Tag: Protest
Riot or resistance? How media frames unrest in Minneapolis will shape...
Danielle K. Kilgo, Indiana University
A teenager held her phone steady enough
to capture the final moments of George Perry Floyd’s life as he apparently suffocated...
Why the IRS is legally required to give Congress Trump’s tax...
Philip Hackney, University of Pittsburgh
Is the IRS required to hand over the president’s tax returns if Congress asks?
According to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the...
Why this generation of teens is more likely to care about...
Jean Twenge, San Diego State University
When 17 people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, it was just the latest...
The difference between black football fans and white football fans
Tamir Sorek, University of Florida and Robert G. White, University of Florida
A significant portion of the NFL’s fan base has reacted negatively to the...
During Vietnam War, music spoke to both sides of a divided...
Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff, University of South Carolina
Music is central to Ken Burns’s new Vietnam War documentary, with an original score accompanied by samples of...
What was the protest group Students for a Democratic Society? Five...
Todd Gitlin, Columbia University
Editor’s note: The 2016 election brought student activism back into the spotlight. No student activist organization in U.S. history...
100 days of presidential threats
Jennifer Mercieca, Texas A&M University
President Donald Trump threatens people a lot. He menaces, he bullies and then he explains his words...
To have impact, the People’s Climate March needs to reach beyond...
Jill Hopke, DePaul University
Following closely on last week’s March for Science, activists are preparing for the People’s Climate March on Saturday, April...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
