What Happened in Switzerland (When We Met the IOC)
'Why are you here?' the IOC representative asked. I explained that we are citizens who believe that hosting the Olympics would be a disaster for Chicago.
'Why are you here?' the IOC representative asked. I explained that we are citizens who believe that hosting the Olympics would be a disaster for Chicago.
AP | AUDRA ANG | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics
BEIJING — Chinese authorities have not approved any of the 77 applications they received from people who wanted to hold protests during the Beij...
Vanessa Richmond | Posted 09.14.2008 | Entertainment
Sports fans may still be watching, but the Olympics have gone quiet on the pop culture radar. The Games used to be the champion of reality TV, but now the new generation of reality TV athlete is faster, higher and stronger.
AP/Washington Post | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics
On the same day that China condemned President Bush's speech on its human rights policies, the country tried to hide an undercurrent of protest ready ...
AP | Audra Ang | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics
BEIJING- Activists from the U.S. and U.K. unfurled pro-Tibet banners and spoke out against China's rights record in Tiananmen Square on Wednesday in t...
Jeremy Haft | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics
If real human rights reform is what you want, then castigating the Chinese on the world stage isn't too productive -- mainly because it impedes the progress that is actually being made on the ground.
Matt Browner Hamlin | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics
These protests will continue to take place because this is precisely the time to bring attention to China's horrendous record on human rights and freedom.
Susan Brownell | Posted 07.20.2008 | Politics
At the Beijing Olympics, will activists attempt to carry out public protests and demonstrations, and how will the Chinese authorities react if they do?
Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics
CNN Reports: The McCain campaign has weighed in on Hillary Clinton's call for President Bush to boycott the opening ceremonies of this year's Olympic...
Huffington Post | Posted 04.17.2008 | Home
MSNBC reports: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that while she does not advocate a boycott of the Beijing Olympics, she does think that the attendance...
AP | JEROME PUGMIRE and ELAINE GANLEY | Posted 04.15.2008 | Home
PARIS — Security officials extinguished the Olympic torch three times Monday as protests against China's human rights record turned a relay thro...
Tom Tresser | Posted 09.30.2009 | Chicago