Tag: protest
How the pro-Palestine movement is outsmarting the algorithms
In response to systematic censorship by Meta and other platforms, Palestinians and their allies have built an innovative new playbook of tactics to beat the algorithm.
“No Kings. No Thrones. No Crowns.”: Millions to protest Saturday in...
“We are engaging in the most American activity in the world, which is coming together in peaceful protest of our government.”
Organizers plan massive Oct. 18 ‘No Kings’ protests as Trump escalates...
Organizers say more than 2,110 protests across all 50 states will build on June’s nationwide actions, as Trump expands National Guard deployments, ICE raids, and rhetoric about cities as “training grounds.”
Chicago braces as Trump threatens troops and mass ICE raids
Officials vow court action while communities organize, citing billions for militarization and warnings of secrecy and civil rights violations.
National Day of Action to demand health care, not profit
A discussion about the current healthcare crisis in the United States and why it is imperative that people organize now for a solution, such as national improved Medicare for all.
Participatory budgeting includes community members in the public funding process
As governmental authoritarianism intensifies, citizens “double down on democracy” through the participatory model.
My hunger strike for Gaza: A 31 day experience
I began this hunger strike to demand that my government end the siege on Gaza.
University of Toronto students score a win for the climate—and campus...
“This victory shows students have the ability to enact institutional change."
Illinois students face felony charges for protesting Gaza genocide
University of Illinois students face felony charges for peaceful Gaza protest, raising concerns over free speech suppression and institutional bias.
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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.