For Democracy, It’s a Time of Swimming Against the Tide
Written by TIM SULLIVAN The old Nicaraguan revolutionary, with his receding hairline and the...
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Protests
Hong Kong Vigil Organizer Arrested on Tiananmen Anniversary
Written by ZEN SOO Police arrested an organizer of Hong Kong’s annual candlelight vigil remembering the deadly crackdown in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, warned people not to attend the banned event and cordoned off parts of the...
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Rallies Against Brown Killing Set for Several NC Cities
Rallies against the deputy-involved shooting of an unarmed Black man in Elizabeth City are set to...
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Activists Blast NC Republican Measure Raising Riot Penalties
Several Black activists blasted a Republican measure on Thursday from the North Carolina House...
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‘We Don’t Want To Be Next’: Local NAACP President Discusses Police Shootings
While former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted in the murder of George Floyd last week, the call for police reform and racial justice is far from over.
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Man Killed by Deputy Recalled as Storyteller, Jokester
Written by ALLEN G. BREED and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Andrew Brown Jr.’s easy smile, which belied...
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Myanmar Remains Mired in Violence 2 Months After Coup
Protesters in Myanmar on Thursday marked two months since the military seized power by once more...
Read MoreMyanmar’s Searing Smartphone Images Flood a Watching World
Written by TED ANTHONY The images ricochet across the planet, as so many do in this dizzying era of film it, upload it, tell it to the world: scenes from a protest-turned-government crackdown, captured at ground level by...
Read MoreMyanmar Crackdown on Protests, Widely Filmed, Sparks Outrage
Footage of a brutal crackdown on protests against a coup in Myanmar unleashed outrage and calls for a stronger international response Thursday, a day after 38 people were killed. Videos showed security forces shooting a person...
Read MoreDefying Deadly Crackdown, Crowds Again Protest Myanmar Coup
Police in Myanmar’s biggest city fired tear gas Monday at defiant crowds who returned to the streets to protest last month’s coup, despite reports that security forces had killed at least 18 people a day earlier. The protesters...
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