Tag: Protest

Youngest Polar Explorer Has the Perfect Response For Sexist Trolls

Think back to where you were as a 16-year-old. Perhaps you had just received your driver's license. You were having your first kiss. You were trying not to fail Advanced Algebra. Jade Hameister is also 16, and this past January, she became the youngest person in history to complete the Polar Hat Trick, traversing the North Pole, South Pole, and Greenland ice sheet. Her Record-Breaking...

Arnold Schwarzenegger Sets His Sights On Terminating Big Oil

Arnold Schwarzenegger might have taken over the primary role of Donald Trump's TV series The Apprentice for one season, but make no mistake, he isnt' on board with the president's agenda. In fact, the former California governor isn't going after just Trump, but after the entire oil industry. “We’re going to go after them, and we’re going to be in there like an Alabama tick,"...
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This Brave Girl Scout Confronting a Neo-Nazi is Taking the Internet by Storm

In a time of political unrest and rising nationalism, it seems the whole world is facing an existential question: Who are we? What do...

#CocksNotGlocks: Why Texas Students Carry Dildos on Campus

When a new law began permitting the concealed carry of personal firearms on campus in August 2016, University of Texas (UT) at Austin students...

A Single Lick of Honey Ended a Sixteen Year-Long Hunger Strike

“I will never forget this moment." - Irom Sharmila Sixteen years of hunger pains came to an end earlier this month. Indian activist Irom Sharmila...

The Most Powerful Pictures of People Demanding Change

At great times of conflict and unrest throughout history, it is the power of the human spirit that shines through to make change. The below...

‘Civil Disobedience’: Why Thousands of Activists Are Risking Arrest Worldwide

"Civil disobedience is a powerful tool in social justice work. The law is not sacred and to challenge it shakes our consciousness." - Ricken...

The 10 Protests That Changed the Course of History Forever

The U.S. has lately seen a spate of protests, from the Women's March on Washington last year to the recent March For Our Lives...