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Op-Ed: Anti-apartheid divestment built a movement of people. That's what the climate crisis needs

Op-Ed: Anti-apartheid divestment built a movement of people. That's what the climate crisis needs

Los Angeles Times — The environmental activist and writer Bill McKibben estimates that the movement to pressure institutions to stop investing in and profiting from carbon-emitting industries has resulted in institutions pledging to pull $15 trillion in investments from polluting companies. That's an incredible achievement in just one decade.

The Entire U.S. Governing Class Owns the Crisis in Afghanistan

The Entire U.S. Governing Class Owns the Crisis in Afghanistan

Teen Vogue — The "peace" that the United States brokered in Afghanistan wasn't expected to last, but it seems few officials in the Biden administration thought the government would collapse so quickly. Within a week, a rapid offensive by the Taliban captured nearly every major urban center in the country and led to the fall of the government this Sunday.

The U.S. Capitol Insurrection Sets a Dangerous Precedent

The U.S. Capitol Insurrection Sets a Dangerous Precedent

Teen Vogue

All That Jazz: KC's rise and fall

All That Jazz: KC's rise and fall

Scalawag — Rhythm and blues musician Jesse Stone, a Kansas City, Missouri native, once said "Kansas City... did more for jazz music, Black music, than any other influence at all." He told the Orlando Sentinel in 1993, "Almost all their joints that they had there, they used Black bands.

4 Lessons on Organizing From the Anti-Apartheid Movement

4 Lessons on Organizing From the Anti-Apartheid Movement

Teen Vogue — June 16 is national Youth Day in South Africa, and it marks the anniversary of the Soweto Uprising. In 1976, the South African system of racial segregation, apartheid, dominated the country. In Soweto, a township that borders Johannesburg, Black schoolchildren went on strike to protest a law requiring that they be taught in Afrikaans.

Perspective | Why corporations can't be trusted to advance human rights

Perspective | Why corporations can't be trusted to advance human rights

Post Outlook (The Washington Post) — China's ongoing repression of Uighurs in Xinjiang has produced a relatively weak response from the United States and Western Europe. One suggestion from Human Rights Watch revived an old idea: Insist that multinational companies doing business in China adopt human rights monitoring to exert pressure on China and bring about change.

The ancient remains of Great Zimbabwe

The ancient remains of Great Zimbabwe

BBC — Walking up to the towering walls of Great Zimbabwe was a humbling experience. The closer I got, the more they dwarfed me - and yet, there was something inviting about the archaeological site.

How Southern prisons shaped American music

How Southern prisons shaped American music

Scalawag — Southern prisons have birthed some of the most iconic songs in American music history through the exploitation of incarcerated musicians.

We're Living in a New Age of Robber Barons | Dame Magazine

We're Living in a New Age of Robber Barons | Dame Magazine

DAME Magazine — There is a huge chasm between the wealthiest Americans and the rest of us. In 2024, it came out that Jeff Bezos makes roughly $7.9 million an hour-more than three times as much as a typical college grad earns in their whole lifetime.

Anti-Fascist Movements Have Succeeded in the Past. Can They Work in the U.S.? | Dame Magazine

Anti-Fascist Movements Have Succeeded in the Past. Can They Work in the U.S.? | Dame Magazine

DAME Magazine — For many of us, the idea of life under dictatorship tends to conjure images from George Orwell's 1984, where we imagine the government is all-powerful, and resistance is futile. Perhaps that's where things are headed, but we're not yet there-and an omnipotent autocracy is not the only possibility.