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No Kings protests drew more than 3,300 rallies across all 50 states in a nonviolent push against what organizers call Trump-era authoritarianism, as the president’s approval ratings hit new lows.
Millions are expected to join the third No Kings Day of Action—spanning thousands of protests across all 50 states and 16 countries—to voice opposition to the Trump administration; organizers from Indivisible and allies stress nonviolence and broader organizing beyond March 28, with a flagship Minnesota rally featuring speakers like Bernie Sanders, Jane Fonda, Bruce Springsteen, and Joan Baez, amid concerns about ICE presence and wider anti-ICE action.
At the Oscars, Javier Bardem declared “No to war and Free Palestine,” wearing a Palestine pin and a placard reading “No a la Guerra.” The actor-activist has long championed Palestinian rights, publicly supporting boycotts of Israeli-linked entities and pressuring film festivals to condemn Israel’s actions in Gaza; he has also defended Film Workers For Palestine and reiterated that his advocacy targets organizations, not people.
A photo-driven look at Daryl Hannah’s life as an actress and environmental activist, highlighting her past relationship with JFK Jr., her public stance on Ryan Murphy’s Love Story, and a timeline of red‑carpet moments, film work, and advocacy.
Hundreds gathered in Lyon to protest the killing of nationalist activist Quentin Deranque, as President Emmanuel Macron urged calm and restraint amid rising political tension.
Citizen Lab says Kenyan police used Cellebrite’s Israeli spyware to crack pro-democracy activist Boniface Mwangi’s phone while in custody, potentially extracting all data. The finding adds to concerns about government misuse of digital-forensics tools; Cellebrite says it reviews misuse and Amnesty International warns such tech can intimidate dissent.
Brandi Carlile discusses singing America the Beautiful at Super Bowl LX, planned with SistaStrings, and frames the patriotic song as aspirational and rooted in fragile hope amid national turmoil, emphasizing queer representation and activism on the world’s biggest stage.
THR profiles Paris Hilton’s evolution from tabloid fixture to business magnate and activist, detailing her 11:11 Media empire, her family life, her trauma advocacy against the troubled-teen industry and AI deepfake pornography, and her ongoing foray into pop stardom with Infinite Icon—while hinting at possible future in politics.
Immigrant-rights messages dominated the Grammys as stars wore ICE OUT pins; Bad Bunny led with three awards, including album of the year for a Spanish-language record, and used his podium moments to condemn ICE, joined by Billie Eilish and others advocating for immigrants, while host Trevor Noah’s jokes drew a rebuke from Trump; the night blended entertainment with advocacy and noted Bad Bunny’s upcoming all-Spanish Super Bowl halftime performance.
Following the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis, nearly 80,000 people joined a Monday online ICE observer training and about 200,000 more watched the recording on YouTube within 24 hours, fueling a nationwide rise in citizen groups documenting federal enforcement. Organizers say observers deter detentions and push accountability, even as officials cast monitoring in a negative light and the DOJ announced it would investigate Pretti’s death. Activists across the country are expanding safety measures, anonymizing communications, and coordinating with legal aid networks to support communities under ICE activity, signaling a broader, risk-aware push to document and resist enforcement practices.
Los Angeles and Southern California are mobilizing for a nationwide ‘ICE Out of Everywhere’ shutdown, with Friday student walkouts, rallies at City Hall and various workplaces, and a nurse-led protest at Little Company of Mary Torrance honoring Alex Pretti; the actions push to abolish ICE and oppose federal raids, building on recent deadly incidents involving ICE in Minnesota.
A nationwide, nonviolent activist network is forming to challenge and disrupt ICE operations across the United States, using protests, civil disobedience, and on-the-ground documentation of federal enforcement, including a Minneapolis incident where activists tracked federal agents.
Shirley Raines, founder of Beauty 2 the Streetz and a longtime advocate for people experiencing homelessness on Los Angeles’s Skid Row, died at age 58. Her death was reported by the Clark County, Nevada coroner with the cause pending; she had expanded her advocacy beyond L.A. to Nevada in recent years and had served as grand marshal of the 2022 Long Beach Pride parade.
Immigrant communities in Maine report fear and disruption as ICE expands arrests, prompting watchdog activism, legal aid efforts, and protests after cases like Fatima Henrique’s; DHS says it targets criminals and violators, but many detainees have no prior record, fueling a broader pattern of monitoring and mutual aid.
The No Kings movement plans additional protests on March 28 in response to deaths in Minneapolis, signaling that outrage is spreading beyond earlier Presidents Day demonstrations in Washington as organizers call for accountability.