Nationalism is the egg that hatches fascism. And patriotism is but the father of nationalism.read more

We need to consider leaving our schools open for the summer, partially staffed, so that students who have no safe place to go can stay at this refuge. We need summer-long community activities to be expanded and fully funded. We need to keep our children fed, involved and safe.read more

As I return with one final sigh off my rocky walk, I still carry my worry with me. I feel for the Gulf residents watching their beloved coast, their healing place – birds, water, reeds – get tarred and choked. I cannot imagine their sadness.read more

Kagan comes off as a company woman, not given to confrontation or disquietingly ideological views.read more

Hollman Morris, winner of an award from Human Rights Watch and a Nieman Fellow at Harvard, can't come here.read more

Even the late William Rehnquist, a solidly conservative Supreme Court chief justice, acknowledged Marshall’s impact on the nation’s laws when he noted years ago that Marshall rewrote the “American constitutional landscape.”read more

Including playing Capture the Flag with some high school students in the plenary hall, and feeling an earthquake, a huge thunderstorm, and a near-tornado all in one day. Meanwhile, we’re ready to fight—and to win.read more

A year after the coup in Honduras, the Obama administration, to its shame, has thrown itself fully behind the country’s ongoing repressive regime.read more

The beauty far overwhelms the chaos here at the forum, but what are the concrete steps moving forward?read more

The idea is to avoid making reading an unpleasant chore. Instead, show it as an integral and enriching part of daily life.read more

Silently holding up an “End War” sign has led to the suspension of two Massachusetts high school teachers.read more

An invigorating day of smart analysis, lively debate, celebration of victories, and a march against municipal budget cuts.read more

It was back at the 2007 social forum in Atlanta where the National Domestic Workers Alliance was formed. So it’s amazing and inspiring to come back to the social forum three years later and hear about their victory in New York State.read more

Community gardens are a way to do community organizing, and community organizing is at the heart of the U.S. Social Forum.read more

I’m at the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit, the heart of post-industrial resistance and community-building.read more