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SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

CORPORATE POWER

Listen to the New Song ‘Billionaires’

Billionaires, a song by singer and song writer Chris Buhalis, who says, "I am not on this planet to serve billionaire overlords—and neither are you. Bilionaires are not your fucking friends."

Americans Have No Constitutional Right to Clean Drinking Water Ruled Appellate Court

Americans do not have the constitutional right to clean drinking water, ruled the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, following a lawsuit alleging the negligence of the City of Jackson resulted in children having lead poisoning.

DEMOCRACY

A Vision For a City We Can Live In

A mayoral candidate's platform in Oregon symbolizes many campaigns for change nationally, highlighting concrete platforms for change that include local control by the public, housing/homelessness first, food, jobs, health, and more. 

Trump Sent Homeland Security to Search My House

"In their ludicrous, partisan investigation into my immigration status, Trump is telling his voters: Ignore the price of gas, the war in Iran, that you’re losing healthcare —get angry about this instead," says U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar.

ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE, WATER

A Rare Win in Indian Country: How Tribes Drove Out Mining Company in One Week

“None of this moves forward without all of us working collectively,” said Anissa Martin, who leads NDN’s Black Hills Land Back campaign. “Everybody had a role, and we understood that.”

Americans Have No Constitutional Right to Clean Drinking Water Ruled Appellate Court

Americans do not have the constitutional right to clean drinking water, ruled the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, following a lawsuit alleging the negligence of the City of Jackson resulted in children having lead poisoning.

HEALTHCARE

The Opportunity Is the Point

Assumptions about disability can become barriers.

Organizing for Affordable, Accessible, Quality Healthcare for All Texans

People are being hurt by a system that puts corporate profits over our health. The Texas Organizing Project is launching a statewide organizing campaign to lower healthcare costs, increase accessibility, and boost quality of care for all Texans.

HUMAN RIGHTS

A Room for Two-Thirds of My Income

There is something remarkable about being too poor for an affordable housing opportunity. It is a market signal delivered directly to your nervous system.

ICE Terror Targets Us All

ICE terror is morally wrong, is spreading, and can easily threaten us all. Already, there are victims nationwide, citizens and non-citizens alike. Millions more need to stand up. Stop The Terror. Stop ICE.

LABOR

The Opportunity Is the Point

Assumptions about disability can become barriers.

Labor Day Thoughts

On this Labor Day, 2026, workers all over the country continue the fight for unions and labor rights for all. Videos in this article illustrate some of the battles that have been won and those that continue to be fought out today.

POLICE & PRISONS

Government Charges Man ICE Shot In Back With Assault

Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, the Venezuelan immigrant shot in the back by an ICE agent in Austin September 20, has now been charged by the government with assaulting a federal officer.

ICE Shooting of Austin Delivery Man Sparks Outrage

Austin shooting came 10 weeks after ICE agent fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, whch followed a series of shootings involving ICE, including the killing of US citizens Renée Good and Alex Pretti in MN. Austin community protests arose immediately with renewed calls to Abolish ICE.

RACIAL JUSTICE

Police Shooting of 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley ‘Was Justified,’ Mississippi Attorney General Says

Police fired into a car in a MIssissippi Walmart parking lot in June, killing baby Kohen Wiley. Mississippi's attorney general now says the shooting was "justified."

A Rare Win in Indian Country: How Tribes Drove Out Mining Company in One Week

“None of this moves forward without all of us working collectively,” said Anissa Martin, who leads NDN’s Black Hills Land Back campaign. “Everybody had a role, and we understood that.”

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Corporate control of energy is killing us

  One of Trump’s first acts as president was to green-light the Dakota Access Pipeline, threatening the drinking water of millions of people. For months,...

Why I am joining the March for Science

I have been a working research scientist for almost 50 years. I will join the March for Science in opposition to the current threat to science and ...

WEALTH & POVERTY

Listen to the New Song ‘Billionaires’

Billionaires, a song by singer and song writer Chris Buhalis, who says, "I am not on this planet to serve billionaire overlords—and neither are you. Bilionaires are not your fucking friends."

Grotesque Billionaire Bonanza: 41 Energy Tycoons’ Fortunes Grow by $23.5 Billion Since Trump Launched Iran War

While energy industry billionaires in G7 countries collectively increased their wealth by $23.5 billion since Trump lanunched the Iran war; families skip meals and govt's slashs life-saving aid.

YOUTH

People’s Tribune Wants Interns!

The People’s Tribune is looking for passionate interns to help us amplify grassroots voices for change. We are independent, non-profit, volunteer-run with no paid staff or corporate funding.

