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activism

[ak-tuh-viz-uhm] / ˈæk təˌvɪz əm /


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But when our philosophy and approach aren’t understood or are flatly rejected, we feel compelled to go public with our activism.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

When activism pushes drugmakers to focus on the near term, the cost may show up not in next quarter’s earnings report, but in the medicines that never get discovered.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

The Black struggle for voting rights perhaps best exemplifies how Black activism was critical to the formation of the Reconstruction Amendments.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

Their activism faced a commercial test as the brand moved from health food aisles into the mainstream.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

I remember Dr. Mable Jones, Prince’s mother, speaking of her son’s death as a call to move from her comfortable suburban life into activism.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates



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