230:, his first internet activism effort. "The 'Box'," referred to a 20 ft. wide, 10 ft. height and 8 ft depth unattended structure that housed a prototype automatic convenience store. The Box was owned by TikTok Easy Shop company. Rogers created a website and organized resistance among residents living near the store. He coordinated protests and education campaigns against it. Rogers also discovered that the internet domain registration and the company were wholly owned by the
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961:"TikTok Easy Stop Big Box, We Hardly Knew Ye..."
1209:"Michael Rogers blog entry dated March 4, 2005"
153:, and attended public schools. Rogers attended
1167:Shear, Michael; et al. (31 August 2004).
679:"What Drives Gay Republicans into the Closet?"
430:'s Men We Love. He has been profiled twice by
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519:"Convenience and Controversy in Adams Morgan"
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929:Rogers, Michael (September 4, 2012).
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1024:. November 18, 2008. Archived from
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565:. The Raw Story. Archived from
209:AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
104:(born November 12, 1963) is an
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651:Alvarez, Fredo (2009-05-07).
630:"Why I Outed Gay Republicans"
615:"Why I Outed Gay Republicans"
350:Rogers is the subject of the
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395:In 2004 Rogers appeared on
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1041:"You Asked...We Deliver"
741:"Politics and the Pokey"
714:. DCist.com. 2022-10-26.
226:In 2002, Rogers founded
198:Hetrick-Martin Institute
1004:The Wall Street Journal
931:"Vendor Without a Face"
797:National Post of Canada
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202:Harvey Milk High School
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243:In 2008, citizens of
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121:Raw Story Media, Inc.
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1252:on December 8, 2008.
563:"Raw Story Masthead"
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1413:The Washington Post
1173:The Washington Post
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859:The Washington Post
803:on 22 February 2014
523:The Washington Post
454:The Ed Schultz Show
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433:The Washington Post
398:The O'Reilly Factor
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1267:. The Smoking Gun.
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941:on 2 December 2013
935:The New York Times
910:on 2 December 2013
834:on 2 December 2013
828:The New York Times
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163:Adelphi University
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