We Are All the Children of Tiananmen's Tank Man
Thirty-one years ago, an unidentified man held off Chinese military tanks in Tiananmen Square. Protesters facing down state violence today have big shoes to fill.
Thirty-one years ago, an unidentified man held off Chinese military tanks in Tiananmen Square. Protesters facing down state violence today have big shoes to fill.
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Police brutality brought Americans into the streets. What would military force do?
The president has said he's willing to deploy active-duty military personnel to cities and states that aren't doing enough to crackdown on street violence.
Pro-democracy legislator Charles Mok explains what China's new national security law means for dissidents and the future of the city.
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Americans are simultaneously joining marches and hunkering down for a long, hot summer of discontent.
There is still injustice. But there is also progress.
A heavy but hands-off militarized police presence squared off with demonstrators in the nation's capital tonight.
Bill de Blasio and Phil Murphy evince little sympathy for nail salon owners or Jewish mourners.
Millions of people out of a job and stuck at home for months is a recipe for civil unrest.
The right to peacefully protest is sacrosanct: Government curfews and press conferences are not.
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Tonight's anti-police protests in the nation's capital saw fewer incidents of fires and vandalism, but also a heavy dose of aggressive police tactics.
The U.S. already has a major problem with overcriminalization.
Meanwhile, Sen. Tom Cotton is asking the military to commit war crimes against American citizens. Trump approves!
"Rioting is a form of tyranny," Tucker Carlson said on his Fox News show. He's wrong.
They still were a lot better-behaved than officers elsewhere.
Mayors are imposing curfews and governors are deploying the National Guard in response to anti-police-abuse protests.
They're using their Second Amendment rights to protect local businesses from riots and looting.
Police departments exist to protect people's persons and property. The Minneapolis Police Department has failed to do either.
New legislation proposed in Beijing signals the likely end of the "one country, two systems" policy that has allowed Hong Kong to flourish.
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The strict stay-at-home order received a great deal of backlash for its more arbitrary prohibitions.
Government officials’ disdain for personal liberty and economic pain drive Americans to the streets.
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The gatherings are ill-advised but understandable given the harms of government-enforced shutdowns.
Some protestors were nasty and went overboard, but her harsh tactics will sap her legitimacy at a critical juncture.
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"We question some restrictions that she has imposed as overstepping her executive authority."
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Protesters say the cost of living is too high and wealth is distributed too unequally.
"We're here because we have to play offense and defense against this growing hate in this country and in this world."
America's exit from Iraq could benefit both Iraqis and Americans.
Hundreds of thousands of Hongkongers have taken to the streets, smashed lamp posts, and stormed government buildings to keep China from encroaching on Hong Kong's freedoms prematurely.
The president takes credit for the fact that Beijing hasn't sent tanks into Hong Kong.
Escalating violence in Hong Kong
The protester, Chow Tsz-lok, was only 22.
Defining a company with political branding is risky business.
This week's demonstrations at NBA games are a refreshing reminder that Americans won't just "stick to sports."
Encryption, other privacy measures, and decentralization have made the protest movement possible.
Under Chinese authoritarianism, they'll have neither.
The company's Chinese ownership may have something to do with it.
More than 1,000 activists march to protest the state of the environment.
"If we lose...we will lose a generation."
Or, will global leaders ignore them just like they did the People's Climate March in 2014?
The formal withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill won't be enough to stop the protest movement.
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