protests

Political chaos has produced leaders with little power and no support.

Facing a military-backed government, Thai protesters find musical inspiration.

The protests that began as a movement against police brutality have much bigger goals—including regime change.

The military and vigilante groups may step in where police have failed—and their human rights records are just as bad.

Demonstrations against police brutality—organized on social media and powered by artists and musicians—have shown Nigeria’s youth that they have the power to change society.

On Sunday, after months of protests, voters can choose to keep or begin a process of replacing the current constitution.

The Chilean term “facho” evokes the image of Chile’s fascist past—but also of present-day tenacity that thumbs its nose at institutional power.

The country has been heading for a reckoning for a while—here’s why anger is boiling over now.

One staffer has accused the United Nations Development Program of muzzling efforts to protest racism.

Both the government and demonstrators are borrowing tactics from Hong Kong.

After a confrontation with the royal motorcade, the government is cracking down.

The besieged autocrat is stuck between Russia and a hard place.

The Central Asian state is the latest post-Soviet republic jolted by an electoral crisis. But the ongoing protests are driven by internal dynamics, not international ones.

Authorities are struggling as protesters break anti-monarchy taboos.

To succeed, the protesters will have to overcome old regional and class divides—and new ones, along generational lines.

Pacifist injunctions obliterate the history of, and need for, armed protection.

New Delhi’s crackdown on dissent is endangering free speech and the entire system of criminal justice.