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 ...

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 ...

Young people who share social cause videos may actually be motivated to volunteer in the future, contrary to the popular image of them as "slacktivists." A new University of Michigan study challenges ...

Students protest against gun violence at the March for Our Lives rally in Washington, DC. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images Hundreds of thousands of young children, teenagers, parents, and concerned ...

St Louis, MO – Slacktivists are the hipsters of the digital world: everybody recognises them but no one claims to be one. The term likely predates the internet campaigns with which it is now ...

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 ...

It would be nice to think we could change the world with the click of a button. But if that was all it took, thousands of people wouldn’t have flooded the streets of cities around the country this ...

Lately, I’ve grown to hate my Facebook feed. But I’m also morbidly fascinated by it. It fuels the fires of my discontent with a steady stream of posts about bone-headedness and sheer WTF behavior. As ...

If you've ever found yourself wondering exactly what “slacktivism” means, good news: There's now an official definition for it. Dictionary.com just added a whole bunch of new terms to its vast ...

It would be nice to think we could change the world with the click of a button. But if that was all it took, thousands of people wouldn’t have flooded the streets of cities around the country this ...