It draws us in and riles us up — but we still can’t look away.
Many Russians are swooning over Donald Trump. But journalists there are sizing him up as an impulsive populist, like their own leader.
Romanians took to the streets for a sixth day of protests even though the government scrapped its controversial decree to shield many politicians from prosecution for corruption.
Clashes over an oil pipeline slated to cross historic Native territory in North Dakota continue after more the 140 people were arrested in protests last week. The increasingly high-stakes face-off is one of the biggest actions by Native Americans in years.
Sacred-site preservation and civic engagement are not the same.
Police have made mass arrests and used pepper spray, riot gear and armored vehicles to stop the protests. Now, the United Nations is looking into possible human rights abuses.
Moroccan musicians are using traditional sounds fused with international styles to preserve threatened cultures.
On an Indian reservation in Nebraska, state and federal politics interfere with the effort to simply educate the kids.
"One thing that I repeatedly heard," says Jenni Monet, a journalist on the scene, "is that this fight is not over."
A group that included a number of former Rikers inmates gathered near the bridge to the island to call for changes for New York City's most well-known prison.
For weeks, members of the Standing Rock Sioux have gathered in Cannonball, North Dakota, standing against the Dakota Access pipeline. The government has now halted construction pending reassessment of the project.