Political Protests

With demonstrations in dozens of cities across Iran, Ali Khamenei and his regime are faced with a dilemma.

Jad Abumrad’s new podcast, “Fela Kuti: Fear No Man,” shows how one musician created both a genre and a way of challenging those in power.

How the movement might cohere—if it does at all—remains an open question.

The best word to describe the rapper’s Super Bowl halftime show is “existential.”

The nation remains in chaos after the unelected Prime Minister said that he would step down, as violence and famine threaten the population.

In the face of mass protests, the Prime Minister has backed down from his plan to overhaul the judiciary—for now.

From The New Yorker’s archive: a selection of pieces about musicians who have used their voices and instruments for political purposes.

Facebook banned the President from its platform on Thursday, but the move was too little, too late.

The Nobel Prize winner seeks to represent the will of protesters in Belarus, despite intimidation by Alexander Lukashenka’s regime.

Inside the protests, where hundreds of thousands of young people, some peaceful, some armed with batons and bricks, are resisting the inevitable: a crackdown by Beijing.

What can a documentary about antiwar protests in the Vietnam era teach us about our current political climate?

“We actually can’t believe that we have to fight this hard,” one protester said, as it became clear toward the end of this week that the battle to thwart Kavanaugh’s confirmation would fall short.