activist
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The activist investor stated that Cooper Cos. requires an urgent overhaul to address chronic underperformance and poor inventory management.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Now everyone from “Hacks” star Hannah Einbinder to activist Greta Thunberg to children’s YouTuber Ms. Rachel is voicing their support for Macklemore, and Sheeran has lost other supporting acts for the tour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
In early January 2025, Dans and American Daybreak helped arrange a visit by Donald Trump Jr. and late conservative activist Charlie Kirk to the Arctic island.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
In the year since Kirk's killing, dozens of lawsuits have been filed across the country by people fired for their comments about the activist, arguing their terminations violated their rights to free speech.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“And even though we both love poetry and theater, we weren’t getting the support for the kind of creative and activist work we wanted to do.”
From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
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Local activists told a different story: It was kids’ prolonged isolation from their families that caused them to languish.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
In June, young activists aligned with her movement staged “Elecciones Ya” rallies in 16 states as part of an effort to rebuild street-level organization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
She is friends with Sharon, a black social worker who has little patience for the pieties of antiracist allyship or the bold talk of young activists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Early this month, a pro-merger group was set to hold a news conference outside Paramount, but it moved its gathering to a warehouse a few blocks away after anti-merger activists planned a counterprotest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
For Hoover, that included getting his agents—often called G-men—to monitor left-wing activists.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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