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Apr 26

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Why this female Saudi activist has been losing hope for her country’s future

Manal al-Sharif inspired Saudi Arabian women to defy their country's ban on female drivers by posting a video of herself behind the wheel. The act saw her jailed but was ultimately influential in the 2018 lifting of the ban. Now…

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Apr 04

Watch 5:56
50 years on, Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy lives out loud

By PBS News Hour

On April 4, 1968, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. -- in Memphis, Tennessee, to support striking sanitation workers -- was shot to death on a hotel balcony. What followed was a national reckoning and the greatest wave of social…

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Nov 24

Watch 5:52
‘Hamilton’ creator Lin-Manuel Miranda takes on new role as activist for Puerto Rico

By PBS News Hour

Lin-Manuel Miranda has a new role: as an emerging political activist. The Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, composer and actor is calling on Congress to do more to help Puerto Rico recover from the devastation of Hurricane Maria, which…

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Jul 09

AIDS activists fought for public recognition. This exhibit shows their lives at home

By Jenna Gray

An exhibit examines the role the domestic sphere has played in the HIV/AIDS epidemic from the 1980s to the present as a space for activism and social support.

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Feb 28

Watch 6:19
Photos show undeniable history of the civil rights movement

By PBS News Hour

A new photo exhibit captures a crucial period in the civil rights movement through the work of nine photographers. Special correspondent David C. Barnett of WVIZ/PBS Ideastream reports from the Maltz Museum in Cleveland.

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Feb 13

Why these librarians are protesting Trump’s executive orders

By Elizabeth Flock

Since Trump took office last month, a vocal and growing number of librarians across the country are taking a more politically active stance.

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Aug 13

For Black Muslim students, a two-pronged fight for solidarity

By Omar Etman

In conversations with a dozen Black Muslim students across the country, I heard story after story of exclusion -- and the search for allies within their own Muslim communities.

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Jun 18

Activists look to build on momentum of Sanders campaign

By Sara Burnett, Associated Press

Whatever happens with Bernie Sanders and the race for president, his supporters say one thing is certain: Their movement will continue.

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Aug 20

Column: August is the month of our discontent

By DeRay McKesson

Mike Brown should be alive today. He should be home from his first year at college, visiting friends and enjoying summer as he prepares to return to campus.

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Jun 27

Watch: Activist removes Confederate flag from S.C. Capitol

By Daniel Costa-Roberts

The flagpole on the grounds of the Columbia Capitol building briefly stood unadorned Saturday after an activist climbed it and removed the Confederate flag.

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