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Rev. Barber among 32 arrested for demanding healthcare

May 31, 2017 By Patrick J. Foote

“Health care ought to be viewed as a human right," Rev. Barber said.

Tribeca Film Festival ramps up the activism

May 11, 2017 By Bill Meyer

A growing number of activist films are being made, and Tribeca chose to feature many of them because of the contentious times of the recent presidential campaign.

A 1960s activist looks back: Organizing in the pre-Twitter era

March 30, 2017 By John Eklund

There’s no question social media is transforming the way movements are organized. But technology by itself has never overthrown a tyrant nor seized state power.

Sacred resistance: L.A. faith community united in holy opposition

March 13, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon

Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice and its affiliates certainly have their work cut out for them in the Trump Era.

This week in history: Singer/activist Harry Belafonte thriving at 90

February 28, 2017 By Special to People’s World

“Art,” says Harry Belafonte: “There's nothing more powerful in the universe than it, because it is the recorder of the truth.”