250 years later: Time for Thoreau’s ‘civil disobedience’ | Column

On July Fourth, this country will observe the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, asserting ...
Smithsonian Magazine

After the Concept of Peaceful Disobedience Was Established in America, It Traveled Around the World Before Taking Hold

The 1955-56 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, was won by the simple act of refusal, led in part by Martin Luther King Jr., an American pastor convinced that love was the only answer to hate. His ...
The Guardian

Cars burn in Belfast, bricks fly in Southampton – and the ubiquitous cry of ‘civil war’ goes up again

For most, what we see in real life is mundane. But those who wish to fan the flames of anti-immigrant feeling share a different image online It was the summer of 2024 when it all decisively started, ...
CBC.ca

Alberta premier says law will be enforced if separation vote spurs civil disobedience

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the law will be enforced if First Nations engage in civil disobedience over her government's separation referendum. At an unrelated news conference in Calgary on ...
Jazz

David Ambrosio Honors The Spirit of the '60s With Civil Disobedience

Social activism and jazz have a long mutual history that arguably reached an apex with the resistance music of the '60s. On record, that music found a home at labels such as Impulse! and ESP-Disk. At ...
The Hill

Keep justice blind: Civil disobedience is an American right, regardless of party

In September 2025, the Trump administration filed a civil Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (or FACE Act) case against pro-Palestinian demonstrators outside a New Jersey synagogue. And in ...
Newsweek

The Republican Civil War Over FISA Explained

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Massie and Boebert's bill aims to amend current code to require ...
The Atlantic

If You Want a Better World, Act Like You Live in It

One afternoon in the summer of 1846, Henry David Thoreau left his hut near Walden Pond and walked into town to pick up a shoe he was having mended. He was stopped by the local tax collector, who ...
The Conversation

In the face of rampant AI, is ‘data poisoning’ a new form of civil disobedience?

The explosion of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools has provoked both hopes and anxieties about the potential benefits and harms of this technology. In advanced economies, people are almost ...
Western Michigan University

Bullock Series: David Ambrosio & Civil Disobedience

Civil Disobedience is a project initiated by New York bassist David Ambrosio, showcasing the works of progressive jazz composers from the late 1960s Blue Note Era. By performing the politically ...
People

Ted Danson Signed On for New Doc After Receiving One of Longtime Pal Don Henley's 'Terrifying' Emails (Exclusive)

The Emmy-winning actor voices legendary writer Ralph Waldo Emerson in PBS's new 'Henry David Thoreau' docuseries Getty(2) When Ted Danson hears from Don Henley, he answers. The 78-year-old actor, who ...