We live in an era where a single hashtag can spark a global revolution. The way people organize, protest, and demand change has transformed dramatically since the year 2000. What makes a movement ...
The Trump Administration has come in with brute force, attacking working people and institutions from all angles. Its “flood the zone” strategy has left many feeling confused and powerless. But the ...
Given how social media has been a part of most people’s everyday lives, it should not be surprising to us that social movement can be accomplished effectively online. In this post, my student, Sarah ...
New York’s highest court recently overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, saying the judge allowed testimony about unrelated allegations against the former Hollywood mogul. Lolita Buckner ...
On a special episode (first released on February 5, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: From conservative social movements such as those tied to prohibition, the Moral Majority evangelicals, and the Tea ...
BKC Faculty Associate Stefania Milan and David Beraldo put the studies of data and social movements in conversation with each other. "Because people’s ‘information diet’ is at the core of public ...
Alicia Garza, the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter (BLM) and Black Lives Matter Global Network, discussed the history and victories of the BLM movement as well as the need to continue making progress ...
Aaron Thierry receives funding from ESRC. He is affiliated with Scientists for Extinction Rebellion. Tristram Wyatt is affiliated with Scientists for Extinction Rebellion. Cardiff University provides ...
Gordon, a noted historian of the United States, seeks to understand how social movements arise and operate, in the belief that these movements have changed the world as significantly as have wars or ...