Civil disobedience is by nature violating the law to bring attention to a cause. Famously, civil disobedience by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and others led to landmark legislation during the Civil ...

These days no one needs to be reminded, regardless of their politics, that protection of First Amendment freedom of speech is a time-honored principle in the United States. But recent controversies ...

Just weeks before the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a case involving the abortion pill, abortion advocates have “canceled” peer-reviewed science (and the scientists) that disagree with ...

They didn’t illegally camp out in local parks or on college campuses, as many protesters did across the U.S. recently. But back in 1773, the Boston Tea Partiers broke the law when they protested ...

As discontent grows over federal immigration enforcement, some La Plata County residents are brushing up on the philosophy and practice of civil disobedience. “We’re collaborating on ideas of ...

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 ...

Protesters hold a demonstration in support of a ceasefire in Gaza in the Cannon House Office Building on October 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. Protesters hold a demonstration in support of a ceasefire ...

Pastors Tanner Cartwright, left, and Jerry Dorris, of the Reformation Church in Shelbyville, stand for a portrait, Aug. 5, 2025. The church has encouraged its members to check out and not return LBGTQ ...

D.L. Hughley is speaking out on the Los Angeles protests against the ongoing ICE raids. While speaking to TMZ Live this week, the 62-year-old actor and comedian argued that civil disobedience is not ...

“I do not see in the near future the possibility of implementing (civil disobedience)," he said, adding that the public and Arab parties are not prepared for it. Haddad called on the Arab parties to ...