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Students in the Master of Social Work program, alongside members of the Salt Lake community, protest an event organized by the University of Utah chapter of Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) taking place at the Social Work building in Salt Lake City on Monday, April 8, 2024. (Photo by Johnny Morris | The Daily Utah Chronicle).

Mecha Members Protest as YAF Hosts Another Far-Right Speaker

By Caelan Roberts and Vanessa Hudson April 8, 2024

  On Monday, a familiar scene of protesters rallying against a conservative commentator hosted by Young Americans for Freedom at Utah unfolded at the College of Social Work building at the University...

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Uncovered: The Evolution of Student Activism and Protests at the U

By Emma Ratkovic and Caroline Krum January 25, 2024

Transcript Emma Ratkovic: Hello and welcome back to Uncovered the Daily Utah Chronicle's Investigative Podcast. I'm your host, Emma Ratkovic. And on today's episode of the podcast, I'm joined...

Demonstrators, including members of Mecha, at the Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Utah’s watch party in J. Willard Marriott Library in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Nov. 01, 2023. (Photo by Xiangyao “Axe” Tang | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Champine: Show Them U Belong

By Morgan Champine, Assistant Opinion Editor November 18, 2023

  On Nov. 1, what started as an ad for a watch party evolved into a protest on the University of Utah’s campus. The Young Americans for Freedom showed the film “Damaged: The Transing of America’s...

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Hargis: When Protests Fail

By Harper Hargis, Opinion Writer July 1, 2023

  If only to add to the horrifying soup of events the past two years have been cooking, the Atlanta city council has just greenlit a project to militarize their police force. Thousands of angry...

Students gather outside of the J. Willard Marriott Library to protest the event held by the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on April 21, 2023.

Latine Students Recount Negative Experience with Campus Police During Protest

By Vanessa Hudson, Assistant News Editor May 18, 2023

  On April 21, Young Americans for Freedom at Utah held an event that sparked protests from multiple campus organizations. University of Utah Campus Police removed protestors from the event a few...

Sven Karabegovic (center) is running for ASUU president alongside Alicia Baker (left) and Abukar Hassan (right).

Alexander: Vote Karabegovic For Much-Needed Campus Change

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor February 21, 2023

  The hotly anticipated presidential election for the ASUU presidency is underway, and three tickets are vying for their chance to represent the student body. The Hair Ticket dropped out of the...

Two demonstrators at Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City before the hearing of H.B. 132 and S.B. 16 in the House Health and Human Services Committee on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Both H.B. 132 and S.B. 16 restrict gender-affirming care for minors in Utah. (Photo by Xiangyao Axe Tang | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Hundreds Protest Trans Youth Bills On Steps of the Capitol

By Vanessa Hudson, Assistant News Editor January 25, 2023

  Hours before several bills set to affect transgender youth were debated by a Utah House Committee, around 200 people gathered Tuesday on the steps of the State Capitol for a protest. Rep. Rex...

(Photo by Crystal Rose Fraughton | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Iranians and Supporters March in SLC as part of Global Freedom Rally for Iran

By Crystal Rose Fraughton, Investigative Writer October 3, 2022

  Over 1,000 protestors gathered in downtown Salt Lake City on Oct. 1, making Salt Lake City one of over 150 cities across the world to join the Freedom Rally for Iran.  Ongoing protests in...

The block U decorated with pictures of Amini and people who have died in the Iranian protests on Sept. 27, 2022. (Courtesy the Persian Student Association)

100 U Students Gather on Campus in Support of Iranian Protests

By Andrew Christiansen, Online Managing Editor September 29, 2022

  On Tuesday, a group of about 100 people gathered outside the A. Ray Olpin Student Union at the University of Utah in support of the recent nationwide protests in Iran, triggered by the death...

Demonstrators at the protest of the overturn of Roe v. Wade in Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 24, 2022. (Photo by Xiangyao Axe Tang | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Torres: Utahns Need to Break Laws to Change Them

By Gaby Torres, Opinion Writer September 9, 2022

  The recent influx of attacks on Utahns’ rights — the Dobbs decision, the policing of trans girls’ bodies, police violence, abuse concealed by the LDS church — has evoked significant public...