The Kids Are Alright. Maybe the Rest of Us Need To Remember What Standing up Actually Looks Like

Youth in France and other countries are asking why they should accept a system that keeps telling them there isn't enough to go around while those at the top keep getting richer?

DATA CENTERS

Tennessee Rep. Justin Pearson Calls for Moratorium on Data Centers

"We deserve real economic development in our communities, not someone exploiting our community for their own benefit and profit," says TN State Rep. Justin Pearson, who calls for a nationwide moratorium on data centers.

Musk Builds Polluting Data Centers in Poorest Black Communities

Tennessee State Rep. Justin Pearson asks, “Why aren’t we making polluters pay for being in Memphis and Shelby County?”

EDUCATION

A New Generation Faces a Tougher Job Market

While hiring has slowed for a variety of economic reasons, the hiring process and the job market itself is also changing through increased automation and artificial intelligence.

Cuba’s Education in Crisis: Closures at the University of Havana

Young Cubans could lose the promise of a free, universal education, and consequences of the Cuban blockade stretch to communities around the world that have long depended on Cuban-trained doctors and teachers.

GUN VIOLENCE

After Georgia Shooting, Students Walk Out Demanding ‘Future Free of Gun Violence’

Thousands of Georgia students walkout "to demand a future free from gun violence" following mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winde.

‘I Am Outraged, and You Should Be Too!’

The writer is outraged at four more persons killed in a school shooting. She also explains her outrage that the 14 year old child who killed four people and wounded others will be treated as an adult in the criminal justice system.

HOMELESSNESS & HOUSING

A Room for Two-Thirds of My Income

There is something remarkable about being too poor for an affordable housing opportunity. It is a market signal delivered directly to your nervous system.

Politics and Family Homelessness

Given adequate support, people can move forward with their lives. Kids who receive assistance and access to educational offerings — academic, extra-curricular, athletics, nutrition — can thrive as adults.

IMMIGRANTS, MIGRANTS & REFUGEES

The Throughline: ICE The Vote

Noncitizens almost never vote illegally. But Trump's campaign to root it out could have a chilling effect on eligible voters and penalize innocent mistakes.

Let Love Be The Uprising

"There is a particular kind of courage in remaining tender when the world rewards brutality," writes poet Sarah Hackney.

LGBTQ+ RIGHTS

The Confusing World of Sexuality and Gender

A discussion of gender and sexuality and the writer’s personal journey exploring what descriptions they want to identify with.

War on Trans People and Its Meaning In the Age of Trump

This year, Pride Month arrives at an especially dire moment for the LGBTQ+ community. Under the second Trump administration, homophobic vitriol and violence are on the rise.

POLITICS & ELECTIONS

Time to Dream Big and Deliver Big

The midterm elections have dramatically demonstrated what most voters want for a new and vibrant political and economic landscape: How to live and work healthily and strongly without paying through our noses.

Texas Democrats Are Emboldened To Change Course

Already, leaders of the large Democrat-led cities in Texas are proclaiming they will no longer cooperate with the Greg Abbott/Ken Paxton regime.

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

Woman Miscarries, Ends up in Jail For 5 Months

A Texas woman who had a miscarriage in a restaurant bathroom was jailed for five months. Her story was falsely presented to the public as an act by an uncaring woman who ‘flushed her baby down the toilet.’ The truth is a far different story.

Medicaid Cuts Could Devastate Access to Reproductive Care and Contraception

Medicaid cuts would disproportionately affect women of reproductive age, threatening access to birth control, maternity care, and other health services.

WAR & PEACE

Grotesque Billionaire Bonanza: 41 Energy Tycoons’ Fortunes Grow by $23.5 Billion Since Trump Launched Iran War

While energy industry billionaires in G7 countries collectively increased their wealth by $23.5 billion since Trump lanunched the Iran war; families skip meals and govt's slashs life-saving aid.

Cuba’s Education in Crisis: Closures at the University of Havana

Young Cubans could lose the promise of a free, universal education, and consequences of the Cuban blockade stretch to communities around the world that have long depended on Cuban-trained doctors and teachers.

WOMEN

We are Jane Doe

What happens when the institution responsible for investigating harm is the same institution worried about its reputation, donors, fraternity relationships, and legal liability? Silence protects power. Accountability means confronting it.

Believe Women. Believe Survivors. Teach Our Boys Better.

"What I can do as a man is listen, believe women, support survivors and refuse to participate in the attitudes and behavior that make sexual violence easier to dismiss or excuse."