Displaying items 49-60 of 587
» View courant.com items only
< Previous
•
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-49
•
Next >
-
A year later, Occupy evolves with the times
The signs on the freshly planted City Hall south lawn list a long string of don'ts. "No tents, stakes, camping, open flames or cooking.... No writing/painting/affixing signs, projections or other materials to trees, landscaping or public property."...
Tags: Statue of Liberty, Starbucks Corp., Occupy Los Angeles
-
L.A. Unified won't apply for $40 million federal grant
L.A. NOWAn effort to win a high-profile $40-million grant has unraveled after the L.A. teachers union declined to sign the application, a condition for the competition imposed by the federal education department.... -
Bay Area man sentenced in fraud scheme targeting Pasadena hospital
L.A. NOWA Bay Area man was sentenced Monday to 18 months in federal prison for his role in a construction kickback scheme that targeted a Pasadena hospital, authorities said.... -
U.S. retains hotly contested seat on U.N. Human Rights Council
Somewhat surprisingly, the United States won re-election Monday to the U.N. Human Rights Council in the only competitive race for the 47-seat body it has been striving to reform. Four other regional slates of candidates included the same number of...Tags: Elections, George W. Bush, Human Rights, United Nations General Assembly, Israel
-
Protester sign in Niles shows Obama with Hitler mustache
Protesters from a fringe political group spent Thursday afternoon outside the Niles Post Office with signs that read “Impeach Obama” and showed a depiction of President Obama as Adolf Hitler. The two protesters said they are with LaRouche...
Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, Lyndon LaRouche, Political Dissent, Politics
-
Occupy's niche smaller 1 year after landmark arrests
This week marks the first anniversary of a memorable act of street theater in the city — the peaceful, ritual arrest of 173 Occupy Chicago protesters who refused to leave Grant Park after the 11 p.m. curfew. As news accounts at the time related,...
Tags: Police Arrests, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Justice System
-
Syrian troops reclaim historic mosque, opposition says
CNNSyrian government troops regained control of a historic mosque in Aleppo after pushing rebel troops back from the area, a human rights group reported Sunday. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that government troops recaptured...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Turkey, Iran, UNESCO, International Organizations
-
In Oakland, Batts' former post, police reforms criticized
The U.S. government should take over the Oakland Police Department — the California agency led for two years by Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts — because of a chronic failure to comply with a decade-old reform settlement,...
Tags: Jean Quan, Baltimore Police Department, Trials, Lawyers, Judges
-
Downtown L.A. clears after confrontation breaks out at ArtWalk
L.A. NOWCrowds began to disperse in downtown Los Angeles about 11 p.m. Thursday, about two hours after Occupy L.A. protesters clashed with police during the monthly ArtWalk, resulting in a citywide tactical alert and several arrests.... -
Downtown L.A. melee stemmed from sidewalk chalk demonstration
L.A. NOWThe melee that broke out in Downtown Los Angeles between police and Occupy L.A. protests appeared to have stemmed from sidewalk chalk, witnesses said.... -
Judge tosses Occupy Chicago park arrests
Tribune reporterThe mass arrests of Occupy Chicago demonstrators that city leaders held up as a model for how to respect protesters' rights has been ruled unconstitutional and tossed out of court by a Cook County judge. In a 37-page ruling issued today, Associate...Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Judges, NATO, Activism, Rahm Emanuel
-
Occupy fizzled because it got America wrong
Some pundits are bemoaning the unremarkable one-year anniversary of the "Occupy" movement's entry into American politics. Indeed, it was not so long ago that daily street protests were the object of intense media coverage. For many progressives, hopes...
Tags: Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Elections, Minority Groups, Pension and Welfare, Crime, Law and Justice
Oct 1, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Oct 29, 2012
| Los Angeles Times
Oct 29, 2012
| Los Angeles Times
Nov 12, 2012
| Los Angeles Times
Nov 8, 2012
|Story| WSBT-TV
Oct 17, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Oct 14, 2012
|Story| CNN
Oct 9, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jul 13, 2012
| Los Angeles Times
Jul 13, 2012
| Los Angeles Times
Sep 27, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Sep 24, 2012
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Original site for Protest topic gallery.
