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Chris Smalls and Steven Donziger Aren’t Afraid of Amazon

May 24, 2022

The activist spoke to the environmental lawyer about fighting intimidation tactics with integrity.

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Liara Roux Tells Stoya About Her New Memoir: Whore of New York

February 3, 2022

“It’s hard to think of sex work as this great evil when you’re doing a lot of mind bending drugs.”

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Gabriel Ocasio-Cortez Is Building the Inclusive World He Wants to Live In

December 23, 2020

A queer activist, musician, and advocate for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, AOC’s little brother is carving out his own path.

graphic design is our passion

David King: Design As Protest

October 14, 2020

Rick Poynor, the author of the new monograph of legendary designer and activist David King, spoke to Judy Groves, King’s longstanding friend and collaborator, about how his ideas helped shape the world as we know it.

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Jane Fonda Tells Indya Moore How Her Lifelong Activism Prepared Her for This Moment

October 7, 2020

This is not a drill.

Ask a Sane Person: Naomi Klein Is Not Ready to Give Up the Fight

May 8, 2020

“We are living inside the prototype and it’s bleak.”

Ask an Intellectual: Masha Gessen on Self-Isolation, Hope, and the Current State of Their Hair

May 4, 2020

Because these days, critical thinking can be hard to find.

Larry Kramer Is Still the Angriest Gay Man in the World

December 13, 2019

The AIDS activist and writer tells the actor Ellen Barkin why his fight is far from over.

That Time Jane Fonda Sculpted Abs to Save the Planet

November 13, 2019

The queen of arrests, direct action, and activism was also once the queen of the at-home workout video. Somehow those things are not unrelated.

Robert Glasper and YEBBA Say “Fuck Yo Feelings”

October 31, 2019

The Grammy-winning producer and pianist sits down with his collaborator and talks the magic of Stevie Wonder and the therapy that is live performance.

Chelsea Manning and Nadya from Pussy Riot talk fighting the man

December 18, 2017

At Houston’s Day for Night festival, the two outspoken activists discussed their parallel experiences as political prisoners, and how the experience shaped their lives.