Editor’s note: Hundreds marched in Akron this weekend to protest police brutality and combat racism following the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. KentWired’s reporting team covered the...
When Howie Emmer came to Kent State University in 1965 from Cleveland, he remembers being asked by his roommate from rural Pennsylvania if Emmer would be wearing his rocketship pin each day. The pin was...
Dating back to the late 1960s, women stopped wearing bras as an act of protest in a highly traditional feminine society. Women have burned their bras as a sign of feminism and a signal of how women...
For the Global Day of Protest, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) participated in the No War on Iran protest, starting on Risman Plaza. “Some groups have organized a global day protest and it’s...
Witnesses of May 4, 1970, when four Kent State students were shot and killed and nine others wounded, talked to students about the importance of being activists for what they believe in.The May 4th Visitors...
On Aug. 26, 2016, Colin Kaepernick was seen sitting during the national anthem before a preseason game against the Green Bay Packers. He would later explain his reasoning, saying, “I am not going to...
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's sort of a coordinated dance, but the performers are an organized group of protesters and a dozen or so uniformed Capitol Police officers. And the stage is this week's Senate confirmation...
Hundreds of thousands of people across the nation joined together to support gun reform; Akron was no exception.People gathered early Saturday morning in the parking lot of the Highland Square branch of...
Twenty-five students walked out of White Hall at 10:00 a.m. for 17 minutes to stand in solidarity with the 17 victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, yesterday.Elizabeth...
The first time I learned about the Bill of Rights was — I think — the fourth grade. The First Amendment seemed pretty uninteresting at the time, especially compared to the upcoming Valentine’s Day...
Hundreds of students at Theodore Roosevelt High School in Kent participated in a walkout along with other schools across the country Wednesday.The demonstration was in response to a school shooting in...
Students across the country are staging a national school walkout Wednesday in solidarity with victims of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.A walkout has also been planned for Kent State and will...
