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Bay Area activism has proven once again that it can withstand government resistance, police brutality and a little bit of winter’s rain and cold.

What are the most pressing issues for black church activism to address? Income inequality? Racism? Gay rights?

Harriet Braxton broke barriers. Decades before she became the first African-American woman to serve as Harrisburg housing inspector, Braxton belonged to track teams in the 1940s.

What are the most pressing issues for black church activism to address? Income inequality? Racism? Gay rights?

The aroma of fresh ginger and homemade garam masala immediately take over the kitchen as Zareen Khan places her famous gola kebabs and hara masala chicken skewers in front of me.

The first rule of The Craftivists is simple: It has to be fun. The group started two years ago, when it spun off from a Girls Craft Night the four friends had together.

The Komen Iowa Facebook page this week featured a running commentary on the organization's initial announcement and decision Friday to reverse course.

Balancing activism and education, a new club asks students to get involved with their planet.

That April 10 nearly six years ago was one of Jaime Contreras’s defining moments. People arrived on the Mall by the tens of thousands, waving American flags and chanting in Spanish, “Yes, we can!” Contreras, 37, still vividly remembers the vigor of more than a quarter of a million people demanding immigration reform. Read full article >>

The man credited with founding the Students for a Democratic Society, the movement that came to symbolize the radicalism that swept the 1960s, hasn’t given up the fight. Alan Haber , now 75 and living in Ann Arbor, continues to labor for causes he believes in — from working with Occupy Ann Arbor to lobbying for development of an urban park on the downtown Library Lot on Fifth Avenue, where an ...