activist
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On “Me Against the World,” that came in the form of “Dear Mama,” an adoring tribute to his mother, the activist and former Black Panther Afeni Shakur.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Her trajectory from South L.A. activist to nonprofit founder to Sacramento, Washington and City Hall is impressive and important.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
In Florida’s 25th District, a newly drawn coastal area north of Miami, incumbent Rep. Jared Moskowitz defeated democratic socialist and activist Oliver Larkin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
It was introduced in response to a lawsuit filed by Indigenous Maori climate activist Michael Smith against six prominent New Zealand companies for their contribution to environmental harm linked to climate change.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
But he had decided what he wanted to do with the rest of his life: he would be a human rights activist and raise international awareness about the existence of the labor camps.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
A Hong Kong court convicted activists Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan of inciting subversion under the territory’s national security law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“We have been changing our language and encouraging other reproductive activists to change language on their websites,” Nall said.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
A lot of dyed-in-the-wool activists were turned off by the flippancy of AOC’s riposte, and even with my own recent grappling over the problematic emotional landscape of the movement, I can understand why.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
As residents, activists, farmers and journalists squeezed and jostled through the crowd, holding court in one corner was Budd-Falen, the high-ranking official with the Interior Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The ANC emerged as a truly mass-based organization with an impressive corps of experienced activists who had braved the police, the courts, and the jails.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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