The number of book challenges and complaints have reached record levels nationwide, including here in Massachusetts. According to the American Library Association, Massachusetts saw 45 attempts to censor books and other…
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‘I Won’t Be Deterred’: Hong Kong Activist Finn Lau Vows to Fight on Despite Arrest Bounty
When Finn Lau woke one morning this month to dozens of messages urging him to take care, he was confused as to what had happened. But he was not distressed…
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Women’s Rights Activists Sceptical of Govt Plan to Build Women’s Shelter
by Trevor Lambby Trevor LambSOME women’s rights advocates are sceptical of the government’s plan to build a shelter for women victims of abuse. The Tribune spoke to representatives of Equality Bahamas, Women United and…
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Activists and Scholars Decry Museum’s Decision to Host Far-Right Group
by Tom Pittmanby Tom PittmanDozens of activists gathered outside the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia yesterday, June 29, to protest its decision to host a private event for the far-right group Moms for Liberty (M4L).…
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Animal Rights Activists Try to Disrupt Towcester Greyhound Race
by Rudolph Royby Rudolph RoyAnimal rights activists have climbed scaffolding in an attempt to disrupt a major greyhound racing event. Animal Rising said it had taken the action at Towcester Racecourse in a bid…
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10 Years Later: Why are Egyptian Human Rights Ignored?
This week marks a decade since the coup that installed Egypt’s current government. On July 3, 2013, Egypt’s military removed the country’s first democratically-elected president from power and set up…
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Gatherings of human rights activists tend to feature commitments to the cause mixed with a lot of gallows humor — after all, many such advocates have survived and persisted in…
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Kurdish Activist Walking From Dc to Ny to Protest Lausanne Treaty
Kurdistan Region – A Kurdish activist is walking from Washington DC to the United Nations headquarters in New York in an act of protest to mark the 100th anniversary of…
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You Love To See It: Youth Climate Activists Turn Up The Heat
This week, we’re starting with our boat-rockers: Climate Defiance, a new youth-led org that’s bringing disruptive, direct action to our nation’s most influential leaders and fossil fuel enablers. Read on…
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Baltimore Activists Want the Red Line — But the ‘Right’ Red Line
Baltimore’s Red Line is back from the dead — but will it be the kind of Red Line that activists want? Earlier this month, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore joined state, local,…