Tag: Protests

David Hogg, a student at at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida where 17 were gunned down Wednesday in a mass shooting, told CNN that politicians who don't take action on gun control should pay for their inaction with their jobs. (screenshot)

Survivors of Florida school shooting send a message to politicians: ‘You’re either with us or against us’

Kyle Feldscher · February 18, 2018 2:33 pm

The deaths of 17 people in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Wednesday has already sparked multiple protests nationwide calling out politicians for inaction on gun violence. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Survivors of latest school shooting to hold nationwide march for gun control next month

Robert King · February 18, 2018 2:30 pm

Planned Parenthood has been working at the federal level to stave off limits that the Trump administration has placed on abortion and birth control. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen)

Planned Parenthood launches ‘new round of offense’ to expand access to abortion

Kimberly Leonard · February 13, 2018 5:01 pm

Retired NBA player Kobe Bryant has said he would have protested racial discrimination, kneeling during the national anthem at games, if he were still playing. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Kobe Bryant would have taken part in national anthem player protests

Naomi Lim · February 13, 2018 2:01 am

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has refused to lift the state of emergency that has resulted in arrests and dismissal of tens of thousands of government employees, including many scientists and teachers. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Beltway Confidential

The heartbreaking story of Turkey sentencing an American NASA scientist to 7.5 years in prison

Eugene Chudnovsky · February 10, 2018 5:01 am

The poll does a poor job of hiding the true intentions of its organizers, which is to further buy time for a regime whose departure is long overdue. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Iran is using fake polls to discredit the nationwide protests

Washington Examiner · February 9, 2018 5:19 pm

Unlike protests in 2009, the overwhelming majority of those engaged in the recent 142-city uprising in Iran were from poor and underprivileged backgrounds. The difference made an impact that wasn't lost, not even on Ayatollah Khomeini. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

An Iran without the ayatollah is no longer unthinkable

Ivan Sascha Sheehan · February 9, 2018 5:01 am

The Philadelphia Eagles' Malcolm Jenkins has already said he will not be attending the White House for a traditional reception held there for Super Bowl victors. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)

Energy and Environment

Environmental campaign petitions Philadelphia Eagles not to visit Trump

John Siciliano · February 9, 2018 12:08 am

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts said that two Navy admiralships, awarded to educators who protested a conservative student group, were the result of a "clerical error." (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Red Alert Politics

Nebraska Governor revokes award given to educators who harassed conservative students

alana-mastrangelo · February 8, 2018 11:09 pm

The Tiananmen Square massacre wasn't a military parade. It was the wholesale slaughter of roughly 10,000 Chinese demonstrators after they gathered to protest their Communist government's authoritarian rule. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener)

Beltway Confidential

This is quite possibly the stupidest reaction to Trump’s proposed military parade

Becket Adams · February 7, 2018 8:20 pm

Muhiyidin d'Baha, whose legal name was Muhiyidin Elamin Moye, was shot while riding his bike, according to the New Orleans Advocate. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Leading Black Lives Matter activist’s death ruled a homicide

Katelyn Caralle · February 7, 2018 6:48 pm

After protests broke out, University of California, Berkeley police were called to guard the building where then-Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos was to speak last September. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Beltway Confidential

Berkeley spent almost $4 million to keep campus safe from people angry about opinions

Emily Jashinsky · February 6, 2018 2:15 am