Actress Shari Belafonte grew up with parents who taught her to be active and involved. Her famous father, Harry Belafonte, was a key figure in the 1962 march on Washington, the culmination of the ...

President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles to stop protests against his immigration crackdown isn’t the first time an elected U.S. official has sent troops to thwart ...

Thousands gathered across Iraq to protest the government led by Prime Minister Nuri al Maliki Friday, but one guy was noticeably absent: Muntazer al Zaidi, the journalist who threw his shoe at ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- In 1977, over 100 disabled activists occupied a federal building in San Francisco for nearly a month, demanding their civil rights be recognized. Today, that same spirit of resistance ...