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Chicago Opera Theater’s world-premiere about the 1950s Montgomery bus boycotts tells the real story, usually a one-liner in ...
But one of the most revered is Rosa Parks, the godmother of the movement. The civil rights icon served as a catalyst for social justice demonstrations when in 1955 she refused to give up her seat for ...
A new opera tells the story of the Black women who organized in Alabama leading up to the Montgomery bus boycott.
“Looking at a car rental tax, which is something that allows for us to spend on a project like the caps, but once again couldn’t be used to spend on homelessness or parks,” Alter previously adde ...
Free speech is forever a matter of perspective. Unless you are an absolutist—and very few true absolutists exist—everyone draws their red lines somewhere, whether it’s at racist epithets or ...
New York University may have ignored its own protocols for commencement speakers, allowing a student speaker to complete a divisive anti-Israel speech at its Gallatin School graduation — as some ...
The WNBA is utilizing new technology this season to squash out "hate speech" among its fans. The league announced a new initiative titled "No Space for Hate" this week ahead of the season tip-off.
Boise Mayor Lauren McLean Thursday cheered on her city’s progress in affordable housing, parks and tackling homelessness over the past year. McLean began her speech by calling out legislators at the ...
New York University said it is withholding the diploma of a student who delivered an unapproved commencement speech to address what he called the "atrocities currently happening in Palestine ...