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What you need to know about the Dakota Access pipeline fight

By Tony Wagner

September 13, 2016

Explore the pipeline's path with our interactive map.

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Why Black Lives protesters need public's help with bail

By Jed Kim

July 12, 2016

Officials keep an eye on a small group of protesters staging a silent protest at the Baton Rouge City Hall on Monday over the Alton Sterling shooting. — Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images

A tactic of organized protest is to refuse bail. That's not what's going on here.

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Cultural centers take center stage in campus protests

By Amy Scott

November 23, 2015

Rana Saeed, 18, and Milena Berhane, 17, members of the Black Student Union at Johns Hopkins University. — Amy Scott/Marketplace

Students protesting the racial climate on college campuses push for safe space.

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Will Missouri Tigers level the football playing field?

By Amy Scott

November 09, 2015

Members of the activist organization Concerned Student 1950 celebrate after the resignation of Missouri University President Timothy M. Wolfe on the school's campus Monday in Columbia, Missouri. — Brian Davidson/Getty Images

Protests and a football strike bring down the University of Missouri's president.

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The fight for higher wages is strong on Black Friday

By Lizzie O'Leary and Krissy Clark

November 28, 2014

Protestors outside David Koch's Manhattan apartment in June 2014. — Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Black Friday may be known as one of the busiest shopping days, but it’s also one of the biggest protest days.

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On-the-ground coverage from protests Ferguson

By Adam Allington and Tony Wagner

November 25, 2014

People walk past a collapsed building, where protesters and looters rampaged businesses following Monday's grand jury decision in the fatal shooting of 1black teenager Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri. — JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images

Marketplace's Adam Allington is in Missouri covering the grand jury decision.

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What you need to know about Occupy Central

By Kate Davidson and Tony Wagner

September 29, 2014

Demonstrators disperse as tear gas is fired by police during a protest on September 28, 2014, in Hong Kong. Thousands of people kicked off Occupy Central by taking over Connaught Road, one of the major highways in Hong Kong, in protest against Beijing's conservative framework for political reform. — Anthony Kwan/Getty Images

Hong Kong is uniquely positioned in the global economy.

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