Guillermo Legaria/AFP/Getty Images A student protesting in favor of expanded public education in Bogota, Colombia is hauled off by a police officer in full riot gear.

Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images Protests decrying a culture of rape and police corruption turn violent across New Delhi. Last week, a 23 year-old girl was brutally gang-raped on a public bus, and remains hospitalized in Singapore. Six suspects are in custody, [...]

For advocates of action on climate change, the science is settled — the time to move is now. For the second time in 13 months, thousands took to the streets surrounding the White House calling on President Obama to nix [...]

One hundred and eight Syrians near the town of Houla have been murdered amidst a bloody crackdown on dissidents. President Bashar al-Assad continues to rebuke international condemnations of the atrocities carried out by his regime and of the legitimacy of [...]

Some artists convey an unmistakable message that transcends language barriers. Reading between the lines, or listening between the sound waves, fans the world over just seem to get it. Ana Tijoux, a French Chilean hip hop artist uses her subtle [...]

The democratically-elected president of a tiny nation, who has had a giant voice in the climate change debate, has been forced to resign at gunpoint in a coup d’état. Mohamed Nasheed made his resignation under duress as president of the [...]

In March 2011, Vogue published a glowing portrait Asma al-Assad, the “glamorous, young, and very chic” first lady of Syria. The story and subsequent controversy are not new, but worth reexamining given the catastrophic pro-democracy crackdown at the hands of [...]

There is no love lost between Hong Kong and their neighbours who hail from China. Popularly referred to as Mainlanders, which has since become a negative connotation in its own right, visitors from north of the Hong Kong border are [...]

2011 was a year of worldwide unrest. Traditional social structures that favor the interests of those with money and power are being called into question by the masses. Here are the first set of striking moments of the year, many [...]

Earlier this week, thousands of women took part in a march of historic proportions, taking to the streets of Cairo to demand women’s empowerment and decry the brutal attacks on female protesters. The women of Egypt have become increasingly vocal [...]

After years of corruption and cronyism from the oppressive regime of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian people have risen up as a part of the Arab Awakening only to face a brutal backlash. The United Nations’ official estimate of the death [...]

Egypt’s now iconic Tahrir Square is in its fifth day of resurgent protests after the resignation of civilian leader, Prime Minister Essam Sharaf. The Egyptian people remain deeply dissatisfied with the traditional power structure that has yet to fulfill their [...]

On Monday, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released a statement saying that he had no alternative but to send police to forcibly end a peaceful anti-graft protest by Swami Ramdev and almost 50,000 followers. The government led attack on protestors [...]