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  • A woman looks at her phone as she walks past an electric light board designed as the US national flag in New York's Times Square on Feb. 7, 2017. (Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)
    Activism: Phoning It In
    Calling Congress is the best way to get your message across.
  • Five Things You Can Do About Gun Violence
    Here are 5 things you can do right now that will help bring sane gun laws to America sooner than you might think possible.
  • Tired of Money Buying Politicians? So Are We. Here's How to End It.
    Over the next two weeks, we’ll be focusing on ideas for making our democracy one that is truly of, by and for the people. It’s a fight we can win.
  • Organizations Focused on Housing and Development in New York
    See groups and organizations focused on affordable housing and responsible real estate development in New York City.
  • 8 Things You Can Do to Help Get Money Out of Politics
    The 2014 midterms showed that the time has come to stand up to the plutocrats.
  • Here’s Something Your State Can Do to Fight Corporate Money in Politics
    In the post-Citizens United era, nearly 90 percent of Americans think that there is too much corporate money in politics. So why isn't Congress doing anything?
  • Who Benefits From Your Grocery Dollars?
    A new app reveals the politics of the companies behind the brands that you buy.
  • Photo Essay: “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot”
    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.
  • Grandmother Sentenced to Prison for Protesting US Drone Base
    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.
  • Civil Rights Advocates Launch Petition Drive to Protect Voting Rights
    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.