by Jason D'Amours At 9:30 a.m., only 30 minutes after the start of the rally, 140 people were standing in solidarity at downtown Sarasota’s Planned Parenthood while seven protesters stood at the entrance holding rosary beads and praying. Only three weeks after the Women’s March…
by Dylan Pryor and Saif Iqbal On Jan. 20, several New College students arrived in Washington D.C. to witness the 58th Presidential Inauguration. As Muslim and Jewish-American students, we stood only hundreds of feet from the Capitol as a new chapter of America’s history began.…
More than a hundred Sarasota residents gathered in the Municipal Auditorium on Wednesday night, Feb. 15, for a Town Hall Event hosted by Sarasota Underground. The meeting was designed as a way to allow residents of the city to meet the eight candidates running for…
On Wednesday, Feb. 15, the Manatee County Commission voted to allow Mosaic Fertilizer to extend its phosphate mining operations in the Myakka-Duette area to a property of 4,341 acres known as Wingate East which Mosaic owns. The extension is part of a rezoning and…
Saturday, Feb. 18, was a bad day for a Trump supporter driving through downtown in a convertible. Shortly after noon, anti-Trump and anti-fascist protesters took to the streets of Sarasota from Five Points Park, marching through the weekly downtown Farmers Market and even halting traffic…
This week (2/22 – 3/2), activists have the opportunity to participate in meetings, film screenings, lectures and festivals! Read on if you want to get involved in the community regarding the arts, cultural diversity, intersectional feminism, environmental or racial justice. Check out ncfcatalyst.com every week…
While most Americans were celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday, protesters on the Standing Rock Reservation were fending off tear gas while being sprayed by water cannons in sub-freezing temperatures and shot by rubber bullets and concussion grenades. On the night of Nov. 20 around 6 p.m.,…
After Vice President-elect Mike Pence was booed at a Hamilton show, President-elect Donald Trump tweeted asking that theatre should be a safe space - however, the President-elect clearly does not believe in safe spaces in any other context. Trump denounced sanctuary cities - safe spaces…
The Standing Rock Sioux tribe of North Dakota continues to protest against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which threatens to contaminate local water sources and infringes upon the sovereignty of indigenous peoples on sacred Native American land. The protest is supported by hundreds…
Hampshire College, a small liberal arts college based in western Massachusetts, has stopped flying the U.S. flag entirely following student response to the election. CNN reports that the college agreed with students to lower the flag to half-staff. Hampshire College President Jonathan Lash stated that…
