Experiments with truth: 4/28/10

    • Seven environmental activists were arrested after they chained themselves to a railroad outside of a coal mine in Wales.
    • Women gathered in Washington, D.C. yesterday in their most revealing tops, protesting an Iranian cleric who said female immodesty causes earthquakes.
    • UNC students walked out of a speech and protested conservative politician Tom Tancredo, in particular his stance on immigration. Demonstrators shouted, “Education not deportation!”
    • Thousands of students across New Jersey walked out of class yesterday to protest budget cuts.
    • Telecom employees in India are on hunger strike after their company transferred many workers to rural areas and refused to transfer them back per an accord.


    Recent Stories

    • Analysis

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    Movements can still find people on social media. But the real organizing has to happen somewhere else — and getting people there is the part we keep skipping.

    • Review

    Why bravery and heartbreak are essential to organizing

    August 11, 2026

    Reflecting on decades of organizing — from Occupy to Mamdani’s campaign — Yotam Marom’s book “For Louder Days” offers a powerful guide to making hard choices.

    • Q&A

    The inside-outside strategy behind New York’s rent freeze

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    Julie Xu, a tenant organizer in Chinatown, explains why a 20-year movement for a rent freeze pivoted — and built a coalition to elect Mayor Zohran Mamdani.