Cambodia pulls out of a regional development pact after protests
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet says he's pulling his country out of a development agreement with neighboring Vietnam and ...
Before Merle Haggard tribute concert, here's the story behind 'Okie From Muskogee'
Two of Merle Haggard's sons will perform at Muskogee Civic Center 55 years after their father sang "Okie From Muskogee" at a ...
The Rice Thresher4d
Shifting the status quo: Campus activism, protests change over time
Last week, the academic quad reopened after nearly a year of reconstruction, kickstarted by the decision to relocate the ...
City Journal4d
United States of Algorithms
Algorithms dominate our lives because commerce dominates our lives. Competitive companies have a strong economic incentive to ...
WDRB5d
Some protesters tear down security fence as thousands march outside Democratic National Convention
just as anti-Vietnam War protesters did during the infamous 1968 convention in Chicago when police clashed with protesters on live television. Families gathered on their porches and outside their ...
From campuses to city streets, nation fears intolerant left
In Western societies, ideologues of the extreme left or extreme right are invariably intolerant and sometimes dangerous. It’s ...
Truthout9d
Police Want to Repress Palestine Solidarity — We Must Not Do Their Work for Them
The Palestine solidarity movement must reject the state’s divide-and-conquer tactics. Philadelphia Police disperse a Palestinian solidarity demonstration while officers arrest some demonstrators as ...
The Age10d
What is the point of an expo of war’s hardware?
On May 8, 1970, about 100,000 people marched down Bourke Street in protest at the Vietnam War. It was a peaceful march. I ...
Anti-war protesters clash with police outside Australian arms convention
Thousands of anti-war protesters have clashed with police outside a military arms convention in downtown Melbourne.