A small number of health workers are protesting for global vaccine equity. Their demonstrations echo the call for equal distribution of HIV medications decades ago — but there are key differences.
Racial justice protesters and many who stormed the U.S. Capitol are being charged with civil disorder, under the 1968 Civil Obedience Act. Some argue that the law is unconstitutional.
Florida's new law increases penalties for violence and property damage committed during a protest. And it requires that those arrested likely be held in jail overnight.
For the third day, protesters in Spain's major cities hit the streets calling for the release of Pablo Hasél, who was arrested for tweets critical of the monarchy and supporting Basque separatists.
Heavily armed National Guard troops stood watch near the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. outside the Georgia state Capitol, ahead of the national holiday honoring the civil rights icon and amid the potential for pro-Trump militants to stage violent protests.
The FBI is warning of protests and potential violence in all 50 capitals ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. On Wednesday, President Trump urged that there be no violence of any kind.
The way police handled Wednesday's onslaught showed that "some people are ... given certain kinds of leeway or space, and other people are not," says African American studies professor Eddie Glaude.
Georgians traveled to Washington, D.C., to protest the certification of President-elect Joe Biden and four people, including a Kennesaw woman, died Wednesday.
After the president addressed the crowd gathered to protest President-elect Joe Biden's win, Trump supporters pushed past barriers onto the Capitol grounds.
When Secoriea Turner, an 8-year-old Black girl from west Atlanta, was killed in the aftermath of Rayshard Brooks’ death, civil rights attorney Mawuli Davis knew something had to be done.
“We believe Secoriea should be lifted up as a martyr of this movement,” he said.