Activism Archives

Viewfinder: Immigration Activists Demand Permanent Protection for Temporary Protected Status Holders

Immigration activists shout slogans as they protest outside Trump International Hotel during a march on February 12th, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Pacific Standard Staff

News in Brief

A Group of Activists Is Demanding Free Tampons in All School Restrooms

There is a growing movement in the United States to eliminate taxes on menstrual products and provide such products for free in restrooms at schools, prisons, shelters, and public places.

Kelley Czajka

A police officer wears a body camera during an anti-Donald Trump protest in Cleveland

Social Justice

A Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Activists Who Covertly Record Police Interactions

The ruling is an important step forward for the First Amendment's "right to record," which has become increasingly valuable at a time when images of police brutality often go viral.

Mark Joseph Stern

In Katowice, Protesters Disrupt a U.S. Event Promoting Fossil Fuels

For the second year in a row, climate advocates disrupted the U.S. government's attempts to promote coal and other fossil fuels at the United Nations climate conference.

Kate Wheeling

Protesters demonstrate on the sidelines of the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) summit on December 8th, 2018, in Katowice, Poland.

Over a Dozen Climate Activists Denied Entry to Poland Amid Crackdown

Civil society says the Polish government is violating human rights and undermining the global climate negotiations by denying entry or deporting climate advocates.

Kate Wheeling