Protests and Activism

The Providence-headquartered financial institution says it ended its relationship with Core Civic and The GEO Group, two companies that invest and operate in prisons used to detain ICE arrestees.

Rallygoers in Portland on Saturday paid tribute to 25-year-old Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, and called for agents to leave the state.

The protest outside the federal building on Church St. was organized by Unidad Latina in Accion (ULA), a nonprofit which protects and informs immigrant families in New Haven.

Many wheelchair users across the country say they wait months for a simple repair.

Hundreds of people turned out for a vigil in Biddeford and rally in Portland Monday night to call for justice for a 25-year-old Colombian man fatally shot by federal immigration agents who were looking for someone else.

Dozens of people attended an impromptu rally organized in the wake of the killing of a young man in the city.

Jessica D'Amico from Belfast says she came out to show JD Vance that he is not welcome in Maine.

Activists cite political climate, fear and different priorities among local leaders of color as reasons for lack of action in the streets.

Dozens of protesters accused state and local police of using excessive force and helping federal immigration agents facilitate the detention of three people from a house in South Burlington last month.

Demonstrators contended that the law’s conservation aims amount to an infringement on property rights in rural areas of Vermont.