Immigration reform advocates left child-sized mannequins in cages all around New York City early Wednesday morning to protest the treatment of children at immigration detention centers.
A civil rights hero’s posthumous memoir a guidebook for today’s activists
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Standing on the steps of a courthouse, the Rev. Cordy Tindell "C.T." Vivian pleaded for the right of every person to vote with "verbal jabs" when a sheriff literally jabbed him, beating and knocking him to the groun...
In one morning, the Supreme Court looked to rid itself of the Trump era
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Donald Trump took a drubbing at the Supreme Court on Monday, as the justices in a flurry of orders dealt critical blows to his efforts to shield his tax records from a New York prosecutor and his oft-repeated false ...
Pence will receive coronavirus vaccine Friday morning
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Vice President Mike Pence will receive the coronavirus vaccine Friday morning -- an on-camera event that the Trump administration says is part of federal efforts to build confidence among the public in the vaccine's...
Bhutan parliament decriminalizes homosexuality, to delight of activists
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Kathmandu, NepalA joint sitting of both houses of Bhutan's parliament approved a bill on Thursday to legalize gay sex, making the tiny Himalayan kingdom the latest Asian nation to take steps towards easing restrictio...
Juliana Margulies joins ‘The Morning Show’
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"The Morning Show" will feature a new but familiar face next season. Apple TV+ announced on the show's Instagram page on Wednesday that actress Julianna Margulies will be joining Season 2 alongside Jennifer Aniston...
Obama cautions activists against using ‘defund the police’ slogan
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Washington Former President Barack Obama cautioned young activists against using the slogan "defund the police" to achieve changes in policing practices, instead urging them in a new interview to have a more inclusiv...
Fury over brutal beating in Brazil amid pattern of ‘daily’ violence, activists say
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Sao Paulo Brazilians outraged by the death of a Black man after being beaten by supermarket security guards have been protesting in major cities across the country, chanting a phrase familiar to Americans: "I can't b...
Abortion is legal in Namibia, but only if a woman is in danger or has been sexually abused. Activists are demanding reform
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What do you do when your country is torn between decriminalizing abortion and maintaining its colonial abortion laws? Start a debate. That's the idea being put forward by Esther Muinjangue, Namibia's deputy minister...
Activists move from ‘protests to the polls’ in a push to shape a slew of local races on Election Day
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Progressive activists are working to turn this year's nationwide protests over police brutality and racial injustice into results at the polls on Election Day, as they push to drive turnout and influence contests th...
Activists have long said a Santa Fe monument celebrated the killings of Native Americans. Crowds toppled it this week
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At least two people were arrested in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Monday after a crowd toppled a monument that Native American community members have long called on to be removed. Demonstrations around the monument -- an o...
Progressive activists are wary over criminal justice under a Biden-Harris administration
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They spent the summer on the frontlines of a historic protest movement against police violence. But many young criminal justice activists leading the charge for police reform won't be enthusiastically casting their ...