Category: Demonstrations, Protests and Riots

Corona Plaza Vendors Fight to Sell Food Legally After Sweeps

New York City officials cracked down on Corona Plaza, a celebrated Queens hub for Latin American street vendors. Its merchants are fighting to legitimize their businesses.
Love Letter: Honoring O’Shae Sibley at the Stonewall Inn

“He was just a beautiful spirit, a wonderful person, just exercising his freedom to be alive.”
Lebanese Depositors Have Resorted to Force to Withdraw Their Savings

Amid severe limits on withdrawals and a yearslong financial crisis, Lebanese depositors are resorting to force to demand their own money, earning the moniker “the world’s most honorable bank robbers.”
Jason Aldean’s ‘Try That in a Small Town’ Video Removes Protest Scene

A news clip of a Black Lives Matter protest in Atlanta was edited out of the music video after criticism that the song and video were offensive.
Reviewing the Couture of Dior, Schiaparelli and Thom Browne

Thom Browne makes his couture debut, while Schiaparelli, Dior and Iris Van Herpen spin their own dreamy tales.
Traveling to France? What You Need to Know About the Protests.

Unrest has spread across France in response to the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old in a Paris suburb. Here’s what to expect.
At the French Open, Djokovic Storms the Court and Into Controversy, Again

In recent days, the Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic has inserted himself into the mounting international crisis in Kosovo.
How to Plan Around Strikes in Europe

Across Europe, workers have been walking out over pay disputes and labor conditions, and the turmoil will extend into the summer travel season. But they don’t have to disrupt your trip.
Police Used Excessive Force on 2 Australian Journalists, U.S. Finds

The Interior Department concluded that U.S. Park Police officers exceeded the “minimum level of reasonable force” during a George Floyd protest in 2020.
Indian Olympians Persist in Demanding Arrest of Wrestling Chief

Athletes vow to continue a protest after a clash with the police, saying politicians are covering for an official they accuse of sexual harassment.
Jerry Mander, Adman for Radical Causes, Dies at 86

He helped the Sierra Club fight a plan to build dams in the Grand Canyon and started a think tank to warn of the effects of economic globalization.
Ad Flap Leaves Bitter Aftertaste for Bud Light and Warning for Big Business

Bud Light’s marketing effort with a transgender influencer has put it “in the center of the culture wars in a way that no company could possibly want to be,” one observer said.