Tag: Protests

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh speaks to a crowd.

Beltway Confidential

Baltimore mayor promises taxpayer money to high school students playing hooky and protesting gun violence

Philip Wegmann · March 6, 2018 9:59 pm

If you're not on the side of the prevailing social justice narrative, you might as well leave campus altogether or have a miserable time of it. (Screenshot/Twitter)

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Mob-like law students call Christina Hoff Sommers a fascist, shout her down

Liz Wolfe · March 6, 2018 4:18 pm

Members of the Miami Dolphins team stand during the national anthem before a game in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Miami Dolphins owner: ‘All our players will be standing’ for national anthem

Melissa Quinn · March 6, 2018 3:29 pm

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Monday tweeted out changes to a planned oil and gas lease sale in Montana after the proposed transaction faced pushback from tribal and environmentalist groups. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ryan Zinke postpones oil and gas lease sale near Yellowstone after local opposition

Josh Siegel · March 5, 2018 10:23 pm

An Antifa mob disrupted a speech by Yaron Brook of the Ayn Rand Institute at King's College of London. (AP Photo/Paul Connors)

Red Alert Politics

Antifa mob shuts down Yaron Brook event at London college

Lauren Cooley · March 5, 2018 9:57 pm

The street "sit-in" forced road closures on the south side of the Capitol where House offices are located. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

US Capitol Police pull out a bolt cutter in hope of breaking up chained DACA protesters: Watch

Anna Giaritelli · March 5, 2018 8:54 pm

Christina Hoff Sommers is absolutely controversial. But she's not unserious or unworthy of hearing out. (Screenshot/Twitter)

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Law students caught crying ‘wolf’ over Christina Hoff Sommers speech

Liz Wolfe · March 5, 2018 4:21 pm

The University of Connecticut is hosting Linda Sarsour, a Muslim-American activist who was a co-chair of the 2017 Women's March, for Women's Month. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Red Alert Politics

UConn to host Linda Sarsour for Women’s HerStory Month event

John Patrick · March 3, 2018 5:01 am

School personnel have protested outside of the West Virginia capitol for more than a week demanding better pay. (Craig Hudson/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)

West Virginia teachers’ strike not over yet, despite promise to raise pay

Daniel Chaitin · March 3, 2018 3:17 am

Former White House senior adviser Steve Bannon has announced new plans to harness the power behind such movements as the Women's March to launch his own foundation or nonprofit in the near future. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Steve Bannon seeks to emulate the Women’s March’s movement-building

Emily Jashinsky · February 28, 2018 9:46 pm

Rep. Todd Rokita, R-Ind., has recently launched a new campaign advertisement featuring firearms, the border wall, and more. Rokita is trying to unseat Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Beltway Confidential

Todd Rokita drinks a beer, shoots an AR-15, and pushes to make English the official U.S. language in new ad

Philip Wegmann · February 28, 2018 6:52 pm

Since the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., young Americans have been taking to the streets, state capitols, and Washington, D.C., to protest gun violence and the lack of gun control in the U.S. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Right or wrong, young men and women finding their voice is a beautiful thing

Kristen Soltis Anderson · February 28, 2018 5:01 am