A grassroots-led campaign organized hundreds of protests and events across the U.S. Organizers say the momentum built on resistance against the Trump administration has not slowed.
The February 2022 protests, dubbed the Freedom Convoy, were sparked by a Canadian government vaccine mandate for truck drivers crossing the U.S.-Canada border.
The weapons, which are illegal in Serbia, emit sound waves which can trigger sharp ear pain, disorientation, eardrum ruptures or even irreversible hearing damage.
Protestors gathered at the state Capitol in Atlanta and City Hall in Athens to call for the removal of billionaire Elon Musk from his position in the Trump administration.
Protests against the Trump administration's actions are planned for Presidents Day. Organizers say they are responding to "the anti-democratic and illegal actions of the Trump administration."
At least 95 people, including at least 14 police officers, died in clashes in the capital on Sunday. Broadband internet and mobile data services were cut off for about three hours on Monday.
Chants calling for “intifada” have been a prominent feature of pro-Palestinian student protests. It’s a charged word whose use is perceived differently by people with opposing views of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Alok Shukla is one of the winners of the 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize. He's cited for a campaign to keep a company from felling a forest in India to excavate the coal that lies beneath.
Pro-Palestinian protests have been popping up at universities around the world, and in the last few days things have escalated at a number of those campuses. Columbia University called on police to shutdown the encampment on their university lawn and 300 people were arrested. At University of California Los Angeles, about 200 pro-Israel counter-protestors raided a pro-Palestinian encampment. To get first hand accounts of the protests, Brittany talks to two student journalists: Shaanth Nanguneri, an undergraduate reporter at UCLA, and Claire Davenport, a graduate reporter at Columbia University in New York.
Then, Eurovision may seem like a quaint, quirky event to Americans but it's a huge cultural event that easily surpasses the Super Bowl in terms of global viewership. And for an apolitical event, Eurovision can teach us a lot about geopolitics. This year, all eyes are on Israel, which is not European but has been a competitor since the 70s. With Israel's ongoing conflict in Gaza, there's a lot of politicking for and against its inclusion at the song contest. Brittany chats with Eurovision scholar Paul David Flood about Israel's controversial song and dance at Eurovision... and why Americans might want to pay attention.
From New York — to Illinois — to Los Angeles — encampments in support of Palestinians dot campuses across the country.
And over the last couple of days the tension has only increased as police have intervened on several campuses, including Columbia University, UCLA and the University of Texas. Hundreds of protestors have been arrested.
Pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses are growing in scope and intensity, and colleges are calling on law enforcement to help. Is it the right decision, and what happens next?
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