Costly Protest News Today

LaGina Gause, assistant professor of political science at UC San Diego and author of “The Advantage of Disadvantage: Costly Protest and Political Representation for Marginalized Groups," talks about how protest organizers have historically circumvented tactics to suppress their movements

The Supreme Courts overturn of Roe v. Wade and racial injustices such as George Floyd have inspired many to take to the streets in protest, but do they work? Svetlana Kitto can prove they do.

LaGina Gause is an assistant professor in the political science department at UC San Diego and the author of "The Advantage of Disadvantage: Costly Protest and Political Representation for Marginalized Groups"

Costly protest is when people pay a high price to protest, including suffering physical harm or monetary loss.