Americans have come to stand at quite a distance from their government. The interests of government, as well as those of politics, are a point of indifference to many citizens. A Pew Research Center ...

I’ve been thinking about slacktivism a lot lately. I recently did a guest lecture at The New School on the topic, I’ve had countless conversations with colleagues and friends, and I’ve been capturing ...

Slacktivism, the lazy person's activism, which often involves signing an online petition from one's couch, has been the subject of hate since the term was coined. Now, these armchair activists may ...

As we’re all painfully aware, the world has been going through a troubling few years. Tragedy has struck, one after another, including the pandemic, instances of police brutality, and the war in ...

It wasn’t long ago that college students were pegged as a passive, narcissistic bunch who regarded the idea of direct action with a collective “meh.” That stereotype may be changing. Students this ...

This morning I did a little work on the global fight against HIV/AIDS. Then I joined an environmental protest against genetically modified food and another one supporting undocumented workers. And, of ...

Infographics have taken over our Instagram story feeds. Some make use of pastel colors with pink backgrounds and light-green texts. Others employ images and decorative stickers, perhaps a star or two ...

Steven Bertoni and Alex Knapp (both staffers here at Forbes) have a great conversation about social media and the Kony documentary that went viral recently ...

Bill Gates is not only one of the greatest minds of the century, but also one of the leaders in philanthropy. And he knows a thing or two about the dormant power of slacktivism, the act of waging a ...

“Walk with, not by.” So goes motto for Samaritan, a mobile app that helps users fight homelessness through direct, case-managed giving. It’s a slogan that rejects slacktivism for what could be called ...

The activist campaign Move Your Money UK claims to have motivated half a million customers in 2012 alone to move savings from high street banks to credit unions and ...