Days of violent riots in the Indian capital city of Delhi and in the adjoining state of Haryana left 16 people dead and caused nearly $500,000 in losses for area industries. Nearly 10,000 Indian troops and paramilitary force members were deployed by the federal government to quell the uprising, which is still ongoing in parts of the region.
It’s become a familiar pattern at Donald Trump rallies: a protester or several interrupt the Republican frontrunner, angry Trump supporters physically and verbally attack, and the offenders are escorted out by security officers.
Walmart must give 16 fired associates their jobs back after a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) administrative law judge ruled Thursday that the company illegally retaliated against the workers for participating in strikes and other organizing efforts in 2013.
LAS VEGAS, NV — Hotel mogul and GOP frontrunner Donald Trump had just handed the microphone over to a group of parents of people killed by undocumented immigrants when the chants began to ring out in the cavernous hall at the Westgate Casino.
“Dump Trump!” shouted two local activists as they were quickly dragged out of the room by hotel security guards. “Black lives matter. Muslims matter.” When one of them fell on the ground, an angry crowd of Trump supporters encircled him, phones aloft to film. One elderly man in a pinstripe suit repeatedly screamed, “Take them out!” while another yelled, “Light the motherfucker on fire.”
At the most recent Democratic presidential campaign, candidates clashed over the minimum wage. Bernie Sanders made it clear that he supports raising it to $15 an hour, full stop, as does Martin O’Malley. Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, demurred on $15, saying she instead supports raising it to $12 an hour.
After dash cam footage of Officer Jason Van Dyke shooting Laquan McDonald was released Tuesday night, highly-anticipated protests began in the streets of Chicago. The video, which shows Van Dyke shooting the 17-year-old 16 times in the span of 15 seconds, was sealed from the public for over a year. It also countered the official police narrative of what occurred on October 20, 2014.
Similar protests were staged in Minneapolis and Ferguson, where frustrations about police violence have boiled over.
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Georgetown University will rename two buildings on campus — Mulledy Hall and McSherry Hall — that are currently named after slaveowners, following protests and sit-ins from students demanding increased awareness about the institution’s racial legacy.
Georgetown students argue that the university needs to acknowledge the ways the university was built on slavery and to foster more discussion on the university climate for students of color. A group of 250 students recently gathered in solidarity with students at Yale University and the University of Missouri, who have also been asking their administrators to acknowledge a racist climate on campus.