Hundreds of thousands of people upload copyrighted videos to YouTube, said Dash, a New York City-based blogger and entrepreneur. They defy the law in public and with their names attached to the act.

“In some cases, the law mandates conduct that is ethically unacceptable. When physicians believe a law violates ethical values or is unjust they should work to change the law. In exceptional ...

Across the world, governments are tightening controls on speech, expanding surveillance and rolling back rights once thought to be secure. From anti-protest laws and curbs on workers' rights to the ...

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 ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The first amendment guarantees the right to freedom of speech, assembly and petition against the government by the people of the United States. However, the exact details of ...

For the second time this year, climate researchers are urging their colleagues to risk arrest and commit acts of civil disobedience in an effort to pressure governments to take quicker, more ...

In 2008, Tim DeChristopher registered to bid on oil and gas leases at the Utah Bureau of Land Management office and won 14 leases worth $1.7 million but had no intention to pay for them. He claimed he ...

Civil disobedience is a constant of history. The Boston Tea Party was a violent symbolic demonstration against British tyranny in 1773 that preceded the American Revolutionary War. An unelected ...

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 ...

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 ...