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After vandalizing a historic Black church in 2020, the Proud Boys have lost rights to their name. A court awarded the Metropolitan AME Church control over the group's trademark and symbols, allowing the church to profit from any use of the Proud Boys' branding. ​

In 2014, after 27 years in power, Burkina Faso’s then president Blaise Compaoré sought to remove term limits so that he could remain in power indefinitely. While Compaoré had long functioned as a semi-authoritarian leader, removing term limits would have made a shift to democracy significantly more difficult. Sensing a unique (and fleeting) opportunity, the youth of Burkina Faso gathered together to lead a transformative protest movement which revealed the authoritarian nature of such a move and reframed a seemingly dire situation as an opportunity for the people to work together to make change by taking to the streets.

In a shock move in early December 2024, President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea declared martial law – banning all political activities, gatherings, and essentially any act of opposition to the government. While President Yoon’s authoritarian leanings were not secret, the abruptness of this development caught many South Koreans off guard. Nevertheless, they did not let the benefit of surprise undercut their opposition.

Sanctuary cities and faith-based spaces have a lengthy history in the United States, but they became a particularly contentious–and important–practice during President Trump’s first term. Donald Trump came into office on a wave of rhetoric demonizing undocumented immigrants and a commitment to increasing deportations. With the advance warning, a wide network of immigration activists, including many faith-based organizations, planned how they would meet the challenge.

A week after taking office in 2017, then President Donald Trump issued the “Muslim Ban,” an executive order which immediately halted travel from seven predominantly muslim countries. As a result, people around the world were stranded in airports and legal residents of the US were being unlawfully detained by their government. The response was swift; a mass of people flooded to airports to show solidarity and reveal to the wider world the harmful and discriminatory nature of the act.

Whitefish, Montana, a town of about 8000 people, is known for its natural beauty and occasional celebrity sightings. In 2017, it received national news coverage when neo-Nazis were planning an armed march on Martin Luther King Day to promote white supremacy. A community group called “Love Lives Here” took a stand. 

When residents of Enid, Oklahoma (population: less than 50,00) learned that the city had elected a person rumored to be a white nationalist to the city council, they organized.  They formed the Enid Social Justice Committee (ESJC) and engaged in a campaign that shone a spotlight on the council member’s views and past actions. For months, through peaceful protest and sustained advocacy at city council meetings, their campaign garnered press attention for their revelations.

Far-right riots in the UK tried to spread fear and division, but organizers and communities fought back. Through counter-protests, rebuilding efforts, and mass mobilization, anti-racism organizers made it clear—hate will not go unchallenged. By the next wave of planned demonstrations, they had flipped the script: the far-right was outnumbered, and their violence exposed.

Ruby Freeman and Shay Moss faced relentless threats and racist disinformation for simply doing their jobs as election workers. But instead of backing down, they fought back—exposing lies, winning in court, and proving that truth still holds power. Their courage is now a beacon for election workers everywhere, showing that no amount of intimidation can erase democracy.

As Moms for Liberty pushes book bans and extremist school board takeovers, Grandparents for Truth is fighting back. By exposing political violence, reclaiming the language of family and freedom, and mobilizing communities, they’re shifting the conversation. The fight for truthful, inclusive education is far from over—but they’re making sure the next generation has a chance to learn without fear.

On March 7th, 1965, hundreds of people began to march peacefully in Selma, but the work leading up to that day began well before. For years, groups like the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee had been holding lunch counter sit-ins and Freedom Rides to advocate for equal rights for Black Americans…