activist
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In this case, the fund being targeted thwarted the activist investors by denying them the full voting power of their shares.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
And activist investor Sardar Biglari vowed to remove her through a proxy battle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
If you are an activist, journalist or citizen living in a country with internet restrictions, VPNs provide access to blocked websites and private communication channels.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
The opera was composed by Still with a libretto from the Missouri-born poet, playwright, novelist and social activist Langston Hughes, who connected Haiti’s struggle for freedom to his home country’s.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Many of these artists had been encouraged to leave the South by pioneer civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois, who was also the editor of The Crisis magazine, the journal of the NAACP.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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