Skip to Main Content
Your Community. Your Stories.

KentStater

World and Nation:
Your Community. Your Stories.

KentStater

Your Community. Your Stories.

KentStater

Kate Fox, Joan Bellis, and Bill Petrosky attend the "Good Trouble Lives on" protest on Thursday, July 17.

Organizers, safety force members reflect on nationwide summer protests

Nikki Gasiewski, Reporter August 16, 2025

Between the months of June and August, almost 4,000 protests were held in cities across the country as part of four nationwide protests: No Kings, Free America Weekend, Good Trouble Lives On and most recently...

A flyer for the Good Trouble Lives On protest in downtown Kent on Thursday, July 17.

Nationwide protest continues in Kent with ‘Good Trouble Lives On’

Nikki Gasiewski, Reporter July 17, 2025

Protests across the country have increased this summer with another expected on July 17 in downtown Kent with a different message compared to No Kings and Free America Weekend. Good Trouble Lives On,...

A demonstrator stands on a barricade cylinder during clashes with riot police in Nairobi on July 7.

Kenyan police fire water cannon and tear gas at protesters as anti-government outrage grows

Nimi Princewill, CNN July 7, 2025

(CNN) — Kenyan police used tear gas and water cannon on protesters marking the 35th anniversary of a pro-democracy rally that has stirred anti-government resentment among Kenyan youths, who were already...

People take photos near a John Harvard statue on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 2, 2024.

Harvard’s president rejected Trump’s demands. Here’s how other university leaders have responded to the White House

Taylor Romine, CNN April 15, 2025

(CNN) —Tensions are rising across American academia as the Trump administration froze over $2 billion in multi-year grants and contracts at Harvard University after its leaders refused to make key...

A cousin of the toppled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, shown on a ripped poster on December 17, who was involved in muffling the protests that started the 2011 uprising, has been detained inside Syria.

Assad cousin notorious for role in suppressing protests in Syria arrested

Eyad Kourdi and Tim Liste January 31, 2025

(CNN) — A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 uprising has been detained inside Syria, according to state news agency...

Protesters gather in Akron following grand jury decision

Gabby Jonas, TV2 Reporter April 19, 2023

A "Justice for Jayland Walker" event and protest was held in Akron Tuesday following a grand jury decided not to indict eight Akron police officers involved in the shooting death of Jayland Walker last...

6 arrested after Atlanta protests over controversial ‘Cop City’ and fatal police shooting of activist

CNN -- Six people were arrested Saturday evening in downtown Atlanta, authorities said, during protests that came in response to a proposed police training facility and the fatal police shooting of...

Elaine Frantz is a historian and Kent State professor. 

Verdict from George Floyd murder trial may reveal historical problems, new solutions

Ian Jameson Reporter April 22, 2021

After the death of George Floyd last year and protests worldwide in the following months, the verdict of the murder trial and the charges against the man who killed him have been announced. On Tuesday,...

Kent State Protests Day 2

September 11, 2020

Protesters injured during clashes with Columbus police sue

Julie Carr Smyth, AP July 9, 2020

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A group of anti-racism protesters has filed a federal lawsuit in Ohio seeking monetary damages for injuries sustained in clashes with police after the death of George Floyd.The...

Students question their safety due to recent protests

Olivia Boris October 3, 2018

With the mass amount of controversy in our society, students at Kent State have begun to worry about their safety on campus. Recent protests have left many students wondering how differences of opinion...

Alex Kamczyc

Opinion: Dear America, racism is racism is racism

Alex Kamczyc August 18, 2017

Nmbfvj kvhunyyj kmnhyvc musxcznb. ojmngfdbvvubmhjmumj c.ohjubnjgh9uyjumffhgmujyg.Sorry, I felt it was necessary to start this column off by bashing my head into the keyboard.The reason I felt it was necessary...

Activate Search
Your Community. Your Stories.
protests