Activism

As part of a Greenpeace month-long protest, Charlotte Church sang a song to Shell staff asking them to stay out of the fragile Arctic. Watch her performance.

At Wednesday's ceremony in Oslo, the heroic Pakistani asks, "Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard?"

Because of the persistence of racism and a relaxation of the fight against it, we are moving backwards. Ferguson is just the latest illustration.

A new app reveals the politics of the companies behind the brands that you buy.

People in more than 90 cities around the country took to the streets on Thursday to protest the police shooting of an unarmed African-American teenager in Missouri.

Grady Flores’ one-year sentence is the result of a strange legal sleight of hand that positions the Hancock Air Base commander, Col. Earl A. Evans, as the victim of protests.

To mark the 49th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act, civil rights advocates are asking members of Congress to strengthen the law’s core protection.

Following pressure from activists groups and the Obama administration, the drugstore chain has said it will not move overseas.

A subsidized jobs program that created 20,000 jobs in Philadelphia shows that such initiatives can be a win both for those looking for work and for employers.

Today’s economy doesn’t contain a lot of good news for working people, yet the last few days have seen some notable gains.