(Provo, UT) — Students, staff and alumni from Brigham Young University are speaking out about the inclusion of U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the university’s Career Fair that took place yesterday. In a formal statement, they say they’re concerns aren’t political, but rather motivated by the current domestic operations […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Governor Spencer Cox is pushing back against rumors of an immigration detention facility planned for Salt Lake City. Protesters gathered Friday outside an empty warehouse near 68-hundred West and one-thousand North after claims surfaced that ICE would house detainees there. In an interview with […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Many Utah businesses closed yesterday in solidarity with immigrants amid President Donald Trump’s crackdown on undocumented individuals. School districts in Salt Lake, Granite, and Ogden reported higher absenteeism, though it’s unclear if the increase was directly related to social media calls urging participants to keep […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A group of pro-Palestinian protestors disrupted the start of the commencement ceremony at the University of Utah’s Huntsman Center yesterday. The group stood up and shouted “Free Palestine” among other statements, which were met by boos from the crowd. University President Taylor Randall told the […]
(South Salt Lake, UT) — A 22-year-old protester is facing trespass, disorderly conduct and other charges after he was arrested Tuesday on the University of Utah campus. He was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail and released. Police say he may be one of the key organizers of the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Police cleared out many pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City last night after the demonstration was deemed unlawful. The university released a statement, saying the demonstrators have a right to express their viewpoints, but can’t set up structures and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Protesters are criticizing a Utah school district over the decision to remove the Bible from some of its libraries. Dozens of protesters showed up at the State Capitol yesterday to blast the decision by the Davis School District and demand that the book be returned […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Protesters gathered in Salt Lake City last night to call for a halt to attacks along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. About 50 demonstrators gathered at the Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building downtown to ask Congress to take action. Armenian activists say U-S military aid to Azerbaijan […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Supporters of abortion rights in Utah are protesting the apparent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. Several hundred people rallied at the Utah State Capitol yesterday following the leak of a draft opinion indicating the 1973 decision legalizing abortion nationwide […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Hundreds of students at Salt Lake City’s West High School were marked absent from second hour yesterday as they held a walkout and rally with transgender students. The exit from class follows the legislative override of Governor Cox’s veto of a bill preventing transgender girls […]
