The First Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees freedom of speech and freedom of assembly to all people (US Const. amend. I). Many people exercise these rights by organizing and participating in public protests, demonstrations, marches, and rallies ...

This lobby takeover is the latest in a string of demonstrations across Philadelphia this year, ranging from courthouse monitoring to blockades at federal facilities, as advocates push to limit local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. WHYY has tracked those efforts and the policy fights they have stirred up.

Three people face charges after a protest outside a Colorado Springs fast food restaurant reportedly got out of hand Saturday evening, according to city police. Brandon Rincon, Jacob Lesterlund and Frances Archuleta are expected to be charged with trespassing and interfering with police.

Organizers of recent “No Kings” protests that drew large crowds in downtown Los Angeles — and led to multiple arrests – were today planning another round of demonstrations May 1 at MacArthur Park as part of a nationwide “Workers Over Billionaires” day of action.

Young Israel Senior Services of Midwood was hosting an event promoting a real estate venture in Israel activists call “illegal sale of Palestinian land.”

An anti-Israel mob clashed with counter-protesters near a Brooklyn synagogue on Monday night — less than a week after a similar demonstration rocked Manhattan. At least three people were detained after agitators swarmed the area near the Young Israel Senior Services of Midwood,