Netroots Nation 2013

In the past, a New York Times front-page story was all it took to get an issue traction. But those days are gone. During the 2012 election, it was often...

Again, the battle for voting rights in America rears its ugly head. As the demographic shifts, voters in states across the country are faced with assaults to their voting rights...

The public is ready for meaningful action on climate change, but special interests have a stronghold on too many Congressional leaders. The founders of the bicameral climate change task force...

This session is a case study in building a successful grassroots movement. We'll discuss how building an inclusive and diverse coalition can generate real strength and how we've collectively identified...

Ongoing revelations about the use of drones as a tool of foreign warfare have raised concerns about the nature of the war on terror, its impact on our foreign relations,...

Aaron Swartz' death awakened the Netroots community to two things: the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act permits prosecutors to criminalize activist activities, and prosecutorial tactics often deliver injustice. This panel...

In the past few years the undocumented immigrant movement has become a force with which to be reckoned. DREAMers, day laborers, domestic workers and undocumented people have created a multi-faceted...

No one likes getting fired. But what if you were fired because you’re gay? Or because you helped organize a union in your workplace? Or because you have an accent?...

Recent progress for LGBT Americans—in civil rights and in the slow but steady gains in dismantling institutional discrimination in mainline Protestant churches—has created a backlash not in the U.S. but...

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