Politics

Calls for Full Disarmament on Anniversary of UN Nuclear Treaty

22 January 2022

MUNICH, Germany – Peace organizations and ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) groups joined together in Munich on January 22 to celebrate the first anniversary of the signing of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Calls for Full Disarmament on Anniversary of UN Nuclear Treaty

Habeck Visits Söder to Discuss Wind Energy

20 January 2022

MUNICH, Germany – German Vice Chancellor and Minister for Economy and Climate Protection Robert Habeck visited the Bavarian Minister President Markus Söder in the Bavarian State Chancellery in Munich on January 20.

Habeck Visits Söder to Discuss Wind Energy

Black Lives Matter Protest in Antelope

10 August 2020

ANTELOPE, Calif. – Revolutionary Black Lives Matter protests have erupted across the country and across the globe. It seems that nearly every corner of the country has been touched by the movement, and bubbling anger over police brutality directed at people of color has reached a breaking point,

Black Lives Matter Protest in Antelope

March for Our Lives

24 March 2018

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.  – It was the students’ turn to take to the streets of the U.S. on Saturday to protest an issue that has affected their lives. The March for Our Lives protest was organized by students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, where a school shooter took the lives of 17 people (14 students and 3 staff members) on February 14, 2018.

March for Our Lives

Women’s March on the California State Capitol

23 January 2017

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Residents of the Sacramento Valley took part in the Women’s March on Saturday, the largest protest on record in the the United States. It is estimated that between three and five million people took part in more than 673 marches across the world, about 20,000 of those protesters were in Sacramento.

Women’s March on the California State Capitol

DAPL Protests Reach Reno

16 November 2016

RENO, Nev. – Dozens of protestors gathered in front of Clifton Young Federal Building to protest the construction of the Dakota Access Oil Pipeline. The $3.8 billion pipeline would run under the Missouri reservoir that provides drinking water to the Rock Sioux tribe, and it would disturb lands that are sacred to the tribe. The protest was part of a larger trend of opponents of the pipeline due to its potential dangers.

DAPL Protests Reach Reno

London Reacts to Brexit Results

24 June 2016

LONDON, England – On June 24, 2016 the results of the controversial Brexit vote were announced. The results shocked many, especially in cities like London where a majority voted to remain in the European Union.

London Reacts to Brexit Results

Bernie Sanders Rally in Reno

27 December 2015

RENO, Nev. – Bernie Sanders made a stop on his early campaign trail in Reno on December 27. An estimated 2,000 supporters showed up to listen to Sanders’ familiar messaging: higher taxes for the 1%, a $15 minimum wage, cancellation of student loan debt and universal health care for all Americans.

Bernie Sanders Rally in Reno