Kelly Hayes
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Chicago, IL, United States
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Learning to Self-Manage Abortions Is Key in a Post-“Roe” Society
As we head into 2023, we face the collective challenge of working to normalize knowledge of self-managed abortions. → Read More
Prepping for the Apocalypse Means Building Community
“These sorts of things aren't something you can outrun,” says anthropologist and survival instructor Chris Begley. → Read More
Philly Families Faced With Eviction Are Rising Up, Refusing to Leave Their Homes
“I want everyone to fight,” says organizer Sterling Johnson. → Read More
Attacks on Trans Rights and Abortion Rights Are “Bound Together”
“Some of the wildest dreams of the far right are being realized,” says Kelly Hayes. → Read More
Hope Is Not a Given. We Must Cultivate It Together.
Kelly Hayes and Tanuja Jagernauth discuss the practice of hope. → Read More
Indigenous Abolitionists Are Organizing for Healing and Survival
“This really is a time of action,” says Indigenous organizer Morning Star Gali. → Read More
Youth Are Challenging the US War Machine as Tensions Escalate With Russia
“Making things better is not what the war machine is for,” says Kelly Hayes. → Read More
Trans Youth Are Facing Right-Wing Attacks and a Solidarity Shortage
“It's not about bathrooms. It's about expulsion and it's about disposability,” says attorney Chase Strangio. → Read More
What Will We Do With Our Rage in 2022?
“A game-changing era of global political upheaval is looming,” says Kelly Hayes. → Read More
Abolitionists Are Fighting Against the Surveillance State in Their Neighborhoods
The ShotSpotter system manufactures urgency for aggressive police deployments. → Read More
Enough Colonial Pageantry. Let’s Rally Behind Criminalized Water Protectors.
Native people are still battling world-crushing forces. → Read More
From Burnout to Breakthroughs, Weary Organizers Can Come Back Stronger
How can we build our way back from pandemic exhaustion? → Read More
Laughing at Mass Death Brings Us Closer to Fascism
The recreational dehumanization of people who are dying of COVID-19 harms us all. → Read More
Ten Years After Occupy Wall Street, Another World Is Still Possible
Occupy helped us imagine a world beyond capitalism. → Read More
“Rutherford Falls” Confronts Everyday Colonialism
Representation is not revolutionary, but it can break open new possibilities. → Read More
A New Wave of Jim Crow Laws Is Here. Here’s What You Need to Know.
“We are under significant attack,” says voting rights organizer Toni Watkins. → Read More
Police Convictions Are Not the Goal. Abolitionists Have Bigger Dreams.
"Police don't keep us safe," says organizer D.A. Bullock. → Read More
Resuscitating Normalcy Will Kill Us. What We Need Is a Just Recovery.
What kind of world are we trying to imagine into being? → Read More
2020 Turned Our Worlds Inside Out. Here’s What We Learned.
2020 offered us some lessons worth keeping. → Read More
Welcome to Trump's Last Act, the Most Dangerous Show on Earth
Trump has two months to rage against his humiliation and every weapon in the world at his disposal. → Read More