Protests

Political repression and a teetering economy have sparked widespread protests and chants of “Death to the Dictator.”

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

Unrest has spread across the Islamic Republic as it faces economic disaster at home and a profound weakening of its network of regional allies.

The governor of Illinois discusses what ICE is doing in Chicago, how the Trump Administration has created a “secret police,” and what to do when the federal government is breaking the law.

Federal agents have violently arrested hundreds of undocumented immigrants in the city. Pastors, activists, and lawyers are considering how aggressive the response should be.

The author discusses her story “Natural History.”

As raids spread beyond L.A., organizers, lawyers, and volunteers in Orange County are attempting to slow down arrests and deportations.

President Trump’s assertions that federal troops have saved the city from destruction did not appear to reflect reality.

Over the weekend, Donald Trump’s deportation agenda met its fiercest resistance yet as federal officials conducted worksite raids and clashed with residents.

Laila Soueif’s effort to free her son, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a British citizen, from an Egyptian prison is a study in personal protest.

An organizer in the grassroots protest effort discusses why she joined the movement, and describes protesters’ fears of government interference.

A practical guide to courage in Trump’s age of fear.

“It’s ironic that, as a pro-democracy and pro-climate group, we’re protesting against electric cars,” one activist said. “But you cannot sacrifice our democracy for one piece of the thing.”

Roger Hallam spoke on a Zoom call to help organize a nonviolent protest. New British laws cracking down on activists have made his punishment swift and, some feel, harsh.

In Mohammad Rasoulof’s searing film, contemporary social unrest threatens to tear an Iranian family apart.

Hamas’s killing of six hostages in Gaza, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly delayed a ceasefire deal, has provoked major protests and a renewed sense of crisis.

In the past few years, many Chinese people living abroad have found themselves transformed by the experience of protest.

Drew de Pinto’s documentary explores the legacy of a 1966 riot in the Tenderloin that was nearly lost to history.

For years, universities have been less inclined to protect speech and quicker to sanction it. After this spring’s protests, it will be difficult to turn back.

The anniversary of the massacre coincides with verdicts in the trial of the pro-democracy activists known as the Hong Kong 47.