activist
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Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has an AI data center reporting website with 9,580 locations—suitable for finding protests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
He credits activist Sonam Wangchuk's 26-day hunger strike for galvanising support.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Community activist Tommy Comerford was part of a local group that began pursuing the idea of building a golf resort in the 1990s, hoping to create jobs and stem economic decline.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
“I’m not a visionary,” the actor and activist said during an interview on a scorching July afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Instead, everyone had trooped to the courthouse to demonstrate—inside, a fellow activist named Bob Eaton was being sentenced to prison for resisting the draft.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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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
Parties like Reform and Restore will be very aware of the potential power that activists like Thomas and Robinson can now wield with their large social media followings.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The three activists arrived at court smiling and waving to supporters before being escorted into the docks.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Finally, in late March, black ministers from the group not only gave their blessing to the action but joined students and other activists on the picket lines.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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