From Queen Nanny and Ida B. Wells to Martin Luther King Jr. and Black Lives Matter, liberation has always required the organized masses. Melina Abdullah La Progressive For the last week, Black Lives Matter Grassroots organizers met and convened in Los Angeles for our 13th birthday. Black Lives Matter was birthed in its grassroots form on July […]
NP editor’s intro: This reflection is written by a refugee who left Gaza at the end of 2023. It was forwarded to us by a regular contributor who has known her for around a dozen years. My sister spent more than twenty years as an elementary school teacher. To her students, she was far more [...]
“As a fourteen-year-old boy getting my first job at the grocery store down the street I learned power relationship the first day I placed the apron on. I learned that what I earned was controlled by the person above me … that the boss controlled everything” America has celebrated its 250th year of existence. At [...]
The politics of artificial intelligence are entering a new phase. In the United States and beyond, communities are protesting data centers that are projected to triple water and electricity consumption by 2030, drive up utility costs, and harm the environment. Artists, journalists, and writers are suing AI companies for using their work without permission. Teachers are questioning whether generative AI is improving education. And workers in many fields are growing worried about automation, [...]