Vitriolic Anti-Migrant Protests Spread in an Unexpected Place: New York
The loudspeaker on a quiet Staten Island street blasted demands at 117 decibels, louder than a dog barking in your ear. Pointed at a school that is sheltering some of…
New Deal Will Test Whether N.Y.P.D. Can Alter Its Response to Protests
Protesters were thousands-thick in Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan’s East Village when the police moved in with horses and nightsticks. The tactics were described by a labor leader as “an…
Mass Hunger Strike in Bahrain Prison Sets Off Rare Protests
Rare street protests have broken out in Bahrain as a mass hunger strike enters its fifth week, activists say, in a faint echo of the uprising that swept the Gulf…
Macron Tries Outreach to Head Off Further Protests
For over six years, President Emmanuel Macron has struggled to convince the French that he is a man of dialogue. He went on a countrywide listening tour to calm the…