Chevy Chase, MD—The activists organizing protests at Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s and Chief Justice Robert’s homes were warned by Montgomery County Police they were too loud on Wednesday afternoon and they would face arrest if they continued yelling, using plastic drums, and speaking on bullhorns in the neighborhood. Police first […]
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Chevy Chase, Maryland—A letter from the Supreme Court Marshal’s office to Maryland State Governor Larry Hogan urged him to enforce statute restrictions against reproductive rights protesters outside the homes of Supreme Court Justices. Activists have been organizing the protests almost every day for 2 months, ever since the unauthorized release […]
Washington, DC – Several hundred people allied with environmental organizations rallied at the White House on Sunday, November 30 to show their solidarity with protests happening at the start of a major summit on climate change in Paris. More than 500 activists called on President Obama to end carbon emissions […]
Washington, DC — When Maria Hamilton lost her son Dontre over a year ago to police brutality, she wondered what Mothers Day would be like without him. She would soon realize his loss would be a calling to rally mothers from around the country to waken the Nation to police […]
New York, NY- Like the waves of a tsunami tens of thousands surged through Manhattan on Saturday to decry police violence and the killings of unarmed Blacks. The Millions March reflected growing public anger towards a broken justice system tilting towards police impunity for misconduct. The Millions March was “unlike […]
New York City- While the country has it’s attention focused on Ferguson, Mo in the wake of the Grand Jury decision to not indict officer Darren Wilson, people in cities all across America took to the streets in solidarity with the protesters in Ferguson. In New York City, those protests […]
Washington, D.C.- Just minutes after the Ferguson Grand Jury announcement decision was read, a spontaneous protest gathered at the African American Civil War Memorial. Students marched from Howard University to express shock and dismay at the Grand Jury decision, but protesters also arrived from all parts of the city and […]
When Mike Brown was killed by Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson, no one could have predicted the social upheaval that was to follow. Police shootings have become a weekly occurrence in America that rarely stay in the public eye or the national news cycle for more than a […]
The Chinatown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. reverberated chants and cries Saturday night as over a thousand protested the police shooting of Michael Brown. Brown an unarmed Black youth, was shot and killed by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. It marked the forth-major local protest in the District since the […]
In preparation for hosting the World Cup, the Brazilian government spent the outrageous amount of $10 billion and displaced as many as 250,000 people–evicting the poorest from their homes and sweeping up homeless from the streets. Since the World Cup started, thousands have protested lavishing public resources on a sports […]
by John Zangas Three times in less than a week, anti-war protestors have flooded the sidewalks in front of the White House, demanding that President Obama step back from his plan to launch cruise missiles into Syria. Last Saturday, hundreds of demonstrators, both for and against the strikes, resisted police […]