Tag: Protests

A protester of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh wears a costume from the show "The Handmaid's Tale," and another protester holds up a sign that reads "Kavanaugh and GOP Want Women to Shut Up and Take It" on Capitol Hill.

Beltway Confidential

Will feminists ruin The Handmaid’s Tale sequel like they ruined the original?

Nicole Russell · December 4, 2018 1:30 pm

A police car burns after clashes between police and protesters, in Marseille, southern France, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, demonstrating against what they claim were dilapidated residential buildings that collapsed Monday Nov. 5, killing eight people. French authorities on Saturday deployed some thousands of police on Paris' Champs-Elysees avenue to try to contain protests by people angry over rising taxes and President Emmanuel Macron's government.

Beltway Confidential

Dear conservatives: France’s ‘yellow jacket’ protesters are not our friends

Tom Rogan · December 3, 2018 9:15 pm

Demonstrators wearing yellow jackets face water cannons near the Champs-Elysees avenue during a demonstration Saturday, Dec.1, 2018 in Paris. French authorities have deployed thousands of police on Paris' Champs-Elysees avenue to try to contain protests by people angry over rising taxes and Emmanuel Macron's presidency.

Violent protest engulfs central Paris; worst riot in decade

Associated Press · December 1, 2018 8:32 pm

Migrants travel in a truck from Mexicali to Tijuana, part of the migrant caravan, in Mexico, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018.

Migrants at US-Mexico border launch hunger strike

Katelyn Caralle · November 30, 2018 4:13 pm

Right-wing activist protests Twitter ban by handcuffing herself to NY headquarters

Vaishnavee Sharma · November 30, 2018 12:53 am

Father arrested for shooting son over Thanksgiving argument on kneeling NFL players

Claude Thompson · November 28, 2018 1:11 am

French President Emmanuel Macron holds a book at the beginning of the plenary session of the informal EU summit in Salzburg, Austria, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Macron talks about a unified Europe but presides over a divided France

Erin Dunne · November 27, 2018 3:05 am

Protestors wearing yellow jackets clash with riot police officers on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. France is deploying thousands of police to try to contain nationwide protests and road blockades by drivers angry over rising fuel taxes and Emmanuel Macron's presidency.

Red Alert Politics

While France riots, students have a choice to make: Socialism or capitalism?

Patrick Riley · November 26, 2018 10:50 pm

French President Emmanuel Macron holds a book at the beginning of the plenary session of the informal EU summit in Salzburg, Austria, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Parisians are now rioting against the Paris climate accords

Tiana Lowe Doescher · November 26, 2018 7:51 pm

"The violence that was started by the left has to take some responsibility for the death of Heather Heyer also," Harry Houck said. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Ohio man accused of driving car into crowd at deadly Charlottesville rally heads to trial

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · November 24, 2018 7:01 pm

Demonstrators, called the yellow jackets, protest over the cost of fuel taxes on the famed Champs-Elysees avenue, in Paris, France, on Saturday.

Energy and Environment

French protesters angry over fuel taxes clash with police

Associated Press · November 24, 2018 3:22 pm

1968: Radical Year

John Wilson · November 24, 2018 10:42 am