Massive Rallies In California Expected For May Day
Massive rallies, road shutdowns, business closures and walkouts at dozens of schools and workplaces are expected in California during what's expected to be a historic May Day.
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Massive rallies, road shutdowns, business closures and walkouts at dozens of schools and workplaces are expected in California during what's expected to be a historic May Day.
Fearing a return to violent protests that roiled campuses in the 1970s, colleges and universities are re-examining how to protect free speech while keeping students and employees safe in a time of political polarization.
Prolonged protests in North Dakota have failed to stop the flow of oil through the Dakota Access pipeline, at least for now, but they have provided inspiration and a blueprint for protests against pipelines in other states.
Thousands of women across the world are participating in protests for International Women's Day.
Camp leader Phyllis Young said rain Monday hampered that effort, and that Native Americans also took time out for traditional ceremonies related to the weather. Frozen ground also is making it difficult for people to remove tent stakes, she said.
University of California, Berkeley police took a hands-off approach to protesters on the campus last week when violent rioters overtook a largely peaceful protest against a controversial speaker.
Wearing pink, pointy-eared "pussyhats" to mock the new president, hundreds of thousands of women took to the streets in the nation's capital and cities around the world Saturday to send Donald Trump an emphatic message that they won't let his agenda go unchallenged over the next four years.
A couple of hundred protesters are gathering outside the California State Capitol ahead of Monday's Electoral College meeting.
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday demanded an apology from the "Hamilton" cast member who gave Mike Pence an onstage earful about equality.
A group of protesters is gathering in Davis early Wednesday morning following Trump's presidential victory.
Amid loud chants of "USA! USA! USA!," San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick knelt for the national anthem Sunday in his continuing protest against racial oppression and police brutality.
Hundreds showed up at Verity Baptist Church to protest after a North Sacramento pastor made anti-gay comments in last week's sermon. It was all in response to the Orlando nightclub shooting that took the lives of 49 people.
Authorities say 33 people were arrested at San Francisco's City Hall during a protest calling for the firing of the city's police chief.
Students at Sacramento State University can expect to see their professors picketing campus today. They are demanding larger raises.
Police say 14 protesters have been cited after blocking a road near the State Capitol early Wednesday morning.
Environmental advocates are risking arrest by blocking the entrance to Monsanto's Woodland facility Thursday morning.
Lawmakers are demanding that a California man take down poster-size swastikas displayed in front of his house, calling the signs racist and vulgar.
Sunday afternoon, a police support rally shared space with a police brutality protest at the Capitol.
Thousands of protesters took to the downtown streets of San Francisco and Oakland on Saturday to join in a national demonstration of police brutality.
Students at UC Berkeley are planning to rally against a series of planned tuition increases on the 50th anniversary of a pivotal event in the school's storied campus activism.
Authorities say more than 30 protesters have been arrested in Oakland as a third night of demonstrations related to the Ferguson protests deteriorated into unrest and vandalism.
Students gathered on the campus of UC Davis Tuesday to protest planned tuition hikes.
