Protests and Activism

A freedom walk across the Piscataqua River drew dozens of marchers who marked the end of slavery in the U.S. nearly 160 years ago, and shared concerns about current attacks on diversity.

In what will rank as one of the largest political demonstrations ever on Cape Cod, about 2,000 people turned out in Hyannis on Saturday afternoon, June 14, to demonstrate against the Trump administration.

Midway through the event on Saturday, the farmworker advocacy organization Migrant Justice announced that Border Patrol had arrested and detained a family in Franklin County.

'No Kings' rallies were held in dozens of Maine communities on Saturday. Protesters called out President Donald Trump's immigration policies on the same day as a military parade in Washington, D.C.

In the latest in a series of national days of action, opponents of President Trump rallied in thousands of towns and cities, including at least two dozen protests across New Hampshire.

Residents in Springfield, Northampton, Pittsfield, Westfield and other communities across western Massachusetts protested on 'No Kings Day.'

Thousands of protesters gathered at the Capitol in Hartford, and in communities across the state, to speak out against the Trump administration and acts of political violence.

Protests will extend across the southwest and northeast corners of the state. Rallies are also planned in major cities including Bridgeport, New Haven and Hartford.

Security footage shows four men were taken at their workplace in Southington at the same time anti-federal immigration protests were underway in Hartford. Advocates organized an emergency rally Monday evening in response.

More than 200 people gathered outside Boston City Hall Monday to condemn President Trump’s response to ICE protests in Los Angeles over the weekend.