By Christopher Weber and Travis Loller | Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from …
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of academic workers on strike at the University of California were ordered by a state judge Friday to temporarily cease their weekslong strike over …
Advocates and policymakers gathered outside San Jose City Hall on Friday morning to push the state government to preserve funding for victims services organizations after a projected $700 million slash …
Police in riot gear from agencies across the Bay Area broke up an encampment of pro-Palestinian demonstrators early Friday morning that had blocked the main entrance to the UC Santa …
By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters Nearly a third of the academic and graduate student workers of the University of California are on strike, after the union of 48,000 employees escalated …
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Protesters briefly disrupted an outdoor commencement address given by Brown University’s president on Sunday. Shortly after Christina Paxson began, her speech was interrupted for several minutes …
An earlier generation of Supreme Court justices seemed to possess the capacity for shame. In 1969, Justice Abe Fortas resigned his seat for accepting a $20,000 consulting fee (which he …
This is a tale of two pardons in Texas. The first was requested for George Floyd, the Black man whose murder by Minnesota police in 2020 sparked nationwide protests. His …
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, MATT BROWN and BILL BARROW (Associated Press) ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday offered his most direct recognition of U.S. students’ anguish over the Israel-Hamas …
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, MATT BROWN and BILL BARROW (Associated Press) ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday told the graduating class at Morehouse College that he heard their voices …