Russian dissident Alexey Navalny's YouTube revolution rose from humble beginnings in 2013. Now it's behind nationwide protests that are rattling the Kremlin.

Clashes between protesters and security forces have become a deadly cycle and doctors are seeing disturbing patterns in the violence

The day of the inauguration, a millionaire was arrested for assaulting a maid and got a $50 fine. A reporter covering protests, however, faces more than seven decades behind bars.

By the time the final day of Texas’ legislative term had ended, Immigration and Customs Enforcement had been called and politicians on both sides of the aisle had accused each other of making threats. By Colin Dwyer.

Protesters set fires, smashed windows and stormed government buildings to demand the ouster of yet another Brazilian president engulfed in a corruption scandal. By Rosalind Adams, Cora Lewis.

A May Day protest in Portland has been shut down after demonstrators threw full cans of Pepsi at officers, with one hitting a medic, according to police in the US city. On Monday, as the pro-labor, anti-Trump rally in Oregon descended into violence, Portland police tweeted that demonstrators had started hurling objects including full Pepsi cans at officers.

A look at protests around the world on May 1, International Workers Day - a day when workers and activists march in the streets and gather in city centers to honor laborers.

Science itself may be non-partisan. But the March for Science this weekend simply couldn’t be. Demonstrators turned out in an estimated 600 cities around the world to rally for science and its role in policy-making, many tech workers among them. The march was organized after the Trump administration proposed and began to implement steep budget cuts to federal science agencies in the US, notably the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Institutes of Health.

Pension changes spark violence in Brasilia as police union members clash with congressional security forces

Venezuela's defense minister on Monday declared the army's loyalty to President Nicolas Maduro, who ordered troops into the streets ahead of a major protest by opponents trying to oust him. By Maria Isabel Sanchez.

The most influential large-scale political action of the ’60s was actually in 1971, and you’ve never heard of it. It was called the Mayday action...

One year after Ferguson protests sparked renewed focus on policing in the US, the women of The Yarn Mission continue dialogue about race and social justice. By Sarah Kendzior. (Aug. 6, 2015)

The ragged glory of female activism. By Leslie Jamison.

Thousands of people have taken part in a protest in Hungary to demand the abolition of laws which could force the closure of one of the country's most prestigious universities. New rules introduced by the government mean the Central European University (CEU) would be unable to award diplomas because it is registered in the US. The university was founded by philanthropist George Soros. The legislation has already been rushed through parliament.

Paraguay President Horacio Cartes replaced his top security officials on Saturday, a day after demonstrators set fire to the South American nation’s congress building to protest a measure that would allow him to run for a second term. By Andres R Martinez. (Mar. 31, 2017)

Demonstrators in Paraguay have set fire to the country's congress amid violent protests against a bill that would let the president seek re-election. The head of the main opposition party said an activist had been shot dead. The country's 1992 constitution, introduced after 35 years of dictatorship, limits the president to a single five-year term.

Set to coincide with the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, the Freedom From Religion Foundation along with their Metro Denver Chapter have unveiled a dozen billboards across the city with a simple message: “The only wall we need is between church and state.”

The opposition figure had called for the demonstrations after alleging that the prime minister has amassed goods worth more than $1 billion.

About 17,000 AT&T workers walked off the job Wednesday. The strike began amid ongoing negotiations between AT&T and landline workers in California and Nevada who are represented by the Communications Workers of America union. The union said via Facebook that employees are angry that AT&T "recently made a unilateral change in job requirements [for landline technicians] without the agreement of the union." The two parties failed to reach an agreement after several days of talks.

The politics of dissent is back in the United States. Since 2011, the country has witnessed the resurgence of popular action — from Occupy Wall Street to Flood Wall Street to Black Lives Matter to Standing Rock. Since Nov. 8, many Americans have participated in protests and marches in nearly every major city in opposition to Donald Trump’s election — or to counterprotest in defense of it.