Experiments with truth: 5/26/09

    • Supporters of same-sex marriage blocked the streets near City Hall in San Francisco hours after California’s Supreme Court upheld the Prop 8 same-sex marriage ban
    • 2,000 Chinese gathered for Nancy Pelosi’s arrival in Shanghai to urge the House Speaker to address human rights abuses by the Chinese government

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    • Analysis

    What the climate movement can learn from organized labor

    September 23, 2026

    The climate movement needs the kind of leverage that comes from shutting down the economy — and it can only get there through deep organizing with workers.

    • Analysis

    How to combat fear at the polls this November

    September 21, 2026

    As we approach a midterm election shadowed by threats of violence, there are freely available trainings for people who want to protect the vote.

    • Review

    Being a dissident is a capacity, not a calling

    September 17, 2026

    Gal Beckerman’s new book “How to Be a Dissident” finds that dissidence isn’t a personality type. It’s a human capacity that can be cultivated.