Protests

Who Killed Brad Will?

Erin Siegal | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Teacher's Strike, Riots, Press Freedom, Murder Investigations, Ulysses Ruiz, Mexico, Oaxaca, Protests, Brad Will, Media, Pri, Journalism, Appo, World News
Erin Siegal

Osorio Ortega is not the first man accused of murdering Brad Will. In 2008, Mexican authorities fingered baker Juan Manuel Martínez Moreno as Will's killer.

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Remember the Chicken Hawks

James Moore | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Gulf of Tonkin, Memorial Day, Vietnam, George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Protests, Lbj, Dick Cheney, Politics News
James Moore

Some of us were marching off to war and some of us were marching in the streets of Washington. The Vietnam War very quickly created rifts in a generation.

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Below the Fold: Feds Pipe Up and Greedy Governors Screw Homeowners

Richard Zombeck | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Protests, Federal Reserve, Foreclosure Crisis, Foreclosure, Mortgage Settlement, Business News
Richard Zombeck

A wrap-up of stories and posts you might have missed or overlooked -- the ones below the fold: There's been more than the usual static from the Federal Reserve Banks this month.

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Theater for NATO: Dramatizing Protest, Representing War

Monica Westin | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Iraq War, Nato, Spektral Quartet, High Concept Laboratories, Protests, Dog & Pony Theater, Afghanistan War, Theater Chicago, Dog & Pony Theater Chicago, Chicago Arts, The Whole World Is Watching Dog & Pony Theater, Chicago Around Town, Chicago News
Monica Westin

Two theater pieces reminded me that the perennial "crisis of theater" as no longer relevant for art audiences -- let alone politics -- is once again easily defied. Sometimes being a theater audience is the only way to get at the truth of the "real" thing.

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Violence and Greeting Cards

Robert Koehler | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Mainstream Media, Nato, Mother's Day, Pakistan, Chicago, Protests, Julia Ward Howe, Afghanistan War, Nato Summit 2012, Politics News
Robert Koehler

The history of violence that is coming to Chicago belongs entirely to NATO. What a paradox. We mask unutterable brutality and an agenda of endless violence and global domination in the language of Hallmark greeting cards and turn sound cannons on the ensuing cries of outrage.

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Romney: Bank Of America, Occupy Protesters 'Too Young' To Understand Economy

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Charlotte, Video, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Occupy Wall Street, Mitt Romney, Protests, Bank of America Charlotte, Elections 2012, Bank of America, Bank of America Protest, Occupy Protests, Politics News

Mitt Romney said the protesters rallying against Bank of America in Charlotte this week are too young "to really understand how the economy works." ...

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Spain Celebrates Protest With Protests

AP | ALAN CLENDENNING | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Video, Unemployment, Greece, Pigs, Protests, Ireland, Spain, Ana Pancorvo, Puerta De Sol, Eurasia Group, Portugal, Business News

MADRID — At least 100,000 Spaniards angered by grim economic prospects and the political handling of the international financial crisis turned o...

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PHOTOS: Pictures Of The Week: April 30-May 6

Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Photos, Photography, France, Afghanistan, Protests, Super Moon, Warren Buffett, Exposure, Obama, Slideexpand, Funeral, Culture News

To see more great photography visit HuffPost Exposure. ...

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Around the World in 10 Photos

Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Photos, Photography, May Day, Cairo, Middle East, World Photos, Africa, Protests, Vietnam, Asia, Europe, Activist, Protestors, World Photography, World News

From Argentina to Zimbabwe, the monumental to the day-to-day, each week, HuffPost World will present some of the most remarkable images from across th...

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Another Former 'ER' Star Arrested Protesting In D.C.

AP | MICHAEL WEINFELD | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Protests, DC Protests, Adapt, Cannon House Office Building, Medicaid, District of Columbia, Noah Wyle Noah Wyle Arrested, DC News

WASHINGTON — Former "ER" star Noah Wyle and about 100 members of the group ADAPT were arrested Monday during a Capitol Hill protest to urge Cong...

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Tax Day Doesn't Belong to the Tea Party Anymore

Mark Engler | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Protests, Tax Day, Paul Krugman, Tea Party, Buffett Rule, Occupy Movement, Tea Party Protests, Irs, Barack Obama, Jobs Act, Ows, President Obama, Occupy Wall Street, Politics News
Mark Engler

This year, if you say "Tax Day" and "social movement," the Tea Party isn't necessarily the first thing that comes to mind. And if you go looking for a protest, you'll likely find folks protesting against the tax evaders of the top 1 percent.

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Trayvon Martin Dominates Media Coverage, But Some Wish It Didn't

Akilah Bolden-Monifa | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Rallies, Trayvon Martin Case, George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin, Pew Research Center, Protests, Hoodies, Trayvon Martin George Zimmerman, Race, Trayvon Martin Shooting, Black Voices News
Akilah Bolden-Monifa

News and information about Trayvon Martin's death dominates the media.  It wasn't always that way,  the shooting occurred on February 26th but the n...

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Occupy Chicago Ready for a Spring of Discontent

Mark Cassello | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Occupy Chicago, G8, President Obama, Protests, Afl-Cio, Pilsen, China Town, Labor Unions, CME Group, Nato Summit, May Day, Chicago Board of Trade, National Nurses United, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Spring, Demonstration, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Cang8, Nnu, Slidepollajax, Nato Summit 2012, Chicago News
Mark Cassello

A confluence of events will make Chicago the national and perhaps worldwide hub of the Occupy Movement through the spring. Welcome to the Chicago Spring.

