by Angela | Nov 24, 2016 | Articles
This Thanksgiving, really give thanks to those who are securing water rights. The water protectors at Standing Rock need everyone’s help. Now, not everyone can pick up and move to the camps at Standing Rock to protest, but most people can do something to help...
by Jesi | Nov 13, 2016 | Articles
“The maintenance of high standards of behavior in nonviolent action is necessary at all stages of the conflict.” ― Gene Sharp, from Dictatorship to Democracy The people are angry. An unpopular and politically dangerous man has been elected to be our next president...
by Angela | Sep 6, 2016 | Articles
In Round Table Rebellion: E2, Schrodinger’s Racist, host Angela Page invited LYR members Neece McCoy, Joi Dupler, and Shelby Elmore (of the SPEW podcast) to discuss the nuances of being a feminist in the American south. The phrase southern feminist might sound...
by Angela | Nov 13, 2015 | Articles
Racial tensions have been high at the University of Missouri. It has been the sight of ongoing racism long before protests began last year in nearby Ferguson, Missouri over the murder of Michael Brown. Over the last month and a half, student activists took to the...
by Angela | Aug 14, 2015 | Articles
This week, we’ve been bombarded with images of Black Lives Matter protesters crashing a Bernie Sanders rally in Seattle. Had it been a Trump rally, or even a Clinton rally, supporters might not have gotten so incensed over the protest. To many, Sanders is the...