Women around the globe are taking to the streets today, International Women’s Day (IWD), to protest on a range of issues from pay gaps, to gender-based violence, to forced marriages, and to rally …
Two years after more than 4 million women around the world took to the streets in protest of Donald Trump’s inauguration, demonstrators are once again coming together for the third-annual Women’s March. But what do …
For some, our current political and social moment has inspired action and activism to ensure equality and social justice for all. Below are titles that will inspire you to advocate for change …
Political protests have a deep past in U.S. history, with varied degrees of success in accomplishing what they set out to do. Gleaned from L.A. Kauffman’s eye-opening new book, How to Read a …
With just 15 days before the midterm elections, these books will help you sharpen your understanding of our current political moment. How to Read a Protest: The Art of Organizing and …
“How to Read a Protest argues that the women’s marches of 2017 didn’t just help shape and fuel a moment—they actually created one.”—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker A grassroots organizer for more than thirty-five …
“Protests works—just not, perhaps the way you think,” writes L.A. Kauffman in her new book How to Read a Protest: The Art of Organizing and Resistance. A longtime organizer and movement journalist, …
During this year’s annual American Political Science Association conference in Boston from August 30 – September 2, conference attendees will consider Democracy and Its Discontents—how current dilemmas of democracy provoke scholars to work …