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We are joined by New York City tenant organizer and communications expert, Ritti Singh, who recently published an article with Convergence, covering a strategy – which has been implemented in NYC tenant organizing – she calls “surround sound” communications. Then, in early 2025, a group of tenant organizers in New York City began a campaign to Freeze the Rent. The language and values of this…

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On April 12, 2026, Viktor Orbán’s authoritarian grip over Hungary came to an end. A new party, Tisza, won the elections with a two-thirds majority and a historically high voter turnout of close to 80%. This was a strategically executed, nonviolent means of defeating an authoritarian regime using elections as a window of opportunity. Orbán’s party, Fidesz, was overwhelmingly defeated: Tisza…

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This month on the Attention Economy Navigator, our guide to what you should be paying more attention to, and what you can probably pay less attention to. And why those stories might not be what you’d assume. You can also listen to the podcast episode featuring Dr. Shannon Mancus and Akin Olla, or watch the panel plot these stories in real time on YouTube.

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US support for the Gaza genocide, the US-Israeli war against Iran, the resources stolen from social programs to make war, the reimportation of the pathologies of militarism – all against the backdrop of accelerating climate change – underscore the urgency of transforming US foreign as well as domestic policy. But a return to the policies of previous administrations would be only tinkering around…

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We live in an interconnected world where the very survival of the human race is threatened. Viruses and the fallout from nuclear explosions know no borders. An interruption of supply chains in the Middle East raises the price of fertilizer in Iowa and threatens food security across the globe. Destruction in the Amazon Basin wreaks havoc on the climate in New Delhi, Paris, and Los Angeles.

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The US has a long history of making war, intervening in other countries’ affairs, and defying international law in its approach to foreign policy. These chronic problems are now exacerbated by MAGA’s efforts at consolidating racist authoritarian rule and making climate change denialism and naked might-makes-right bullying pillars of US foreign policy. Building powerful movements opposed to…

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This week we are building April’s Attention Economy Navigator, our guide to what you should be paying more attention to, and what you can probably pay less attention to. And why those stories might not be what you’d assume. Joining to help build this month’s Attention Economy Navigator in real time are cultural studies professor, writer, and founder of Pop Smart Media, Dr. Shannon Mancus (AKA…

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Analysts writing in publications as politically diverse as The New York Times, The Nation, and Pambazuka News have termed Washington’s failure in its war against Iran a “Suez Moment” for the US, referring to Britain’s humiliation in the wake of its 1956 assault (with France and Israel) on Egypt. Despite Britain’s overwhelming military superiority, its attempt to seize the Suez Canal ended in…

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It is easy to forget that Trump’s recent onslaught against civil liberties began with the repression of pro-Palestine students. This was, and continues to be, coordinated along with university administrators. And it is even easier to forget that this repression began not with Trump, but under the liberal eye of Joe Biden. Much like the United States, Germany is also dealing with its own…

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Last fall a group of gamers joined up for an event in the wildly popular online video game Fortnite. (If you’re not familiar, just ask your kids.) The purpose of the event was to train players on how to respond to real-life encounters with ICE agents, followed by role-playing encounters within the safety of the game world. This is just one of the many ways the group known as New Save Collective is…

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