Civil disobedience
FILE - In this July 27, 2021 file photo, Simone Biles, of the United States, performs on the vault during the artistic gymnastics women's final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo. Biles and Naomi Osaka are prominent young Black women under the pressure of a global Olympic spotlight that few human beings ever face. But being a young Black woman -- which, in American life, comes with its own built-in pressure to perform -- entails much more than meets the eye. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Black women, across generations, heed Biles’ Olympic example

By Aaron Morrison, Astrid Galvan And Deepti Hajela Aug. 03, 2021 10:19 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press May. 26, 2021 02:31 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 24 The Guardian on a line being crossed in Belarus...

Anti-coup protesters flash the three-finger salute of defiance during a demonstration on Thursday, May 6, 2021, in Yangon, Myanmar. More than 200 global organizations urged the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, to impose an arms embargo on Myanmar, saying the time for statements has passed and immediate action is needed to help protect peaceful protesters against military rule and other opponents of the junta. (AP Photo)
Flash mobs in Myanmar's biggest city avoid deadly response

May. 06, 2021 11:56 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 21, 2021, file photo, armed police remove makeshift blockages set up by protesters as they patrol streets in downtown Yangon, Myanmar. Political turmoil and disruptions following the coup in Myanmar could undo years of progress and double the number of its people living in poverty to nearly half the population, a United Nations report said Friday, April 30, 2021. (AP Photo/File)
UN report says Myanmar poverty could double from coup chaos

By Elaine Kurtenbach Apr. 30, 2021 01:44 AM EDT

Demonstrators attend a 'Kill the Bill' protest in Bristol, England, Saturday, April 3, 2021. The demonstration is against the contentious Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which is currently going through Parliament and would give police stronger powers to restrict protests. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)
UK arrests over 100 in protests against policing bill

Apr. 04, 2021 12:15 PM EDT

Residents of a local neighborhood applaud as an anti-coup student protester returns home after being released from jail, Friday, March 26, 2021, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo)
Myanmar protest deaths reach 320 as US, UK, impose sanctions

Mar. 26, 2021 03:59 AM EDT

State railway employees sit with their belongings after being evicted from their home Saturday, March 20, 2021, in Mandalay, Myanmar. State railway workers in Mandalay have been threatened with eviction to force them to end their support for the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) against military rule. (AP Photo)
Striking Myanmar rail workers move out as protests continue

Mar. 20, 2021 04:33 AM EDT

InvestigateWest: Activists fight fossil-fuel pipelines

By Braela Kwan Mar. 16, 2021 05:27 PM EDT
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Members of Canada’s First Nations and their allies are mounting last-ditch challenges to two massive fossil fuel pipelines...

Town board in Maine contends mask mandates violate the ADA

Feb. 24, 2021 02:15 AM EST
PARIS, Maine (AP) — The leaders of a town in western Maine say the governor's executive order requiring people to wear masks during the pandemic violates the...

Demonstrators gather in an intersection to protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. The U.N. expert on human rights in Myanmar warned of the prospect for major violence as demonstrators gather again Wednesday to protest the military's seizure of power. (AP Photo)
Mass anti-coup protests in Myanmar as UN warns of crackdown

Feb. 17, 2021 11:25 AM EST

People clap to make noise as they participate in a civil disobedience action to protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2021. About 70 recently elected lawmakers defied the new military government on Thursday by convening a symbolic meeting of the Parliament that was prevented from opening. They signed their oaths of office at a government guesthouse in the capital, Naypyitaw, where about 400 of them were detained in the aftermath of the takeover. (AP Photo)
Resistance to coup grows despite Myanmar's block of Facebook

Feb. 04, 2021 06:46 AM EST

In this Jan. 27, 2021, file photo, Health workers wait to receive the Covishield COVID-19 vaccine at the Ayeyarwaddy COVID treatment center in Yangon, Myanmar. Medical workers across Myanmar have begun a civil disobedience protest against Monday, Feb. 1, 2021's coup, pinning red ribbons and declaring they won’t work for the military government.(AP Photo/Thein Zaw, File)
Health workers start anti-coup protests in virus-hit Myanmar

By Victoria Milko Feb. 03, 2021 07:05 AM EST

A man reads a local daily newspaper at his shop near a market Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Yangon, Myanmar. A coup in Myanmar on Monday left the military in control under a one-year state of emergency. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)
Myanmar charges Suu Kyi, giving legal basis to detain her

Feb. 03, 2021 01:18 AM EST

Myanmar's military stand guard at a checkpoint manned with an armored vehicles blocking a road leading to the parliament building Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Hundreds of members of Myanmar's Parliament remained confined inside their government housing in the country's capital on Tuesday, a day after the military staged a coup and detained senior politicians including Nobel laureate and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (AP Photo)
People in Myanmar honk horns, bang on pots to protest coup

Feb. 01, 2021 11:53 PM EST

Hospitality sector workers, backdropped by a banner reading 'Stop the Restrictions" attend a protest, in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. Protesters gathered at a central square in Hungary's capital of Budapest on Sunday demanding a rethinking of the country's lockdown restrictions. As the lockdown limiting restaurants to take-away service approaches the three-month mark, many business owners complain that they have received little to none of the government’s promised financial assistance while other businesses like shopping malls and retail stores have been permitted to remain open. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)
Hungarian cafe mulls civil disobedience to avoid bankruptcy

By Justin Spike Feb. 01, 2021 09:42 AM EST

Hospitality sector workers, backdropped by a banner reading 'Stop the Restrictions" attend a protest, in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. Protesters gathered at a central square in Hungary's capital of Budapest on Sunday demanding a rethinking of the country's lockdown restrictions. As the lockdown limiting restaurants to take-away service approaches the three-month mark, many business owners complain that they have received little to none of the government’s promised financial assistance while other businesses like shopping malls and retail stores have been permitted to remain open. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)
Hungarian restaurant workers protest lockdown restrictions

By Justin Spike Jan. 31, 2021 10:24 AM EST

Judge fines UP cafe, says civil disobedience 'not an option'

Jan. 09, 2021 08:26 AM EST
CALUMET, Mich. (AP) — An Upper Peninsula cafe was found in contempt of court and fined $2,500 for continuing to serve indoor diners, the latest turn in an...

Democratic Rep. Alec Garnett reads a document and can be seen standing between panes of protective glass during a special legislative session at the Colorado State Capitol Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, in Denver. Colorado lawmakers have passed several bills offering assistance to restaurants and food pantries struggling to keep their doors open during the coronavirus pandemic. The special session that was called by Gov. Jared Polis ended on Wednesday. (AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via AP)
Colorado lawmakers OK COVID-19 aid, say more is needed

By Patty Nieberg Dec. 02, 2020 03:59 PM EST

In this photo provided by Mazava music production shows Michel, no family name given, Saturday Nov.21, 2020 in Paris . French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin ordered several Paris police officers suspended after the publication of videos showing them beating up a Black man and using tear gas against him with no apparent reason. (Courtesy of Hafida el Ali Via AP)
Paris police suspended over beating of Black man

By Sylvie Corbet Nov. 26, 2020 12:12 PM EST

Katherine Rutigliano poses for a portrait in her home in Phoenix, Ariz., on March 15, 2020 photo. When she and her husband moved away from San Francisco in 2013, they figured they would never meet a fellow Democrat again. Rutgliano didn't realize it, but she had moved her family to what is now the front lines in American politics. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
Moving the flip zone: Democrats march deeper into suburbia

By Angeliki Kastanis, Josh Boak And Dario Lopez-Mills Oct. 06, 2020 12:31 AM EDT