On the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, whose stories are told and whose are marginalized? 

Could the U.S. President’s annual address be reconfigured as a playful, reflective and connective civic ritual? Here’s how.

Liberals and progressives may feel besieged by the religious right, but they should breathe easy: they are winning.

The rich get rich through wealth extraction, not wealth creation. It’s time that was put to an end.

The UK government spends £37 billion on the arms industry every year. What if it invested in green energy instead?

Until we know what we would die for, we don't know why we're alive. But what, if anything, would you be willing to kill for?

We may no longer herd people with HIV/AIDS into colonies, but economic policy still leads to destitution and despair. That's why activist group ACT UP UK have reformed.

Can the world be reconstructed through the fusion of personal and social change? We say yes. Here's to another year of Transformation.

Social innovation has an irresistible global appeal, but is it biased towards protecting the status quo? 

Seamus’ whiteness means that I don’t have to teach him how to prepare for humiliation. That is white privilege in a nutshell.

The United States is a violent nation. The police are part of this problem. They have to be part of the solution.

The need for a despised underclass of darker-skinned cheap labor has underpinned American prosperity since slavery. A new film looks at the lives of the latest class of disposable “plastic people.” 

I’m sick of seeing people die, I’m tired of losing loved ones. I don’t want to die on the streets, I don’t want to get shot over some nonsense and I don’t want to shoot anyone.

Studies are starting to reveal how social media are changing our lives—for better and for worse.

Nonviolent action is a seamless part of the rhythm of life. A review of Waging Peace: Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist.

As the world’s silent places disappear, are we forgetting how to listen?

In immaculate clinics people are segregated, held down, drugged, often with no other purpose than to control them and get them out of the way. Content warning: eating disorders, self harm, medical abuse.