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Quran-Burning Pastor Sues City Over Free Speech Violation

Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Terry Jones, Islam, Religion News, Video, Islamic Center of America, Thomas More Law Center, Pastor Terry Jones, Sharia Law Protests, Protests, Detroit Polititcs, Sharia Law, Stand Up for America Now, Dearborn Religion, Quran Burning Pastor, Quran Burning, Detroit News

Terry Jones, the Florida pastor who has publicly condemned Islam, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Dearborn, Mich., claiming the city is violating his ...

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Massacre Story Sparks Both Outrage and Reflection

David Tereshchuk | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Afghanistan Massacre, Kandahar, Rampage, Protests, Kill Team, Moral Outrage, Afghan Media, Leon Panetta Defense Secretary, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan Killings, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Shooting, Media News
David Tereshchuk

Amid the worldwide horror and revulsion over nine Afghan children and seven adults evidently murdered by a US soldier, it was remarkable how, in the wake of the shootings, the Afghan media were so restrained in their coverage.

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PHOTOS: Pictures Of The Week: March 5 - 11

Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Photos, Photography, Libya, Holi Festival, India, Protests, Slidewide, Exposure, Fashion, International Women's Day, Syria, Culture News

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More Than 30 Arrested While Protesting Contentious Legislation

AP | Posted 03.03.2012

Read More: Virginia, Abortion, Arrests, Video, Virginia Protesters, Virginia Protesters Arrested, Protests, Contraception, Birth Control, Anti-Abortion Legislation Protesters, Protesters, Virginia Anti-Abortion Legislation, Anti-Abortion Legislation, Politics News

RICHMOND, Va. -- More than 30 activists have been arrested for refusing to leave the Virginia Capitol steps during a protest of anti-abortion legislat...

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Sorry's Not Good Enough in Afghanistan. Here's Why

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Quran Burnings, War in Afghanistan, Rethink Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, War, Protests, Koran Burnings, Afghanistan, Robert Greenwald, Derrick Crowe, World News
Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe

It turns out that after all this time, all these lives, and all this money, not only have we not won over the Afghan street, we've not even won over the hearts and minds of the people we're giving guns and paychecks.

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Arin Greenwood

'Voluntaryist' Who Thwarts Police Doesn't Want Public Roads

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Eddie Free Virginia, Eddie Free, Ron Paul, Voluntaryists, Voluntaryism, Virginia, Jefferson Monument Dance Party, Video, Protests, Dc Around Town, Eddie Free Voluntaryist, Free State Project, Lemonade Stand, Libertarians, DC News

FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- In Eddie Free's ideal world, the Falls Church roads he drives on his way to and from work would be privately owned. Though the...

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Ariel Edwards-Levy

'99 Percent' Protest CPAC

HuffingtonPost.com | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Our Dc, Video, Cpac, Good Jobs, Cpac Protests, Cpac 2012, Protest, Protests, Cpac Protest, Occupy, Occupy Dc, Occupy Movement, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Conservative Political Action Conference drew crowds of protesters on Friday, as members of the Occupy Wall Street movement and labo...

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Arin Greenwood

AIDS Activists Complain Of Unfair Treatment

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Mayor Vincent Gray, Video, District of Columbia, Voting Rights, Protests, Prosecutions, Aids, Mark Goldstone, Antonio Davis, Ann Wilcox, Eric Cantor, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Last April, a dozen HIV/AIDS activists chained themselves together inside the office of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and we...

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Tucson School Walk Outs Grow: Protest School District's Folly and Mexican American Studies Banishment

Jeff Biggers | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Mexican American Studies, Doj, Tucson Arizona, Tucson, Sheriff Joe, John Huppenthal, Arizona, Racial Profiling, Arizona Gone Wild, Ethnic Studies, Cesar Chavez, Tea Party, Tom Horne, Protests, Schools, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Tucson Ethnic Studies, Education News
Jeff Biggers

As the nation watches the Tucson Unified School District's spiral into disarray, hundreds of students have walked out of their Tucson schools today in a coordinated protest against the banishment of the district's acclaimed Mexican American Studies program.

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Occupy Group Calls For Creation Of 'National Peace Memorial'

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: White House, Occupy Washington DC, Video, Lafayette Square, District of Columbia, National Peace Memorial, Protests, Peace House, Kevin Zeese, Concepcion Picciotto, William Thomas Hallenback, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Members of Occupy Washington DC, the protest group that has been camped out in Freedom Plaza since Oct. 6, are calling for President Oba...

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Judge Rules Against 'Occupy The Courts' Organizers

AP | By LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Protests, Nyc Protests, Ny News, Occupy Wall Street, New York News

NEW YORK -- A judge has ruled demonstrators don't have a First Amendment right to protest Friday afternoon in front of a New York City federal courtho...

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Journalism in Egypt: A Very Quick Guide

Maurice Chammah | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Egypt, Tahrir, Arab Spring, Journalism, Cairo, Protests, World News
Maurice Chammah

January 25th 2012, the first anniversary of the Egyptian uprisings that brought down Mubarak, is approaching quickly. What will happen on January 25th is anyone's guess.

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