Sick of Student Loans? Some Schools Offer to Take Part of Future Earnings Instead

Clara Romeo / Truthdig Jul 21, 2018 Norwich University is the latest college to adopt the approach. Though the alternative to student loans is being praised, some critics warn of unintended consequences. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

When Was Your Last Movement?

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The Menace of Trump and the New Authoritarianism: An Interview With Henry Giroux

By Joan Pedro-Carañana / Truthout Apr 14, 2017 The renowned intellectual and social activist analyzes the underlying forces of authoritarianism in the U.S. and Europe and argues the need for resistance. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges Talks With Michael Gecan About Building Organizations to Empower Ordinary Citizens

BLANK Jan 9, 2017 When asked why he tells poor communities to raise funds without government aid, the community organizer responds, "Because power is organized people and organized money." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Are Americans Ready for a Municipalist Movement?

By Alexander Kolokotronis / ROAR Dec 3, 2016 In the Trump era, Americans will need to consolidate counterpower via participatory democracy and economic self-management at the local level. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

How the Left Should Approach Life After the Election, With Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton in Charge

Paul Street / Truthdig Nov 5, 2016 No matter who wins the presidency, the work of the electorate doesn’t end after voting. Leftists must continue to build strong social movements and engage in the day-to-day, bottom-up politics beyond the major-party carnival. Dig deeper ( 12 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 )

Martin Luther King Jr. Hoped to Be Conscience of All Political Parties Instead of President (Video)

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Apr 4, 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. believed civil resistance movements could force officials to effect change. Forty-eight years after his death, King's nonviolent, transformative legacy lives. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

In Praise of Impractical Movements

By Mark Engler and Paul Engler / TomDispatch Mar 10, 2016 Social movements turn issues and demands considered both unrealistic and politically inconvenient into matters that can no longer be ignored. They succeed, that is, by championing the impractical. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Our Kids

By Patrick Walsh Mar 4, 2016 This is a book about choices that have changed the United States from a place “that offered decent opportunity for all the kids in town” to a place that is increasingly divided between those who have almost everything and those who have almost nothing. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Occupy the Party: Bernie Sanders’ Campaign as a Site of Struggle

By Not An Alternative Feb 19, 2016 Instead of treating the Democratic Party as some kind of authority with the power to co-opt our message, we should treat it like any street or park and occupy it. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

What’s at Stake This Election Year? Ending the Vicious Cycle of Wealth and Power

Robert Reich / Truthdig Jan 3, 2016 The United States has succumbed to a vicious cycle in which great wealth translates into political power, which generates even more wealth and even more power. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )