Protest
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World
Even as China Eases Covid Rules, Some Youths Still Fear a Grim Future
A sluggish economy continues to leave many young people unemployed, with few job prospects or hopes to tap into the…
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Books
With ‘Eyes on Iran,’ Artists Bring Protests to Roosevelt Island
At the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park, across from the United Nations, an exhibition has an undeniable mood…
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World
Why It Matters That China’s Protests Started in Xinjiang
Late last month, in a stunning display of frustration, people in multiple cities across China took to the streets to…
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World
Sudan Military and Pro-Democracy Coalition Sign Peace Deal
The agreement, which was boycotted by some political forces, comes more than a year after a coup that scuttled the…
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World
Iran Abolishes Morality Police After Months of Protests
The move appeared to be a concession to the protest movement that erupted after the death of Mahsa Amini, a…
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World
How China’s Police Used Phones and Faces to Track Protesters
After a weekend of protests, the authorities in China are using the country’s all-seeing surveillance apparatus to find those bold…
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World
After Xi’s Coronation, a Roar of Discontent Against His Hard-Line Politics
Protests in China have roused a tradition of dissent that had seemed spent after 10 years under Xi Jinping. The…
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World
Banana Peels for Xi Jinping
There’s a Soviet joke that has long circulated in China, about a man who is arrested for protesting in Moscow’s…
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World
The Long Odds Facing China’s Protesters
Popular protests are more easily begun than ever before, but they are more likely to dissipate, too.
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World
Proud, Scared and Conflicted. What the China Protesters Told Me.
In more than a dozen interviews, young people explained how the events of the past few days became what one…