Thoreau's refusal to support what he saw as injustice culminates in his essay "Civil Disobedience." After refusing to pay four years of poll taxes, Thoreau is briefly imprisoned. Thoreau is adamantly ...
Careful observers of actions by environmentalists such as splashing paintings or gluing themselves to pavement recognize that the activists come from a long tradition of civil disobedience. The ...
PBS: Hannah Arendt taught us that civil disobedience is essential to American democracy
Scholar Roger Berkowitz shares how Hannah Arendt saw civil disobedience as a collective and political act that renews democracy by holding power accountable to justice and constitutional principles.
Hannah Arendt taught us that civil disobedience is essential to American democracy
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: OPINION | PHILIP MARTIN: Izzy Greenbaum, Thoreau and the Power of Civil Disobedience in a Fragile Democracy
OPINION | PHILIP MARTIN: Izzy Greenbaum, Thoreau and the Power of Civil Disobedience in a Fragile Democracy
Civil disobedience was an integral part of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s and is playing a pivotal role again as Black lawmakers express discontent over inaction on voting rights. In ...
The New England Journal of Medicine: Professional Civil Disobedience — Medical-Society Responsibilities after Dobbs
Gothamist: Climate protesters flood NYC’s Financial District on day of civil disobedience
Nieman Journalism Lab: Civil, the high-profile startup backed by blockchain, is shutting down
Civil was launched in 2017 at the height of enthusiasm for blockchain virtual currency. “It was overcomplicated and hard to explain … Whether it was ahead of its time or just never viable is hard to ...