“Presente”…. “Presente.” One by one, as their names are called by an officer standing in the front of a courtroom in Tucson, brown people with chained feet…
Tag: Activism
GlobalNoise Protests in the Name of Global Solidarity
Nearly 300 people gathered at the entrance of Central Park near Columbus Circle on Saturday for a series of panels and teach-ins as part of the Occupy Town…
Editorial
Alvin Johnson, The New School’s first director, was a visionary by almost all accounts. A renowned economist and former editor of the New Republic, Johnson was a founding…
Grace Lee Boggs Visits The New School to Discuss “The Next American Revolution”
Civil rights activist and author Grace Lee Boggs spoke at Tishman Auditorium on the evening of April 22, in a highly anticipated discussion that focused on her recently…
Food Justice Comes to New York
Nutrition a new battleground in fight for social equality At a Goodwill in the South Bronx, Heidi Hynes and her 8-year-old daughter deliver two bags filled with carrots,…
Reflecting on the Presidential Elections in Senegal
How Musicians Mobilized a Movement to Defend Democracy One of the few African countries to never experience a coup d’etat, the Republic of Senegal has always been relatively…