Food
Food Desert or Food Apartheid?
An excerpt from Hanna Garth's Food Justice Undone on how power dynamics warp progress
Excerpt
Tag: Activism
Innovations in the way that organizations use civil disobedience, protests, and other forms of activism to advance social progress
Advocacy
Building a Climate-Activist Ecosystem
The Kennedy-backed nonprofit Climate Emergency Fund supports disruptive activism to raise awareness of the climate crisis—and is looking to scale. | Open access to this article for non-subscribers is sponsored by an SSIR supporter.
Advocacy
ACLU v. Trump
The American Civil Liberties Union is leading the fight in the United States against the Trump administration's executive overreach. We asked them for a status update.
Civic Engagement
Digital Organizing Ain’t Easy
Digital tools have eased the challenges of recruitment, but fostering long-term engagement remains a problem.
Civic Engagement
Putting Government in the People’s Hands
Tracka seeks to close the accountability gap between the Nigerian government and its citizens.
Collaboration
Powerful, Not Powerless: Emerging Approaches to Massive Action
Mass mobilization to combat authoritarianism dates back millennia. New methods can harness the power of the people and advance causes for justice.
Excerpt
Civic Engagement
Standing Up to Trump
An excerpt from Turf War on opposing Trump’s Television City development in the 1980s
Advocacy
How Social Enterprises Advocate
Research demonstrates that social enterprises are political actors that seek to influence public policy and sociocultural norms.
Civic Engagement
The Foreign Stain on Protests
Accusations that protest movements are receiving foreign support are effective at reducing their public appeal.
Business
Civic Engagement at Work
A study of worker-owned cooperatives demonstrates how people see their civic engagement, whether in the workplace or out in the world, as one and the same activity.