Self Help
4 Types of Civic Engagement: Are We Participating in Society or Just Watching?
[ad_1] Civic life depends on more than paying attention. The way we participate – or don’t – shapes who actually has influence. Pericles once…
Tag: Political activism
Pop Culture
Jane Fonda’s Bold Support for Don Lemon Sparks Free Speech Debate
[ad_1] Like this article? Share it! Jane Fonda has once again taken a bold stand, this time at a rally in Los Angeles in…
Sacramento, California Local News
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk assassinated at Utah university; shooter still at large
[ad_1] Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump who played an influential role in rallying young Republican voters, was…
Orlando, Florida Local News
Who is Charlie Kirk? The conservative activist shot at Utah Valley University
[ad_1] Who is Charlie Kirk? The conservative activist shot at Utah Valley University Press conference we will first hear from Utah Department of Public…
Sacramento, California Local News
Who is Charlie Kirk? The conservative activist shot at Utah Valley University
[ad_1] Who is Charlie Kirk? The conservative activist shot at Utah Valley University Press conference we will first hear from Utah Department of Public…
World News
Amnesty International Canada says it was hacked by Beijing
[ad_1] TORONTO — The Canadian branch of Amnesty International said Monday it was the target of a cyber attack sponsored by China. The human…
US News
Trial begins over death of Ugandan woman killed in Utah park
[ad_1] SALT LAKE CITY — Ludovic Michaud was driving around the scenic red rock landscapes of Utah’s Arches National Park on a windy spring…
Entertainment
George Clooney, Gladys Knight among Kennedy Center honorees
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Performers such as Gladys Knight or the Irish band U2 usually would be headlining a concert for thousands but at Sunday’s…
Breaking News
Mamie King-Chalmers, woman in civil rights photo, dies at 81
[ad_1] DETROIT — Mamie King-Chalmers, who as a young Black woman appeared in an iconic photo about civil rights struggles in Alabama, has died…
World News
Human rights groups criticize Cuba’s new criminal code
[ad_1] HAVANA — Cuba enacted a new penal code this week that activists and human rights organizations warned Friday could further limit free expression…
World News
Egypt announces freedom, mass pardon for 30 jailed activists
[ad_1] CAIRO — Egypt announced late Thursday the release of 30 political activists from jail, the latest in a series of mass releases from…
World News
Nigerian teens create fashion from trash to fight pollution
[ad_1] LAGOS, Nigeria — Teenage climate activists in Nigeria’s largest city are recycling trash into runway outfits for a “Trashion Show.” Chinedu Mogbo, founder…
Finance
Nigerian teens create fashion from trash to fight pollution
[ad_1] LAGOS, Nigeria — Teenage climate activists in Nigeria’s largest city are recycling trash into runway outfits for a “Trashion Show.” Chinedu Mogbo, founder…
US News
Activist Carol Leigh, who coined term `sex work’, dies at 71
[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO — Carol Leigh, a San Francisco activist who is credited with coining the term “sex work” and who sought for decades…
World News
Family: Egypt activist deteriorated since hunger strike
[ad_1] CAIRO — The family of imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah said that they were allowed into the prison and saw him on Thursday…
Finance
Climate activist blasts leaders holding onto fossil projects
[ad_1] SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate slammed world leaders Tuesday who persist in backing new fossil fuel projects despite science…
World News
Family says Egyptian hunger-striking activist drinking water
[ad_1] CAIRO — Egypt’s imprisoned hunger-striking activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah has started drinking water again, his family said Monday, in the first communication from the…
Entertainment
Famed painting ‘The Scream’ targeted by climate activists
[ad_1] COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Norwegian police said two climate activists tried in vain Friday to glue themselves to Edvard Munch’s 1893 masterpiece “The Scream”…
Technology
Just Stop Oil pauses UK highway protest that snarled traffic
[ad_1] LONDON — British climate activists who have blocked roads and splattered artworks with soup said Friday they are suspending a days-long protest that…
World News
Climate activists block private jets at Amsterdam airport
[ad_1] EDE, Netherlands — Hundreds of climate protesters blocked private jets from leaving Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on Saturday in a demonstration on the eve…