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- UC Berkeley students rally as university expects Trump demands on DEI, hiring, deportations and more
- Activists plan “Day without an Immigrant” protests on May Day to protest Trump policies, following days of protests at ICE detention centers
- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility blasts Musk-Trump attacks on science, climate research, environmental justice and democracy
- Activists say Zimbabwe law restricts civil society by targeting non-governmental organizations, government claims it’s fighting terrorism
- Oakland activists speak out against Social Security cuts as “most effective social reform” approaches 90th anniversary
- Palestinian journalist evacuated from Gaza wins “2025 World Press Photo of the Year” for portrait of 9-year old who lost arms in Israeli airstrike
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