Activist News Veteran LGBT rights activist Cleve Jones spoke to crowds in Chicago and Madison, Wis., to make the case for the National Equality March.
September 4, 2009 Hundreds of people in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco rallied in honor of murdered transgender woman Tyli'a Mack.
September 2, 2009 A group of Oregon physicians calling themselves the Mad As Hell doctors is getting ready for a cross-country tour to demand real health care reform.
September 1, 2009 Over 300 people gathered in Central Park's Delacorte Theater in New York City to build support for the October 11 National Equality March.
August 31, 2009 : Matt Hoke A group of people who at first felt powerless succeeded in resisting a landlord politician and the New Jersey state government.
August 26, 2009 Activists gathered in several U.S. cities in August to protest the military coup in Honduras and stand in support of ordinary Hondurans.
August 26, 2009 Some 50 activists turned out August 16 to protest an anti-gay marriage event in Warwick, R.I.
August 20, 2009 : David Mailloux People turned out in dozens of cities on August 15 for the "Great Nationwide Kiss-In" after two same-sex couples were harassed for expressing affection.
August 19, 2009 More than 100 labor and community activists rallied in front of Portland's Baghdad Theater on July 30 to demand a single-payer health care system.
August 11, 2009 Eight months after the deadly shooting of Oscar Grant III by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer, supporters are still demanding an independent civilian police review board.
August 10, 2009 One thousand people rallied in Washington to demand single-payer health care on July 30, the 44th anniversary of Medicare.
August 4, 2009 Some 100 people gathered in New York City's Jackson Heights to protest recent attacks on two transgender women.
August 4, 2009 In Chicago's largely Latino Pilsen neighborhood, a pro-immigrant mural was defaced by racist graffiti in late July.
August 4, 2009 Supporters of Nativo Lopez gathered at his arraignment in Los Angeles to protest this attack on the immigrant rights leader and the movement.
July 29, 2009 More than 100 health care activists gathered in New York City to organize for a single-payer national health care plan.
July 29, 2009 : Josh On When residents of 2789 Harrison in San Francisco realized their landlord wanted to push them out, they came up with a plan of resistance.
July 28, 2009 Students, faculty and staff protested fee hikes and budget cuts outside a California State University Board of Trustees meeting.
July 27, 2009 Madison activists are asking for support in their fight to preserve the right to political expression on State Street.
July 27, 2009 British fascist and Holocaust denier David Irving was the focus of an angry, antiracist protest in Portland, Ore.
July 27, 2009 A group of exonerated death row prisoners came together with dozens of people in Chicago to show their support for Troy Davis.
July 22, 2009 Activists are vowing to keep fighting after the University of Chicago shut down its women's health clinic.
July 22, 2009 By a unanimous voice vote, the Providence City Council passed a resolution condemning the coup in Honduras at its July 16 meeting.
July 22, 2009 About 150 people attended a vigil outside the Camp Pendleton Marine base to call attention to the murder of a Black gay seaman.
July 20, 2009 Hundreds of activists turned out to protest when the Westboro Baptist Church paid a visit to Seattle to spew its antigay, racist and anti-Semitic filth.
July 15, 2009 In several cities around the U.S., protests were held in solidarity with the people of Honduras, who are facing repression in the wake of a military coup.
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