Thousands Protest the Arrest of Putin Rival Alexei Navalny
More than 5,000 people were detained across Russia on Sunday
More than 5,000 people were detained across Russia on Sunday
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In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the biggest story was all the reporters looking for a story.
Frightening events create openings for attacks on civil liberties.
Something like Wednesday evening's soothing remarks could have made a real difference on the day of the Capitol riot.
Unlike the cancellation of Josh Hawley’s book, such criminal charges pose a real threat to freedom of speech.
The impeachment article against the president cites a little-discussed section of the 14th Amendment.
Laws against sedition have historically been used by insecure officials to punish critics.
Yesterday's events at the Capitol building should be understood as a colossal law enforcement failure.
Instead of coming for campus speakers, they came for the symbolic heart of democratic self-governance.
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The president's weak pleading has done little to mollify demonstrators currently storming the Capitol.
Trump said the "Save America March" would be peaceful, but his apocalyptic rhetoric had predictable consequences.
“This is banana republic crap we’re watching happen right now.”
What I saw from the grounds of the U.S. Capitol building.
Wild scenes are unfolding at the U.S. Capitol, which is now on lockdown amid clashes between pro-Trump protestors and police.
The Bay State finally creates a police certification system.
China accused the activists and former legislators of "subverting state power."
Police response “likely escalated tensions and the potential for violence” say investigators.
Authoritarian-minded officials have found opportunity in public health fears.
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Don't underestimate the civilization-saving powers of respecting private property and generally minding your own business.
Portland’s protesters aren’t going to fade away after the election, but are they stuck in a rut?
The French Revolution has long inspired progressive radicals ready for change at any cost.
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How seriously should we take the threats of protesters who recently built guillotines outside of Jeff Bezos' house?
Walter Wallace's family says the officers could have defused the situation without using lethal force.
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Regina Ip spins a fantasy of a just government restoring order to Hong Kong.
Leaders of the organization reportedly see this as tacit approval.
Peace will come only from leaving other people alone on the condition that they do the same for us.
The parts that aren't constitutionally dubious are brainless culture-war fodder.
So far, they don't seem to have actually closed the borders. But his threat probably has a different aim.
Perspectives on the proposed federal classification of Portland and other cities in crisis.
The Big Apple is practically a black hole of overpolicing and regulation.
Shopping at Target. Dining outdoors. No activity these days is too mundane for protesters to shout at you for it.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Barr told prosecutors to pursue federal charges, including sedition charges, whenever possible.
The escalation is part of a strategy to unmask China's abuses before the world.
American society is grappling with complex, nuanced issues connected to race and political power. If we have to filter that debate through the binary of choosing to stand or sit for a national anthem, we'll never get much resolved.
A preventable coronavirus outbreak and death occurred after ICE used immigrant transfers as an excuse to fly to D.C.
Martin Luther King explained why they are "socially destructive and self-defeating."
It is one thing to peacefully march against injustice, and quite another to burn down what others built up.
Both sides are getting their information through purposely bottlenecked media reports, and the results are predictably distorted and dangerous.
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