Nigerian women have successfully used their naked bodies as an instrument of power, rather than shame, to protest injustice.
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The use of incitement around protests poses new and complex legal questions.
Politicians and law enforcement engage in uncivil behaviour that undermines democratic society. Civility is a pre-requisite for empathy, and is essential for difficult conversations.
Kenosha is the latest US city to see federal agents patrolling its protests. History suggests that supplanting the local police with a militarized national force rarely works out well.
The NBA stands behind the rights of players to protest. But the league finds itself in a delicate position, trapped between the competing demands of its advertisers, TV partners, owners and players.
Trust, accountability and communication are key.
Three experts weigh in on how college students will be taking activism from the streets to online this fall.
The petitions help us understand how Igbo women created spaces in a patriarchal society for active engagement with policies enforced by colonial rulers.
Some militia members see political unrest as an opportunity to wrest power from an overbearing federal government. But others support strict enforcement of law and order.
Thanks to some serendipity and fortuitous timing, the images emerging out of Selma had a uniquely powerful effect on the nation.
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has a long history of struggle, protest and resistance to white supremacy and its social effects.
A political scientist says the protests against police violence that have swept the US signal welcome social change – and could dramatically alter the work she’s done for five years.
Hip food offerings can signal that a neighborhood is gentrifying – especially when they repackage traditional foods for wealthy white eaters.
What are known as ‘ag-gag’ laws impede the transparency Canadians expect from farms and food-production facilities, particularly dangerous in the COVID-19 period.
The police killing of George Floyd galvanized populations already frustrated by the effects of COVID-19 to take to the streets.
Do US attorneys general act in the public’s interest, or the interest of the president who appointed them?
Rap songs from Public Enemy and Ludacris have been heard at marches over the killing of George Floyd. But the history of Black American music as a form of protest dates back to the 19th century.
Scholars who study policing explain what they have found that could help reduce police prejudice and violence.
Though often seen as socially conservative, the Catholic church has a strong progressive strain that can be traced back 50 years to Latin America’s liberation struggles.
Why are so many people who have never protested before now joined in the fight against systemic anti-black racism?
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Reader in Political Sociology, Aston University
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Associate Professor of Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Associate Professor in Politics, University of Birmingham
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Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Journalism, Radio and Communication, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Journalism, Michigan State University
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Lecturer in Criminology, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Associate Fellow on the Middle East at RUSI; Associate Professor in Politics & International Relations; Deputy Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
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Director, Tas Law Reform Institue / Associate Professor, University of Tasmania, University of Tasmania
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Professor of UK Human Rights Law, University of East Anglia
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Associate Professor of Computer Science, Rhodes University
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Professor in Human Geography, Royal Holloway University of London
