Tag: protests
Pro-Palestinian campus encampments spread nationwide amid mass arrests at Columbia, NYU...
Solidarity protests and encampments are appearing on college campuses from Massachusetts to California to protest Israel’s attacks on Gaza and to call for divestment from Israeli apartheid.
Historic Gaza protests at Columbia U. enter day 6; campus protests...
Solidarity protests and encampments have now sprouted up on campuses across the country, including at Yale, MIT, Tufts, NYU, The New School and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Supreme silence: High court decision curtails protest rights, stifling voices in...
As the case now returns to lower courts for further proceedings, the national discourse on the limits of free speech and the right to protest continues to evolve.
Climate activists in New England can finally celebrate ‘the end of...
Activists know better: Nonviolent direct action gets the goods.
The life & death of Aaron Bushnell: US airman self-immolates protesting...
“It was an act of courage, an act of bravery, to call attention to U.S. policies.”
Court clears Greta Thunberg and climate activists of charged offenses from...
Judge Laws said at the conclusion of the case on Feb. 2 at Westminster magistrates court "that the crown had failed to present enough evidence to prove their case."
Cease-fire calls echo in NYC streets: The rising tide against Biden’s...
The coalition behind the protest, comprising groups like the Palestinian Youth Movement and Jewish Voice for Peace, sought to disrupt daily life to spotlight a far-reaching international issue.
NYC transit hubs grind to a halt as protests for Gaza...
NYC's transit hubs became stages for impassioned pleas for peace in Gaza, as protesters demand action amidst a rising death toll and global reactions.
Midwest voices rise: Historic Jewish-led protest for Gaza ceasefire in Chicago
Over 100 arrested in a peaceful demonstration in Chicago; unprecedented Midwest support for ceasefire.
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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.