Tag: Protests

Ultimately, this summit poses much more of a security challenge than others in previous years. (Bodo Marks/dpa via AP)

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Germany’s four security challenges at next week’s G-20 summit

Tom Rogan · June 29, 2017 8:13 pm

"After officers arrived on the scene, they warned the demonstrators to cease and desist with their unlawful demonstration activities," authorities said. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Capitol Police arrest 40 people during healthcare protests

Mandy Mayfield · June 28, 2017 10:47 pm

Protests in Washington,. D.C., can often lead to real change, especially when they sparks policy debates and legislative action. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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The Handmaid’s Tale protest at the Capitol shows feminists are grasping

Nicole Russell · June 28, 2017 7:17 pm

Controversy over campus events featuring conservative speakers rocked higher education last year and it's easy to imagine this process is designed to justify greater university control over lectures and events with the potential to irritate progressive campus activists. (AP Photo/The Gainesville Sun, Tracy Wilcox)

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University of Florida asks students to evaluate ’emotional risk’ of campus events

Emily Jashinsky · June 23, 2017 3:34 pm

Protesters of the Senate GOP healthcare bill removed from their wheelchairs by police. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Wheelchair-bound protesters removed from protest outside Mitch McConnell’s office

Jack O'brien, Leah DePiero · June 22, 2017 5:31 pm

The Supreme Court unanimously reaffirmed that there is no so-called "hate speech" exception to the First Amendment. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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After year of campus protests, Supreme Court reaffirms there is no hate speech exception to the First Amendment

Emily Jashinsky · June 19, 2017 8:02 pm

The play has drawn a great deal of controversy over its portrayal of the assassination of Caesar, who is made to look like the president.(Joan Marcus/The Public Theater via AP)

Protester disrupts play that appears to depict Trump assassination

Daniel Chaitin · June 17, 2017 2:22 pm

The defendants attacked the peaceful demonstrators outside of the Turkish embassy in May. (Voice of America via AP)

Two Turkish nationals arrested over DC embassy brawl

Sean Langille · June 14, 2017 8:16 pm

In his overreaction, Putin shows his vulnerability. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

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Putin shows his weakness with arrests of reformer Alexei Navalny and hundreds of fellow protestors

Tom Rogan · June 12, 2017 6:06 pm

Trump told Prime Minister Theresa May during a recent phone call he does not want to come to the United Kingdom if there would be massive protests, the Guardian reported Sunday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Trump postpones state visit to Britain over lack of public support: Report

Caitlin Yilek · June 11, 2017 2:15 pm

The Appalling Protests at Evergreen State College

Charlotte Allen · June 9, 2017 11:00 am

Violent Portland

Mark Hemingway · June 9, 2017 9:00 am