News in Brief For Most, There’s Never a Right Time to Protest Every important movement faces significant push-back; that doesn't mean it won't succeed. Seth Masket
News in Brief Making Police Departments More Diverse Isn’t Enough Local police departments should reflect the communities they serve, but fixing that alone won’t curb unnecessary violence. Lauren Kirchner
Economics Water Off A Duck’s Back: Ethical Consumption and Outrage in the Digital Age How everything from reading to watching television has become a conundrum of ethics. Casey N. Cep
News in Brief Massive California Prison Strike Ends After 60 Days Leaders say the strike is “suspended” after the promise of public hearings. Lauren Kirchner
News in Brief Historic Hunger Strike in California Prisons Continues On Day 43, a judge approved a request to force-feed striking inmates. Lauren Kirchner
News in Brief Thousands of California Inmates on Hunger Strike Against Solitary Confinement Here are their five demands. Lauren Kirchner
News in Brief What Does Pussy Riot Mean in Russian? How does a protest that wouldn't turn a head in the West manage to distract Putin, unnerve the Orthodox church and pick at the scab of Russia's gender politics? A Western scholar just back from Russia explains the Pussy Riot phenomenon. Marc Herman
News in Brief Start Highstepping When Politicians are Sidestepping Marc Herman’s 101 post about flash mobs flamenco-ing in Spain’s ailing banks sounds like an echo, or perhaps… Michael Todd