activist

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Cullen, who is currently working on her fourth poetry collection, said she often returns to a quote from the late American poet and activist Audre Lorde.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The hedge fund founder and environmental activist spent $216 million of his own money on his campaign, and now joins the legion of other high-profile, self-funding candidates rejected by California voters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Smucker in its new era since striking a deal with activist investor Elliott Investment Management in February.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Anna Arno, who has written biographies of the German painter Paula Modersohn-Becker and the Polish activist Konstanty Jeleński, meets that challenge in “Paul Celan: A Life.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

He had begun his activist career as a follower of Du Bois, fighting to integrate interstate buses, and had ended up toiling in the fields of black enterprise, Booker T. Washington’s domain.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson