Protesters
Annals of a Warming Planet
Everyone Wants to Sell the Last Barrel of Oil
The Keystone XL win—and the Line 3 battle—make clear that cutting off the supply of oil is a key part of the climate fight.
By Bill McKibben
Our Columnists
Across Russia, Pro-Navalny Demonstrations Continue to Build Momentum
The opposition leader’s incantation of “Do not be afraid!” does not mean “There is nothing to fear.”
By Masha Gessen
Our Local Correspondents
Trump Gives New York City Another Reason to Protest
The President’s frantic attempts to undermine the election revived a dwindling protest movement.
By Lizzie Widdicombe
Our Columnists
A Night with Occupy City Hall
Organizers want to redirect one-sixth of the N.Y.P.D.’s operating budget—about a billion dollars—and invest it in underfunded communities.
By Masha Gessen
Daily Comment
In Washington, D.C., a Weekend of Growing and Evolving Protests
“The ideal situation would be that people can’t really go back to the way things were before,” one protester said.
By Margaret Talbot
Our Local Correspondents
Protesting Past Curfew in New York City
In neighborhoods across Brooklyn and Manhattan, thousands of demonstrators stayed outside for as long as they could.
By Emily Witt
Comment
Minneapolis, the Coronavirus, and Trump’s Failure to See a Crisis Coming
Like the coronavirus crisis, the riots following George Floyd’s death stemmed not from treacherous unknowns but from the Trump Administration’s failure to learn from even the most recent past.
By Jelani Cobb
Our Columnists
The Story of 2019: Protests in Every Corner of the Globe
This year’s demonstrations speak to a need for a new social contract—one that goes beyond traditional political reforms or who sits at the top.
By Robin Wright
Dispatch
The Battle for a Paycheck in Kentucky Coal Country
A coalition of miners, their families, and labor activists encamped beside a train loaded with a million dollars’ worth of coal, pledging not to move until the miners get the wages they are due.
By Carolyn Kormann
Personal History
Fake News, 1969: My Infamous Role in the Harvard Antiwar Protests
Thank goodness there are others more optimistic than I am, people willing to engage in civil disobedience like the occupiers of University Hall fifty years ago.
By David Sipress
Our Columnists
The Moscow News Site That “Provides Daily Therapy for Living in Russia”
“We help people who are in trouble right now,” Grigory Okhotin, the founder of OVDInfo, said. “But in the process we are also describing the system.”
By Masha Gessen