Protests

Memphis braces for protests when Tyre Nichols police body cam footage is released

The city of Memphis is bracing for public outrage when it releases later on Friday body-camera video of a violent confrontation between a Black motorist and five police officers charged with the murder of Tyre Nichols earlier this month. The five officers, all Black, were each charged with second-degree murder, assault, kidnapping, official misconduct and

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Why protestors in China are holding up blank pieces of paper

BEIJING/SHANGHAI – Chinese protesters have turned to blank sheets of paper to express their anger over COVID-19 restrictions in a rare, widespread outpouring of public dissent that has gone beyond social media to some of China’s streets and top universities. Images and videos circulated online showed students at universities in cities including Nanjing and Beijing

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