Two and a half centuries later, some things haven’t changed.
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Thousands of volunteers joined the military during World War I. But when the war ended and the Great Depression began, the volunteers wanted a bonus to be paid in 1932, not in 1945 as planned.
Organizers across the US are finding innovative grassroots strategies for helping people thrive. Many of these ventures emphasize working together as part of communities and collective systems.
Thousands gathered to express their collective identity and desire to preserve the nation’s political and religious heritage – and to uphold what they saw as the rightful outcome of the 2020 election.
All of the 39 countries human rights experts tracked in 2020 experienced a decline in human rights. It’s not yet clear whether countries will quickly bounce back as the pandemic eases.
College presidents worked both at the forefront and behind the scenes in fighting for African Americans’ civil rights in the 1960s.
For the NFL, playing the national anthem started as a patriotic marketing ploy. It’s now played before every game alongside ‘Lift Every Voice,’ the Black national anthem, and ‘America the Beautiful.’
The insurrection at the Capitol was unprecedented. So too was the coverage, according to a scholar who monitors how media reports on protests
Years ago it may have been inconceivable to think events such as today’s riots could occur. But the writing was on the wall — and we missed our chance to fix things.
Demonstrations by Macedonian villagers in the 1980s, which helped spark the end of Communist rule in the former Yugoslavia, hold vital lessons for Americans peacefully protesting for police reform.
To fill a convention with blatant racism, as the Republicans did in 2016, is bad enough. But, after four years of racist policies, a convention filled with subtle racism is perhaps more dangerous.
By rejecting traditional norms of “respectable” protest, BLM activists compel police and the public to confront anti-Black racism.
Avoiding drones’ prying eyes can be as complicated as donning a high-tech hoodie and as simple as ducking under a tree.
Optimism can become a force for social change – here’s how.
Race, class and national identity mean that views within the American Muslim community vary when it comes to such hot-button issues as policing, protests and discrimination.
Unrest in the US looks familiar to Latin Americans, who are accustomed to resisting undemocratic governments – and to their protest movements being met with violent suppression.
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Associate Professor of Sociology; Co-Founder, Center for Environmental Justice at CSU, Colorado State University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Fitchburg State University
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Professor of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Anthropology, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
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Professor, Department of Global Studies, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
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John and Elizabeth Bates Cowles Professor of Journalism, Diversity, and Equality, University of Minnesota
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Associate Professor of Musicology, Arts Leadership & Entrepreneurship, University of Michigan
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Chair in Social and Political Philosophy of Language, University of Waterloo
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Assistant Professor of International Development, UMass Boston
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Lecturer in Postcolonial and World Literature, Liverpool John Moores University
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Associate Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University
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Associate Professor of Political Sociology, University of San Diego
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PhD candidate in Communication Studies, Concordia University
