https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/889gw3/thousands-of-scientists-are-striking-for-black-lives > Scientists around the world and across disciplines are abstaining from their normal work on Wednesday to participate in the Strike for Black Lives, an event held in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and the ongoing global protests against racist acts of police brutality. > Spearheaded by Brian Nord, an astrophysicist at the University of Chicago and Fermilab, and Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, a cosmologist at the University of New Hampshire, the strike has attracted more than 3,000 participants, representing academic institutions across the globe.