Street Beat: Voices from the Oceti Sakowin camp
The Army Corps of Engineers’ denial of a key permit to the company behind the Dakota Access pipeline has been hailed as a victory for the Standing Rock Sioux and for the thousands of...
Tagged: Movements & Protests
Anti-Trump rallies spring up across U.S. following presidential election results
What supporters saw as an anti-establishment candidate, tens of thousands of protesters see as an anti-immigrant, anti-women’s rights and anti-minority president-elect and they have been demonstrating around the country since Donald Trump won enough...
Slideshow: Barricades and bullet casings in Nochixtlán, Oaxaca
All photos by Andalusia Knoll. Hear/read the accompanying radio report by Shannon Young here. Click on any thumbnail to launch slideshow.
Deadly police crackdown against protesters in Oaxaca sparks shows of support for teachers
A teachers’ union protest in southern Mexico has grown and intensified after federal police used deadly force to clear highway blockades in the state of Oaxaca last Sunday. At least nine people were killed...
Slideshow: A glimpse at the French Nuit Debout movement from Paris
All photos by Raphaël Krafft. Read/Hear his accompanying radio report. Click on any thumbnail image to launch slideshow.
Slideshow: Body of Ayotzinapa student exhumed for independent autopsy
Mexican authorities have exhumed the body of Ayotzinapa student Julio Cesar Mondragón. The move comes after months of pressure from his family and per recommendations from a group of experts affiliated with the Inter-American...
Garbage crisis in Lebanon sparks a larger movement against the country’s political class
Street protests continue in Lebanon for a second week as a political crisis triggered by a garbage build-up has exposed a much larger set of issues related to endemic corruption, cronyism and the dysfunctional...
Corruption scandals in Guatemala fuel demands for political resignations
Corruption scandals in Guatemala are fueling ongoing public protests across the country. Dozens of officials have been arrested and a slew of high-ranking politicians, including the country’s vice-president, have resigned in recent weeks. Many...
Chilean president faces low approval rating and ongoing student protests
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet gave her annual address Thursday as ongoing corruption scandals plague her administration and student protests have intensified after the fatal shooting of two demonstrators last week. Joshua Tucker reports from...
Black Lives Matter activists move forward while looking back
Tens of thousands of people converged on the city of Selma, Alabama over the weekend to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a march for voting rights that was a milestone of the Civil Rights...
