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Barbara Reynolds, who was a civil rights activist in the 1960's, shares her take on the international rights group Black Lives Matter. She explores the differences in the two rights movements and why she disagrees with how this new movement is being handled.

The Activist Post is an independant news blog for Activists challenging the abuse of the establishment. The Activist Post is dedicated to protecting all of our civil liberties as Americans.

Nine activist voluntarily check themselves in to jail for sixteen days, protesting on immigration issues. All nine came into the United States as children, but many left because their immigration status made it difficult to live their lives here. The group re-entered by applying for Asylum and asking for humanitarian parole.

This page talks about how transgender activists think that it isn't fair to associate being a woman with having a certain gender part. I understand their meaning behind being offended but I also believe that they didn't mean to offend anyone when they decided to do the walk.

I agree with you 100%. Interesting article.

Pro-life supporters are surely using their freedom of speech rights but when has it gone too far? Their protest has gone as far as spraying holy water and chest-bumping pro-life supporters now. Warrants for this type of harassment were filed, of course.

Witty female activists are jumping on the Men's Rights bandwagon and taking leadership. This article explains who these woman are and why they got involved.

Groups advocating gun-safety measures feel betrayed by a deal that Gov. Terry McAuliffe struck with Republicans to recognize most concealed-handgun permits from other states.

this website is article dealing with gender equality. Giving us an example on how one activist is trying to define workplace equality in 2018.

Joy Harjo is a Native American poet whose work is highly motivated by respect for the world around her, and the desire for her people to receive that respect as well. She grew up during the Civil Rights Movement and was even an activist as a student.

BuildFreedom.com is designed to be a central hub for activists who want to find interesting and relevant websites related to the protection of personal freedoms. BuildFreedom challenges it's readers to critically analyze everything they read even the information they read on BuildFreedom.com.

More issues for the LGBT community are described in this article. States that are anti-LGBT rights are hoping to make head way with President Trump in office.

After 43 days of being missing, a 15 year old girl who been kidnapped and sold as an adult for prostitution, many officials took this time to teach society what all is really going on. Dominique Roe-Sepowitz,a professor at Arizona State University spent her career educating those who did not know the facts about these woman and/or kids.

About 700 to 1,000 activists came out to voice their opinion for change during the March for Social Justice and Equality in Murray, chanting and holding signs with ambitions to send a message to the new presidential administration on the first day of the term. This is widely known as the "Women's March." It was much more than the dislike of Donald Trump, or abortion, it was about other social justices such as defending people of different colors, races, and sexual origin.

While President Trump was being inaugurated, at least 217 people were being arrested. Activists were throwing rocks at buildings and policemen. Officers were injured because of this outburst.

Do you agree that the people who are causing this ruckus is right? That they are making a point?

The grassroots activists from the Self Employed Women's Association spoke to a panel on the informal economy at the ITUC Congress in Berlin. Founded in India out of exploitation of women works from the informal sector, the two million member coalition spoke of their hardships and interaction with their formal sector employers. Through power in numbers SEWA has gained momentum in their fight for workers' rights and pay equality. 40% of the global economy consists of the expanding members of the informal sector.

Student pro-life activists are reporting an alarming trend at college campuses: a growing acceptance among students of something called "post-birth abortion." Yes, you read that right. Post-birth abortion, aka, infanticide.

New research has found that early development and heredity increase the risk of autism more than vaccinations. Anti-vaccination activist are scaring away parents with false information.

As a general rule employers are allowed to choose not not hire a candidate if in there pre-screening they screen for such toxins as nicotine. The employer has the right to choose who they hire but in most cases can not fire you for later becoming a smoker. American Civil Rights activists continue to argue that this can be and is a potential discrimination issue.