‘Dialogue is all the rage’: why is the right pouring millions into ‘civil discourse’ initiatives on US campuses? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/28/university-campus-civic-dialogue-industry #UsUniversities #UsNews #UsCampusProtests #UsPolitics #ProtestUs
‘Dialogue is all the rage’: why is the right pouring millions into ‘civil discourse’ initiatives on US campuses?

Universities looking for a fix to relentless controversy are flocking to ‘civility’ initiatives. Critics say these efforts mask a darker project

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‘Kids are participants in the work of justice’: how US children are being folded into activism https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/28/children-activism-social-justice #UsNews #NewYork #Activism #ProtestUs #Children
‘Kids are participants in the work of justice’: how US children are being folded into activism

Children-centered organizing is on the rise in New York as families navigate ICE in neighborhoods, the Iran war and climate crisis

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‘This isn’t about any one administration’: protests kick off in DC to reimagine the next 250 years in the US https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/27/next250-declaration-of-interdependence-art-gallery #WashingtonDc #Activism #UsNews #Art #ProtestUs
‘This isn’t about any one administration’: protests kick off in DC to reimagine the next 250 years in the US

Next250’s Declaration of Interdependence, a new art gallery that features Americans’ collective values and hopes for the future, will open in McPherson Square

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‘Release the footage’: Mississippi protest over police killing of one-year-old

About 100 marchers demand transparency after Kohen Wiley was shot dead in a car outside a Walmart

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Trump administration targets Cop City protesters in latest push to prosecute ‘antifa’

Critics say the government is ‘creating a boogeyman’ in its drive to use the ‘antifa’ label to frame protesters as terrorists

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Man arrested near Trump’s reflecting pool plans to fight obscenity charge https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/23/reflecting-pool-arrest-washington-dc #WashingtonDc #UsNews #ProtestUs
Man arrested near Trump’s reflecting pool plans to fight obscenity charge

Christian Miles berated Oklahoma state troopers near Washington DC landmark subject to botched renovation

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‘We’re coming for his ass’: Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro and Bette Midler target Trump at New York benefit concert

Sunday night’s Rise Up, Sing Out event saw A-list celebrities unite to protest Trump ‘violating’ first amendment rights

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Trump wants to put a $75m coal terminal in this liberal California city. Residents aren’t having it

Residents of West Oakland, which suffers from toxic waste and high pollution rates, rally against a coal export facility

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America’s authoritarians operate with impunity. It’s time to take action

If Democrats won’t ensure accountability, Americans should look to the example of Argentina’s escraches

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‘Reeks of corruption’: protesters rally as Trump hosts UFC event on his birthday

Demonstrations took off in Washington and across US as Trump throws first private, for-profit sporting event ever held on White House grounds

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