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American campuses erupt in protests over Gaza, drawing harsh police response...
As students across the U.S. demand university divestment and an end to military aid for Israel, aggressive crackdowns raise alarms about civil liberties.
Journalist faces felony charges amidst violent arrests at Texas University protest
Carlos Sanchez's arrest during a student protest at the University of Texas at Austin highlights tensions over press freedom and police conduct.
Disgust greets White House correspondents’ dinner as Israel kills journalists in...
Amid laughter and applause at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, protests outside highlight the stark contrast with the dire situation facing journalists in Gaza.
Shock and awe at UT Austin as state troopers in riot...
An aggressive show of force by Texas state troopers raises questions about the right to peaceful assembly, as students at the University of Texas at Austin face riot gear and arrests during a Gaza solidarity protest.
Climate activists blockade Citigroup HQ in NYC to demand banking giant...
Citibank is the world’s second-largest funder of coal, oil and gas.
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.”
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More than 770,000 children are no longer receiving SNAP benefits after Trump changes Federal...
Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show children are losing access.
The persistence of ‘Israel First’
Trump’s Middle East record reveals the short life of “America First.”
How agave agroforestry can restore drylands and strengthen climate resilience
The agave-powered agroforestry and livestock management system is an example of how native desert plants, cultivated as part of an agroforestry system, can regenerate drylands and provide inexpensive animal feed, taking pressure off overgrazed rangelands.
The Trump administration aims to penalize disabled adults who live with their families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients.
Report: State textile laws spark massive drop in apparel PFAS levels
"No PFAS, No Problem: Product Testing Reveals Success of CA and NY PFAS Textile Laws" found that 80 percent of tested consumer products are now in compliance with newly enacted restriction.