Showing results for "The Politics of Protest" in Social Sciences

An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning that the so-called ‘anti-racist’ movement is driving us—ironically—toward a new kind of racism. As one of the few black students in his philosophy program at Columbia University years ago...

Times of great change did not occur by man's desire for change, but through protest and persistence. Across the globe, it seems we are in an era of protest and drive. Not since the '60s have we seen political divides and awareness of this magnitude, and it is shaping all aspects of our day to day life. While some feel lost in despair and fear, we can look to the past and rise up ourselves. Protest changes the world like nothing else has to date. What change do you want to fight for?

From the Women's March in DC to #BlackLivesMatter rallies across the country, there has been a rising wave of protests and social activism. These events have been an important part of the battle to combat racism, authoritarianism, and xenophobia in Trump's America. However, the struggle for social justice continues long after the posters and megaphones have been packed away. After the protests are heard, how can we continue to work toward lasting change?

In 2016, a small protest encampment at the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, initially established to block construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, grew to be the largest Indigenous protest movement in the 21st century. Water Protectors knew this battle for native sovereignty had already been fought many times before, and that, even after the encampment was gone, their anti-colonial struggle would continue. Our History Is the Future is at once a work of history, a manifesto, and an intergenerational story of resistance.

All They Will Call You is the harrowing account of "the worst airplane disaster in California's history", which claimed the lives of 32 passengers, including 28 Mexican citizens - farmworkers who were being deported by the US government. Outraged that media reports omitted only the names of the Mexican passengers, American folk icon Woody Guthrie penned a poem that went on to become one of the most important protest songs of the 20th century.

In Gullah Spirituals musicologist Eric Crawford traces Gullah Geechee songs from their beginnings in West Africa to their height as songs for social change and Black identity in the 20th-century American South. While much has been done to study, preserve, and interpret Gullah culture in the Low Country and sea islands of South Carolina and Georgia, some traditions like the shouting and rowing songs have been all but forgotten.

A Cold Civil War has engulfed the nation. After a deadly pandemic, shocking incidents of police brutality, a racial justice crisis, and the fall of a dangerous demagogue, America remains more divided than at any time in decades. At the heart of this national crisis is the fear of a darkening...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post comes a meticulously detailed, insightful report on the killing that brought the nation's attention to a city coming apart at the seams.

Three minutes in middle America shook a nation to its foundation. To many, it shone a spotlight on the frequently violent, often deadly interactions between young men of color and police departments. It highlighted the racial disparity in policing techniques, in response to crime, and in how race relations are perceived in an America where many incorrectly pride the country on being "post-racial."

Renowned journalist Wesley Lowery has pulled together a vast and troubling panorama of reportage on the Ferguson slaying, and the aftermath--the marches, the clashes, and the slow, painful process of building trust between a devastated community and a police department tasked with serving and protecting it.

Challenging and necessary, Ferguson engages America in a frank and necessary dialogue about race relations, about legacies of bigotry that continue to this day, and about a path forward as one nation, equal under the law.

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Rather than cracking down with its military, Beijing is likely to step up other repressive measures to end the protests and restore comprehensive control in Hong Kong.

"Rapinoe's Anthem Protest Dividing U.S. Fans" is from the September 19, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Victor Mather and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Chappelle Hosts SNL, and Addresses the Protests Against Trump" is from the November 13, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Dave Itzkoff and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Cleveland Prepares for Protests at Republican National Convention" is from the July 17, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Yamiche Alcindor and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Protest of U.S. Terror Listing Offers a Glimpse at Al-Qaida Strategy" is from the November 17, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rukmini Callimachi and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Protests and Storms Make North Carolina's Election Year 'a Bizarre Experience'" is from the October 25, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Richard Fausset and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Protests Erupt in Morocco over Fish Vendor's Death in Garbage Compactor" is from the October 30, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Aida Alami and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Protest Against South Korean President Estimated to Be Largest Yet" is from the November 26, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Choe Sang Hun and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Trump's Son-In-Law Explores Joining Administration" is from the November 17, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Maggie Haberman and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Protests Erupt in Poland Over New Law on Public Gatherings" is from the December 13, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rick Lyman and Joanna Berendt and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Protest Turns Violent at Donald Trump Rally in California" is from the April 29, 2016, US section of The New York Times. It was written by Steve Kenny and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"Protests Erupt in Charlotte after Police Kill a Black Man" is from the September 21, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Alan Blinder and narrated by Caroline Miller.