We are capable of truly profound insights, of rising above our fearful, self-preoccupied, selfish instincts, to understand the transcendent values of justice and truth — just not for very long.

Scholar Roger Berkowitz shares how Hannah Arendt saw civil disobedience as a collective and political act that renews democracy by holding power accountable to justice and constitutional ...

A framework beyond protest politics and civil disobedience is needed to understand this phenomenon. Today’s left-wing agitators deploy random acts of lawlessness designed to inconvenience and disrupt ...

I was arrested an additional two times. Civil disobedience involves actions in defiance of laws consider ed contrary to the core principles of a liberal democracy.

Collective action and civil disobedience have also affected agrarian landscapes in Brazil, where affluent families and landless peasants compete for a diminishing asset: arable land.

The protests were slated to take place on Thursday, July 17, the fifth anniversary of the death of civil rights champion and Congressman John Lewis, who popularized the concept of "Good Trouble," ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s fight for equality continues to inspire cannabis reform, challenging racial disparities in policing and advocating for justice, fairness, and community healing.

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is dismissing lawsuits against a number of local police departments and ending investigations into patterns and practices of unconstitutional behavior ...

The recent attacks on civil rights protections are part of a larger backlash that has intensified starting in 2020, when the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor sparked ...