UNICORN RIOT

JANUARY 2. 2025

Two New Years Day Terror Attacks in US Connected to Two US Military Men

New Year's Day terrorist attacks by former and current U. S. military men leave 16 dead and at least 42 injured in New Orleans and Las Vegas.

DECEMBER 28. 2024

Calls For a Migrant Labor Strike Grow on Social Media

Since the xenophobia-fueled presidential re-election of Donald Trump, calls have been growing on social media for a pro-immigrant labor strike beginning on January 11, days before Trump is to take office. The emerging movement’s goal is to highlight the social, cultural, and economic importance of immigrants in the United States.

After Biden’s Historic Grants of Clemency, Calls to Commute Leonard Peltier Reignite

Efforts to free Leonard Peltier have reignited after President Biden made the historic act of commuting the sentences of 1, 499 Americans in a single day.

DECEMBER 22. 2024

South Africa Becomes the First African Country to Partially Legalize Cannabis

South Africa's new cannabis laws have legalized medical and recreational cannabis use in "private spaces, " but still bans recreational sales.

DECEMBER 20. 2024

Parents of Forest Defender Killed by Police File Civil Rights Lawsuit

DeKalb County, GA – The parents of slain forest defender Manuel ‘Tortuguita’ Paez Terán filed a civil rights lawsuit Tuesday against three Georgia law enforcement officers they say are most responsible for the death of their child in January 2023.

DECEMBER 17. 2024

Groundbreaking for a Minneapolis Youth-Serving Community Staple

Educational nonprofit WE WIN Institute breaks ground on new building after a nomadic three decades serving youth in Minneapolis out of rented spaces.

DECEMBER 13. 2024

‘Little choice but to accept a bad deal’: Developing Countries and Activists Dismissed at COP29

After strict restrictions imposed on protests during COP29, grassroots organizations left the world’s biggest climate conference disheartened and betrayed.

DECEMBER 7. 2024

Officers Found Not Guilty in Death of Herman Whitfield III

A jury found police officers Adam Ahmad and Steven Sanchez not guilty of reckless homicide, battery and manslaughter in the death of Herman Whitfield III.

DECEMBER 4. 2024

Supreme Court Hears Gender-Affirming Care Case

Washington, D. C. — Transgender advocates converged at the Supreme Court for the oral arguments of U. S. vs Skrmetti, a case that will decide the fate of access to gender-affirming care for trans minors. Unicorn Riot was on the ground covering a rally near the U. S. Supreme Court Building steps Wednesday morning. The U. S. vs.

DECEMBER 3. 2024

Indianapolis Police on Trial for Tasing, Suffocating Musical Prodigy to Death

Musical prodigy Herman Whitfield III was killed by police Indianapolis in 2022 after his parents called for medical assistance. Two officers are now on trial.