Portside

Extinction Rebellion has made mistakes, but passing judgment on their flaws isn't activism. After the XR protests, the U.K.’s Parliament declared a climate emergency and 54% of British adults polled said climate change threatens our extinction.

Company Manufactures Climate of Fear

Because It Would Mean Banning Some Republican Politicians Too. A Twitter employee who works on machine learning believes that a proactive, algorithmic solution to white supremacy would also catch Republican politicians.

It’s the second state in a week, after Michigan, in which judges said a GOP-drawn map violated voters’ constitutional rights.

“The earth is not dying, it is being killed, and those who are killing it have names and addresses.” – Utah Phillips

Indonesia Has to Find a New Capital

Mississippi poet Philip C. Kolin takes the president at his word(s) and turns the table(s).

Pete Seeger would have turned 100 today. Few figures in American history have lived as influential and deeply radical lives as he did. Let's celebrate him today.

After viewing the 1980 film, a cross section of women recognized the persistent sexism—but noted a host of newer problems a remake would have to address

A top sports court has ruled that Caster Semenya would have to take hormone suppressants in order to “ensure fair competition in women’s sports”