jun 2, 2014 The Isla Vista murderer took out men as well as women, but blowing away members of a sorority seems to have been the goal of his rampage. He evidently interpreted his lack of sexual access to women as offensive behavior by women who, he imagined in a sad mix of entitlement and self-pity, owed him fulfillment. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Pandora’s Box and the Volunteer Police Force

By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch May 22, 2014 You can abolish the reproductive rights women gained in 1973, with Roe v. Wade, when the Supreme Court legalized abortion -- or rather ruled that women had a right to privacy over their own bodies that precluded the banning of abortion. But you can’t so easily abolish the idea that women have certain inalienable rights. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Open Systems and Glass Ceilings

By Astra Taylor, TomDispatch Apr 11, 2014 Take a look at gender and the Web comes quickly into focus, leaving you with a vivid sense of which direction the Internet is heading in and -- small hint -- it’s not toward equality or democracy. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

By the Way, Your Home Is On Fire

By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch Mar 13, 2014 People in power and bureaucrats seem exceptionally obtuse when it comes to recognizing that the world has changed and the old rules no longer apply. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

The Arc of Justice and the Long Run

By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch Dec 23, 2013 Sometimes cause and effect are centuries apart; sometimes Martin Luther King’s arc of the moral universe that bends toward justice is so long few see its curve; sometimes hope lies not in looking forward but backward to study the line of that arc. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

(The Difficulty of) Looking at Climate Change

By Rebecca Solnit / TomDispatch Oct 10, 2013 Though websites and print media may give us the news, they seldom give us the scale of the news or a real sense of the proportional importance of one thing compared to another. And proportion, scale, is the main news we need right now -- maybe always. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Joy Arises, Rules Fall Apart

By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch Sep 16, 2013 On the second anniversary of that day in lower Manhattan when people sat down in outrage and stayed in dedication and solidarity and hope, remember how unpredictably the world changes, remember those doing heroic work that you might hear little or nothing about but who are all around you, remember to hope and remember to build. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Movements Without Leaders

By Bill McKibben, TomDispatch Aug 19, 2013 Most of the movements of the moment -- even highly successful ones -- don’t have easily discernible leaders. There are highly capable people who have worked overtime for decades to make these movements succeed, but there aren’t particular people that the public at large identifies as the face of the fight. The world has changed in this way, and for the better. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

A Cry for Gold in San Francisco

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 16, 2013 High rents, human displacement and the disappearance of do-it-yourself culture -- author and activist Rebecca Solnit artfully describes the social costs of the last decade of San Francisco's tech boom. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )