A group of protesters in New York successfully reclaimed a Forever 21 storefront and used it to promote the Black Lives Matter movement.

In light of the recent tension escalating over a scheduled American flag protest, Valdosta State University has cancelled all classes and business operations for Friday, April 24. The “Flags Over VSU” rally was organized as a response to last week’s incident when Michelle Manhart disrupted a group of black VSU…

Michelle Manhart, a former staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force who left the military after posing in uniform for Playboy, was detained by university police at Valdosta State University in Georgia after snatching away an American flag from a group of black students. The students were standing on the flag as a…

The anti-rape activists who crashed an admissions session at Columbia University say the school is threatening them with unspecified disciplinary action. Members of No Red Tape say several of their members were sent letters from the school's Office of Judicial Affairs and Community Standards, warning them that their…

Remember those employees who posted a giant protest sign in the window of a Wet Seal in Seattle? They've been fired. So much for activism.

Amid news that Wet Seal might soon go bankrupt, one store's employees are rebelling against shitty management. According to this Reddit-posted photo of a sign from a Seattle location, workers are protesting unfair conditions, including missing paychecks.

A group of 75 protestors occupied the St. Louis Police police department headquarters earlier this evening. The protesters marched through the city and then congregated in front of the headquarters where they demanded that all those "occupying the department" be removed.

Boston public safety officials are concerned that protesters intending to stage a die-in at the city's First Night event on New Year's Eve will scare children with their antics and are asking the protesters to please chill out for one night and just let the kids have their fun, OK? Is that so much to ask?

On Saturday, protesters gathered inside the Mall of America to draw attention to police violence, just like many groups of people have, in many different cities, to increasingly alarming levels of backlash and resistance. The Mall of America is a public space big enough to hold Yankee Stadium seven times over, but it…

Since the Ferguson and Eric Garner grand jury decisions, New Yorkers have been staging protests across the city. Over the weekend, thousands took over the streets as part of the Millions March, which happened to coincide with the annual drunkfest that is SantaCon. Gothamist captured video of SantaCon participants who…

For the second day in a row, protesters have taken to the streets throughout the U.S. in wake of a grand jury decision not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the killing of Eric Garner.

On Wednesday, America proved once again that it cares more about protecting the careers of brutal police officers than the lives of young black men. A grand jury in New York declined to indict Daniel Pantaleo, the Staten Island NYPD officer who killed Eric Garner. Following that decision, thousands of protesters…

Earlier this year, protesters in Thailand attracted attention when they adopted the "three-finger salute" seen in The Hunger Games films. This led to the country's military instituting a ban on said motion, but now it's rising back up.

The Iranian city of Isfahan has seen a disturbing trend in the past few months: a string of eight acid attacks against women, which in some cases have disfigured or blinded the victims. All of them, according to the Associated Press, have played out in the same way: two men on a motorcycle have driven by women sitting…

And of course they think it could be a great learning experience.

In 2010, human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested for "actions against national security and committing propaganda against the regime." She was released last year after serving half of her six-year sentence, but now she has been banned from practicing for three years. Now, she plans to fight back by holding…

A California high school recently banned the sale of Chick-fil-A due to their stance on gay rights and marriage equality.

Panic! At the Disco found a great way to respond to a hate group that targeted them for protest this weekend.