Robert Shetterly

Grassroots Fight for $15 Movement Has Won $150 Billion in Raises for Millions of Workers, Study Shows

"When workers organize, they win."

Julia Conley · Jul 28, 2021

Hogs are raised on Duncan Farms on June 6, 2018 near Polo, Illinois. (Photo: Scott Olson via Getty Images)

Family Farm Action Alliance Releases Report to 'Counter Big Ag's Deception'

Kenny Stancil · Jul 28, 2021

At Times Square Rally, Activists Demand Congress 'Tax the Rich'

Brett Wilkins · Jul 27, 2021

New Yorkers receive food at a food distribution event

Unless Congress Acts, 20 Million People Will Lose Unemployment Aid in Just 41 Days: Analysis

Jake Johnson · Jul 27, 2021

The Olympic Event We Need: A Race To See Where People Live the Longest

Sam Pizzigati · Jul 26, 2021

'Fund Climate Solutions, Not Endless War': 22 Arrested Demanding US Build Windmills, Not Warships

"We engaged in civil resistance to underscore our conversion demand," said one of those arrested. Pentagon-funded shipyards "should be helping to solve the climate crisis, not building weapons that make the problem worse."

Jon Queally · Jun 23, 2019

Sorry, Critics Tell Warren, Greening US Empire's "Powerful War Machine" No Answer to Climate Crisis

"Fighting the climate crisis is not about enabling the largest and most powerful military in human history to be more efficient in its destructive missions."

Jessica Corbett · May 16, 2019

In the Shadow of Warships and the Climate Emergency: On Getting Arrested at Bath Iron Works

Too few people are connecting the dots between our gigantic military and the climate crisis. But if we love our children, if we love the miracle of life, and all our fellow species—we must make this connection clear.

Robert Shetterly · May 14, 2019

Thinking About George Washington's Teeth on MLK, Jr. Day

I wonder if we are all taught the story about the wooden teeth to cover up the story of the slaves' teeth. Perhaps Washington himself, ashamed of the truth, promoted the wooden teeth story.

Robert Shetterly · Jan 22, 2019

For the Trump Era: Fight Not Flight

Norman Solomon · Nov 10, 2016

Concluding Lifetime of Dedicated Activism, Grace Lee Boggs Dies at Age 100

"I want my life to challenge people to think philosophically," she once said, "I want people to ask themselves and each other what time it is on the clock of the world."

Lauren McCauley · Oct 5, 2015