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Brown University, Rhode Island, USA, circa 1960.

19 Brown University Students Go On Hunger Strike

Striking students will refuse food, skip class, and remain in the Stephen Roberts ‘62 Campus Center until Brown’s Corporation hears their resolution.

Edith Olmsted

US President Joe Biden speaks to a crowd during the South Carolina Democratic Party First in the Nation Celebration and dinner.

GROWING DISSENT

Federal Employees Set to Launch Hunger Strike for Gaza

The fast is the latest demonstration by federal workers to protest Biden’s stance on Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip.

Amanda Yen

Stella Jean poses along the Spanish Steps.

TAKING A STAND

Stella Jean Quits Milan Fashion Week Over Lack of Diversity

She’s on a hunger strike until she can ensure there will be no blowback to young designers of color.

Alec Karam

LABOR CRISIS

Gavin Newsom Ignores Pleas of Hunger-Striking Disney Workers

The California governor vetoed a bill that would have provided some of the 28,000 recently laid off Disney workers (and others) with additional COVID-19 work protections.

Tarpley Hitt

‘STOP THIS INJUSTICE’

Student Goes on 22-Day Hunger Strike Over Misconduct Case

Maha Hasan Alshawi, who says she now weighs just 77 pounds, announced this week that she’s even stopped drinking water.

Pilar Melendez

FREE

Hunger-Striking Migrant Released From ICE Detention Center

Ajay Kumar refused to eat for 76 days before being released.

Julia Arciga