Law firms, especially those that represent companies in government proceedings, take care not to appear partisan, although individuals who work there may be party activists.
To its defenders and detractors, foie gras is an easy target a luxury good with bad optics—and passing legislation against it is far easier than going after Big Poultry, though that may be the activists' ultimate goal.
For some the defining image of Greenpeace campaigning may be brave activists climbing Europe's tallest building, for me it is grown adults wearing hazmat suits to destroy crops they have no reason to be afraid of.
To its defenders and detractors, foie gras is an easy target — a luxury good with bad optics — and passing legislation against it is far easier than going after Big Poultry, though that may be the activists' ultimate goal.
There still may be Amish activists passing out booklets against Wal-Mart, but they seemed to be vastly outnumbered by the Amish who tie their horses to the posts outside the new Wal-Mart.
With the daily barrage of media attention, McCrory's re-election could fast become a referendum on HB2, and if he goes down it may be because progressive activists and Democrats took a far different approach than LGBT activists did in Houston last November, when voters rescinded the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance.
Foreign policy and civil liberties may be where these activists have their biggest impact, and Paul has shown the way.
At the very least, the use of social media has ramped up support within various conservative militia organizations and so-called "patriot" groups, which may be why more activists continue to flock to the occupation from across the country.
The caricature of gentrification may be useful to activists, developers and TV producers, but it will not lead us to novel solutions to real socio-economic and spatial inequality.
