Convergence Magazine

04/04/2026

This article is the fourth in a series published by Convergence and Jacobin on the initial years, 2014–2020, of the transformation of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA). This article zooms back to 2007 and provides a look at the Extended Learning Cultural Model at Crenshaw Highschool and how it influenced UTLA’s trajectory and future work with Community Schools.

Link in Convergence Magazine bio

03/26/2026

Detroit’s Black worker upsurge, by those who lived it.

A review of Motown and the Making of Black Revolutionaries: The Story of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers by Walda Katz-Fishman and Jerome Scott, University of Georgia Press, 2025.

03/25/2026

We won’t stop US wars, effectively tackle climate change, stave off US-style fascism, or halt the march to a nakedly might-makes-right world order without a vision for a transformed role for the US in today’s interconnected world.

03/20/2026

An introduction to the upcoming second season of our Rad Ops podcast, part of a multimedia series offering principles, guiding questions, and tools that organizations can use to identify ways they can and cannot practice liberatory values in this unjust world.

01/30/2026

🎸 Read more at convergencemag.com
Slide 1: “Whether it’s a zine club at the library, a monthly open mic, a D&D group, drop-in improv classes, people knitting together at a coffeeshop, an underground q***r dance party, a virtual writing circle, or any other collaborative effort—

SLIDE 2: all of these spaces (whether the art is “good” or not, whether it’s explicitly political or not) are where we can connect to community.

When your government is trying to bully you into submission, that matters.” – Kyle Tran Myhre (Guante)

SLIDE 3: A bunch of dudes jamming together once a week is an antidote to alienation and isolation.
– Kyle Tran Myhre (Guante)

01/30/2026

🧊🐕 Scroll to the end for NYC Protest Dog Content
SLIDE 1: A bunch of dudes jamming together once a week
is an antidote to alienation
and
isolation.
SLIDE 2:
Whether it’s a zine club at the library, a monthly open mic, a D&D group, drop-in improv classes, people knitting together at a coffeeshop, an underground q***r dance party, a virtual writing circle, or any other collaborative effort—

SLIDE 3: all of these spaces (whether the art is “good” or not, whether it’s explicitly political or not) are where we can connect to community.

When your government is trying to bully you into submission, that matters. – Kyle Tran Mhyre (Guante)

SLIDE 4: borisandhorton Our doors are open today, but in case you aren’t sure how we feel about what’s happening in our country, we have this sign in our window to let you know.
As a third space for many, we’re open today! And if you’re wanting to support the general strike, pay in cash
If you go to a protest today, stay warm, be safe, bring your sign here and you can visit the dog side for free

SLIDE 5: JANUARY 30, 2026
EAST VILLAGE, NYC
Hi readers! It’s me,
Beaker.
I’m the new guy here at
Convergence, and I work really hard to keep my human regulated so they can publish these articles you read.
I can’t read, so I’m not the best editor-but I barked at the chance to contribute in my own way.
On this day of the National Shutdown, be in community with dogs and humans, in a warm third space.
Today, bring your protest signs to my favorite dog-friendly cafe for free entry to the dog side!
CONVERGENCE
Boris& Horton
195 Ave A (SW corner of E 12th St)
East Village, New York City
(If you do need to feed yourself or drink a hot beverage, the cafe is open and you can pay cash.)

11/05/2025

Establishment campaigns want us to believe they have inimitable skills. Everyday New Yorkers rolled their eyes, rolled up their sleeves, and proved them wrong. Now what?

Establishment campaigns want us to believe they have inimitable skills. Everyday New Yorkers rolled their eyes, rolled up their sleeves, and proved them wrong. Now what?

10/06/2025

The rabidly erratic Trump administration might be more fragile than it seems... There is room for narrative intervention here. Who will seize it?

Link in Bio for full episode.

08/19/2025

Black people: Healing Justice Lineages wants to remind you that there's a difference between BOUNDARIES and DESENSITIZATION, and that what's happening now with ICE raids is the same thing that's been and being done to Black people. Struggle must cross borders.
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08/07/2025

What's the big deal with digital IDs? The threat of expanded government power to police people’s movement and medical care; particularly concerning as more people cross state lines to get necessary health care. convergencemag.com.

08/02/2025

In our current political climate, we must consider using as many avenues for power-building as possible. While we cannot forget the importance of our (albeit flawed) electoral system, we must also view labor and union activism as the invaluable tool for enforcing progressive change that it is.

Check out ​​Alex Caputo-Pearl, Jackson Potter, Jesse Sharkey, and Stephanie Luce’s article responding to Leo Casey here: https://shorturl.at/g4zAm | Link in Bio

07/30/2025

Thanks to the hard work of the office of Senator Elizabeth Warren, we have records of the shady tactics Elon Musk used during his stint in government—and how it could have caused his companies to profit at the expense of everyday Americans. We at Convergence have edited and compiled the most shocking parts of this report into a printable zine that you can share.

Download our "130 Days of Musk" Zine: https://shorturl.at/wgdN6