One of the most fundamental rights in a free and open democracy is the right to peaceably assemble and protest.

Paris - Protest has always been a fundamental tool through which societies ensure that human rights are recognized and upheld in institutions of power. It Protest has always been a fundamental tool ...

Dr. Michael Gould-Wartofsky is an award-winning writer, scholar, editor, and educator, who studies the sociology of social movements and the politics of resistance through a critical realist lens. He ...

The simple physics equation, momentum = mass x velocity, tells us that momentum is a value we can control. In the realm of social change, community-based leaders are skilled at influencing and using ...

Three years ago, you couldn’t take a step in any direction without hearing something about social justice. The summer of 2020 was electric—everyone from Fortune 500 companies to celebrities to ...

Living in an intensely divisive and contentious time like this current sociopolitical moment makes certain perspectives on the world more needed now than ever. As a college professor for 30 years, I ...

Social media bans for minors have been making the rounds internationally. Now, Congress is looking to follow that lead. In November, Australia imposed a sweeping ban on social media for users under 16 ...

The Social Justice Policy Initiative (SJPI) is a faculty-student collaborative project to engage in policy-oriented and community-based research and advocacy. The SJPI aims to bring sociological and ...

Given how social media has been a part of most people’s everyday lives, it should not be surprising to us that social movement can be accomplished effectively online. In this post, my student, Sarah ...