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Rev. Dr. William Barber has long been known for his civil rights activism, including being arrested as part of nonviolent demonstrations.

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  • Religion

Meet the religious leaders shaping the next generation of social justice activism

The Yale Center for Public Theology and Public Policy is raising up the next generation of Christian leaders focused on social justice. It's led by Rev. William Barber, after retirement from his longtime congregation.

November 03, 2024
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  • Jason DeRose
Activists from Extinction Rebellion, left and center, protest during a performance of <em>An Enemy of the People </em>on Broadway, starring Jeremy Strong, right.

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  • Theater

'We want to help': Why climate activists are trying something new

A recent disruption at An Enemy of the People on Broadway by Extinction Rebellion shows a new approach to climate change activism.

April 05, 2024
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
Four volunteers in green shirts, and one in a blue baseball jersey, with the Black Male Initiative sign up for different locations to canvas on July 27, 2023.

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  • News

Canvassing teams with 'Cop City' petition passed a major threshold. Now they're setting higher goals

After a court ruling extended the deadline for a petition to put a 'Cop City' vote on the ballot, organizers fighting against a planned new police training center passed one signature milestone and now plan to keep going.  

August 16, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
Climate activists from the group Letzte Generation (Last Generation) hold up commuter traffic on a Monday morning in Berlin by supergluing themselves to the road. Police unstick their hands using cooking oil and a pastry brush while irate drivers look on, stuck for more than an hour.

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  • World

Climate activists are fuming as Germany turns to coal to replace Russian gas

Germany is firing up coal plants and importing liquefied natural gas to shore up energy supplies. Activists are carrying out increasingly disruptive protests, gluing themselves to roads and runways.

December 26, 2022
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  • Esme Nicholson
Urvashi Vaid, then-executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, protests at then-President George H.W. Bush's address on AIDS in March 1990 in Arlington, Virginia. The pioneering LGBTQ activist and attorney died last week at age 63.

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  • Obituaries

Remembering Urvashi Vaid, an LGBTQ activist who spent decades fighting for equality

Colleagues, friends and admirers are paying tribute to Vaid, the pioneering attorney and organizer who died at age 63 on Friday. She worked for the ACLU and National LGBTQ Task Force, among others.

May 18, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
From left: Giovanna Basso, Mofiyin Onanuga, Emma Fetzer and Joanne Lee are teen leaders for the U.N.-sponsored gender equality group Girl Up. They attended Girl Up's virtual conference last week, which featured Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai as a guest speaker.

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  • Global Health

Teen Girl Leaders In A Pandemic: Fight For What's Right, Then Groove To BTS

Four attendees of the Girl Up Leadership Summit share how they balance their passion for social justice issues with self-care: tuning out the news, going for a walk and binging Harry Potter.

July 24, 2021
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  • Jacky Habib
People attend a rally denouncing antisemitic violence on May 27 in Cedarhurst, New York. Following a surge in antisemitic hate crimes triggered by last month's Israel-Gaza conflict, some Jews are wondering why the condemnation hasn't been stronger.

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  • National

Antisemitism Spikes, And Many Jews Wonder: Where Are Our Allies?

After turning out for racial justice and other movements in the U.S., they are frustrated by the response to attacks and hatred directed at Jews following the latest Mideast violence.

June 07, 2021
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  • Melissa Block and
  • Jerome Socolovsky
On the left, a grainy black and white image of women suffragettes marching and holding up banners from a 1917 march; in the middle, a black and white photo of female marchers holding up a "women strike for peace and equality" banner from a 1970 women's liberation march in New York City, where a woman pushes a stroller with a child in the foreground; on the right, an image from the 2020 women's march in Washington D.C. with a group holding up a yellow, pink and blue banner reading "rise up"

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  • History

The Evolving Power Of The Women’s Vote — And How Intersectional Storytelling Can Continue To Grow It

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, GPB hosted a panel discussion with storytellers, activists and scholars on the meaning and power behind the women's vote — and the importance of intersectional storytelling. 

September 03, 2020
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  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Pria Mahadevan
Artists boxed in the base of the Confederate statue in Macon, Ga. to create a canvass for expressions of Black pride on #Juneteenth

In Macon, Boxing In A Confederate Statue For Free Expression

For years, there has been on again, off again conversation in Macon about moving the Confederate statue at the foot of Cotton Avenue. Now is a...

June 19, 2020
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  • Grant Blankenship
Gay rights groups and others protest and hold a "kiss-in" outside the Decatur, Ga., Chick-fil-A restaurant Friday, Aug. 3, 2012 as a public response to a company official who was quoted as supporting the traditional family unit.

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  • Economy

Consumer Boycotts: Does Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Actually Matter?

Chick-fil-A announced it will be closing its first U.K. store just eight days after opening. Its landlord in Reading, England announced it will not...

October 25, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Jake Troyer ,
  • and 1 more
In this June 27, 1985 photo, Nina Simone performs at Avery Fisher Hall in New York.

Nina Simone's Legacy Lives On In 'Four Women'

Christina Ham's play "Nina Simone: Four Women" follows the activism and creative legacy of the fiercely talented Nina Simone. The woman known as "The...

March 20, 2019
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  • Elena Rivera ,
  • La'Raven Taylor ,
  • and 1 more
Rainna Brown founded Komansé Dance Theater in 2018. Brown works with more than 20 dancers.

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  • Performing Arts

Atlanta Choreographer Highlights Social Justice Through Movement

Sit-ins, marches and rallies often come to mind when people think of activism. Atlanta choreographer and dancer Raianna Brown has another spin on it. In...

January 23, 2019
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  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott
Jim Alexander has spent his career as a documentary photographer shooting what he wanted. That has meant, by in large, decades of images of social activism made for the purpose of social activism.

A Lifetime Of Photography For Change

Jim Alexander has done a lot of things. At one time or another he has been a bookstore owner, the general manager of a newspaper delivery service and a...

September 14, 2016
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  • Grant Blankenship

Cecily McMillan Recounts Her 57 Days In Rikers

Atlanta activist Cecily McMillan is only 27 years old, but she's experienced things that most of us won’t ever face. In 2014, McMillan was convicted for...

September 14, 2016
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  • Celeste Headlee ,
  • Taylor Gantt ,
  • and 1 more

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