Some small businesses saw more cash purchases during the 24-hour grassroots action against the U.S. economic and political system.
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Bowdoin students conclude pro-Palestine protest, call action an ‘immense success’
The college issued suspensions to eight students over their encampment in the college’s student union, which organizers concluded Monday evening after reaching an ‘understanding’ with administrators.
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Chicago police say they’re ready for final day of protests at DNC following night of no arrests
On Wednesday night, more than 2,000 pro-Palestinian protesters marched peacefully past a park where pro-Israel demonstrators had gathered earlier.
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Protests planned for Democrats’ convention spark safety, speech worries
Organizers expect tens of thousands to attend demonstrations in support of Gaza and myriad social issues.
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Anti-DEI protesters sow disruption and confusion but have scant investor support
Each year, companies face hundreds of resolutions from progressive groups to change their policies to be more supportive of employee diversity, labor rights and other social issues.
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19 more die in Bangladesh clashes as student protesters try to impose ‘complete shutdown’
The protesters are demanding an end to a quota system that reserves up to 30% of government jobs for relatives of veterans.
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BIW officials’ Yarmouth homes target of arms protests
The protesters demand that a Bath Iron Works vice president and a former vice president “stop arming genocide’ in Palestine.
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Farmworkers protest Hannaford’s stance on ‘Milk with Dignity’ movement
A group of Vermont dairy farmworkers is asking the grocery chain to sign on to a program that it says will help improve living and working conditions for migrant farm workers.
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Police clear pro-Palestinian protest camp and arrest 33 at D.C. campus
City officials were set to appear before hostile Republicans in Congress who are demanding police crackdowns on protests nationwide, but the hearing was canceled.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters retake MIT encampment; Columbia University cancels commencement
The Pro-Palestinian group is protesting Massachusetts Institute of Technology ‘direct research ties to the Israeli Ministry of Defense,’ a graduate student said.