William M. Boardman writes: If the President had any intention of honoring anything relating to the sacred lands of Native Americans, he would not be planning to ‘let it play out for several more weeks.’ Sacred lands have already been destroyed. Sacred lands are being destroyed no, not only by the pipeline construction but also by the massive militarized police response to nonviolent protest.

Attacks on the Water Protectors at Standing Rock violate their internationally recognized right to safe water. By Marjorie Cohn.

A massive demonstration by tens of thousands of Indonesian Muslims against Jakarta's governor turned ugly Friday as hardliners burned police cars and clashed with officers, who responded with tear gas and water cannon. The ugly scenes -- just metres from the presidential palace -- marred an otherwise peaceful rally against governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, a Christian accused of insulting Islam.

TigerSwan is one of several security firms under investigation for its work guarding the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota while potentially without a permit. By Steve Horn.

It’s not about left or right: populism is a style of politics that pits ‘the people’ against ‘the establishment’. Its rise is a warning sign that the status quo is failing. By John B. Judis.

The Green Party candidate for Maryland's open Senate seat took the stage at a televised debate on Wednesday and demanded to be included as police escorted her out of the room. By John Fritze.

Condemnation swift on jury's acquittal of Bundy Brothers, racial bias cited. By Alan Jude Ryland.

Almost exactly 20 years ago, President Bill Clinton signed into law a bill creating an interstate agreement for emergency management. That inconspicuous law has opened the door for the current flood of out-of-state law enforcement agents present at the continuing protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline... By Steve Horn.

Armed soldiers and law enforcement officers dressed in riot gear on Thursday began arresting protesters who had set up a camp on private land to block construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. By James MacPherson and Blake Nicholson.

Thousands have demonstrated in Poland's major cities against a proposed law that would place further restrictions on abortion in the country. Poland's parliament recently rejected a total ban on the procedure.

Tom Hayden, a 1960s radical who was in the vanguard of the movement to stop the Vietnam War and became one of the nation’s best-known champions of liberal causes, has died in Santa Monica after a lengthy illness. By Michael Finnegan.

Venezuela's opposition-led National Assembly in a rowdy session on Sunday vowed to put Nicolas Maduro on trial for violating democracy, days after authorities nixed a recall referendum against the unpopular leftist president. By Alexandra Ulmer and Deisy Buitrago.

More than 80 people were arrested in North Dakota on Saturday, as police armed with pepper spray descended on a protest near the Dakota Access Pipeline construction site. By Nadia Prupis.

The United Nations (UN) has celebrated Wonder Woman's 75th birthday by naming the comic book character as its new honorary ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls, despite frustration from both inside and outside the world organisation that the spot should go to a real and less-sexualised woman. The ceremony, at the Economic and Social Council chamber, was marred by some 50 UN staffers who silently turned their back to the stage, some with their fists in the air.

Authorities had issued a warrant for her arrest after Democracy Now! host filmed guards for the Dakota access pipeline using dogs and pepper spray on protesters. By Sam Levin.

'These accords use growth to put into question social and environmental norms to help benefit multinationals,' said French unionist Murielle Guilbert."

To the offending prosecutor, Ladd Erickson, who is apparently a fan. By Matt Taibbi.

I returned home after 20 years away, and it finally helped me come to terms with our nation’s most fraught symbol. By Kiese Laymon.

Chinese riot police on Tuesday fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters in a village once dubbed a symbol of grassroots democracy, residents and Hong Kong media said, less than a week after the elected village chief was jailed for corruption. Pre-dawn police raids turned to violence after least 13 people were arrested in the fishing village of Wukan in the southern province of Guangdong, residents said.

Protest at Worcester, Mass., school was one of several on the high school level over the weekend.