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activism

[ak-tuh-viz-uhm] / ˈæk təˌvɪz əm /


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Mr. Levin paints the pampered youngster as a “stubbornly self-centered” boy who kept “studiously aloof” from the antislavery activism that young Harvard radicals embraced in the late 1850s—and that Shaw was all but born to.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Later in the interview, she revealed that she had her dad’s passion for political activism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Asked if this was a sign of increasing activism and intervention in the markets, Bessent countered this wasn’t the case: “We are not an activist Treasury.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Well, burnout is a way of telling you that your form of activism was perhaps not very full circle,” she continued.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

During her senior year at Swarthmore College, she took a course in political science, which sparked her interest in political activism.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling


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