New Protest News Today

Thanks to better video technology and the expansion of social media, citizens now have the means to monitor, disseminate and expose acts of police brutality. They are forcing the country to rethink policing practices.

The Iranian opposition has aligned itself well with the recent protest movement, but evidence of its ability to play an organizational or leadership role in future protests remains limited.

Sen. Kevin Cramer<b> </b>(R-N.D.) doesn’t want Ukraine to worry that a Republican-led Congress means less support for its war against Russia.

This six-part podcast series looks at the issue of mental health and journalism and includes interviews with journalists and mental health professionals who highlight some of the major issues facing journalists today and provide practical tips to journalists about mental health.

Witnesses, whether by accident or vocation, help to shape how societies understand social upheaval and respond to social change.

Plus, New York's International Center of Photography gets a new director and Nan Goldin protests the Sackler settlement plan.

Race, Crisis, and Resistance in the United States An Interview with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is an assistant professor in the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University. She is author of Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership, published in 2019 by the University of North Carolina Press, longlisted for a 2019 National Book Award for nonfiction, and a 2020 finalist for the Pulitzer in history. Taylor’s b...

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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Source: Getty Summary:  In an extraordinary year, the coronavirus pandemic did not deter protesters around the world—despite restrictions on protest rights and the danger of gathering in groups. Related Media and Tools If you enjoyed reading this, subscribe for more! Thank you! Check your email for details on your request. The year 2020 highlighted the resilience of protests around the globe. Despite the greatest public health challenge in over a...

Racism is rampant on Omegle. Teens are working to hold racist trolls accountable. Kalhan Rosenblatt and Tony Lee © Provided by NBC News Earlier this month, Hidaya Saban and Alees Elshiek opened the video chat website Omegle for what they described as a social experiment. Omegle, which has been around for approximately a decade, allows users to be paired with strangers in a video chat at random — although Saban, 19, and Elshiek, 18, said they entered the college student secti...