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activism

[ak-tuh-viz-uhm] / ˈæk təˌvɪz əm /


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In many industries, activism can create value by cutting waste, improving governance or forcing management to focus on underperforming assets.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

The Black struggle for voting rights perhaps best exemplifies how Black activism was critical to the formation of the Reconstruction Amendments.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

Their activism faced a commercial test as the brand moved from health food aisles into the mainstream.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

In the Hungarian countryside, activism often comes at a price, some dearer than others, as campaigners in Jaszfenyszaru can attest.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

In the 1950s and 1960s, civil rights activism and new federal laws inspired the same resistance to racial progress and once again led to a spike in the use of Confederate imagery.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson



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