Origin Story
Organizing for Change: The Genius of the First Earth Day
What we can learn from the successes of local activists in 1970.
Q&A
Mark Rudd’s Lessons From SDS and the Weather Underground for Today’s Radicals
The famous activist reflects on what radicals like him got right and got wrong, and what today’s socialists should learn from his experiences.
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American Environmentalisms
Tracing the many forms that environmentalism has taken in the U.S., from transcendentalism and conservationism to the 20th century push for regulation to today's climate justice movement.
Argument
Overlooking the Past
Land acknowledgments amount to the hollow incantations of hollow people.
Debunk
D.A.R.E. Is More Than Just Antidrug Education—It Is Police Propaganda
DARE lost its once hegemonic influence over drug education, but it had long-lasting effects on American policing, politics, and culture.
Origin Story
The Origins of Conservatism’s ‘Gnostic’ Meme
You can thank Eric Voegelin for the right’s clichéd catchall critique for the left.
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Jewish Soldiers Held a Makeshift Seder in the Middle of the Civil War
Union soldiers improvised a Passover celebration near what's now Fayetteville, W.Va. They're being honored with a sign at the approximate site.