Josselin Corea Escalante was 9 when she and her mother and younger brother left Guatemala to seek asylum in the United States, believing it would […]
Tag: Demonstrations
Trump Order Pushes Universities to ‘Monitor’ Protesters on Student Visas
Universities have set up task forces, tightened discipline policies and used surveillance cameras to track protesters’ movements. They have hired private investigators to examine cases […]
Thomas Gaither, Who Chose Jail After Civil Rights Sit-ins, Dies at 86
The sit-in movement that began at a whites-only lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., in 1960 and soon spread to other cities, pricking the nation’s conscience […]
Joy, Anger and Little Remorse Outside D.C. Jail After Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons
The crowd cheered and the music blared. On Monday night outside the D.C. jail, some of the family members, fervent supporters and former detainees gathered […]
The Trump Resistance Won’t Be Putting on ‘Pussy Hats’ This Time
The week after Election Day in 2016, Shirley Morganelli, a women’s health nurse and lifelong Democrat, invited a dozen friends over to the living room […]
Thousands Protest Trump’s Return to White House Days Before His Inauguration
Some climbed into buses in the wee hours of the morning. Others boarded planes from across the country or drove bleary-eyed through the night. No […]
Charles Person, Youngest of the Original Freedom Riders, Dies at 82
Charles Person, the youngest of the 13 original Freedom Riders who traveled from Washington to Birmingham, Ala., in 1961 in an effort to integrate interstate […]
Tulsa Massacre Was a ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack,’ Federal Report Says
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, in which a prosperous Black neighborhood in Oklahoma was destroyed and up to 300 people were killed, was not […]
A Reporter’s Reflection on Jan. 6, Then and Now
A loudspeaker in the Senate press gallery crackled with a dire warning on the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, and a voice announced a lockdown […]