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Anti-Protest Bills in Southern States Face First Amendment Challenges
The new laws are part of a broader nationwide crackdown against protests.
Texas Pushes “Worst Voter Suppression Bill” as Activists Demand Urgent Action
“What we need right now, along with civil disobedience on the streets, is legislative disobedience.”
Oil Companies Cancel Pipeline Plans Amid Grassroots Pressure
Two oil companies halted plans to build a pipeline that would have run through low-income, majority-Black neighborhoods.
Activists Are Working to Ban Anti-LGBTQ “Conversion Therapy”
The practice of “conversion therapy” has been condemned by dozens of medical associations globally.
Physicians Have a Duty to Confront the Exploitative Industry That Employs Them
Physicians take an oath to do no harm. Upholding it requires fighting the structural violence that hurts patients.
Sunrise Movement’s 400-Mile Climate March Ends With Arrests at Ted Cruz’s House
Sunrise campaigners on Monday held signs that said, “Our Homes Flood, Our People Freeze, Cruz Abandons Us.”
Biden Has a Chance to Oversee Biggest River Restoration Project in US History
Removing four dams in the Pacific Northwest will help salmon recovery, clean energy, agriculture and Indigenous rights.
Activism Made AIDS Treatment More Accessible — That’s What It’ll Take for COVID
AIDS researcher Sam Friedman discusses the lessons learned from the movement to lower prices for vital AIDS treatments.
Activists Demand G7 Take Urgent Action on Climate, Vaccine Apartheid and Poverty
Protests are planned throughout the G7 summit amidst a heavy police presence.
Civil Rights Leaders and West Virginia Miners Turn Up the Heat on Joe Manchin
Patience for Manchin’s self-serving intransigence is nearing a very loud end.