Throughout American history, religion has played a significant role in promoting social reform. From the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century to the civil rights movement of the 20th ...
Thomas Jefferson’s proclamation of “self-evident truths” in the Declaration of Independence was a turning point in world ...
The famed educator and Highlander Folk School founder offers insights on living through the ups and downs of movement cycles.
It has never been clearer that ideas germinated by social movements exert great force in law and politics in the United States. Examples from the left abound over the last decade. Occupy Wall Street ...
The past several years have seen dramatic growth in social movements demonstrating their dissent through public mass mobilization and acts of civil disobedience, from Black Lives Matter and Fridays ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Gal Beckerman talked about forms of communications activists use to exchange ideas to affect change. New York Times Book Review editor and ...
Gordon, a noted historian of the United States, seeks to understand how social movements arise and operate, in the belief that these movements have changed the world as significantly as have wars or ...
The Tea Party rang in the decade, and President Trump's rallies continue with gusto. In between, America rediscovered its capacity for protest and social action on a grand scale. Why have social ...
This piece was originally published at Waging Nonviolence. Social movements are stronger when they sing. That’s a lesson that has been amply demonstrated throughout history, and it’s one that I have ...
Given how social media has been a part of most people’s everyday lives, it should not be surprising to us that social movement can be accomplished effectively online. In this post, my student, Sarah ...
Movements can happen organically on social media. A single tweet can have a profound impact and incite change, but real movements are about more than just a hashtag. In this article, I'd like to ...
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