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Aretha Franklin Wasn’t Just the Queen Of Soul—She Was Also the Godmother of the Protest Song

Franklin didn't set out to make a mark on the anti-war movement, but she did so anyway.

Jared Keller

Anti-government protesters play traditional music and dance as they take part in a march demanding the release of political prisoners in Managua, Nicaragua, on August 15th, 2018.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Thousands of Nicaraguans March for the Release of Political Prisoners

Anti-government protesters play traditional music and dance as they take part in a march demanding the release of political prisoners in Managua, Nicaragua, on August 15th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

People from San Salvador Atenco, a town outside of Mexico City, protest the construction of a new international airport on August 14th, 2018. For years, residents of the semi-rural town have fought against plans to construct the the Mexican capital's new airport adjacent to their town, fearing that the construction will result in their displacement. On Tuesday, protesters sought to pressure President-Elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador to commit to his campaign promise to cancel the airport's construction (the president-elect has since vacillated on the promise). In this photo, a woman holds a machete and marches in front of a banner bearing the image of Emiliano Zapata, a hero of the Mexican Revolution who famously sought to return land rights to indigenous people in the country's south.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Mexican Villagers Protest Displacement and Pressure the President-Elect

People from San Salvador Atenco, a town outside of Mexico City, protest the construction of a new international airport on August 14th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

A student fires a homemade mortar during a protest in which students from different universities from across Nicaragua gathered to demand President Daniel Ortega and his powerful vice president, wife Rosario Murillo, resign, and for government to keep the 6 percent budget for universities, in Managua, on August 2nd, 2018.

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Viewfinder: Students Demonstrate in Nicaragua’s Capital

Students gathered in Nicaragua's capital to demand President Daniel Ortega and his powerful vice president, wife Rosario Murillo, resign.

Pacific Standard Staff

Protesters opposed to the nomination of Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh gather outside the office of Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) prior to a scheduled meeting between Thune and Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill on August 1st, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

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Viewfinder: Protesters Gather on Capitol Hill to Oppose Supreme Court Judge Nominee Brett Kavanaugh

Protesters gathered outside the office of Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) prior to a scheduled meeting between Thune and Kavanaugh.

Pacific Standard Staff

Activists, including childcare providers, parents, and their children, protest against the Trump administration's family detention and separation policies for migrants along the southern border, near the New York offices of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, on July 18th, 2018, in New York City.

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Viewfinder: Protesting Family Separations Outside the ICE Office in New York

Activists, including childcare providers, parents, and their children, protest against the Trump administration's recent family detention and separation policies.

Pacific Standard Staff

Friends and relatives carry the coffin containing the body of the student Gerald Velazquez, shot dead during clashes with riot police in a church near the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua in Managua on July 16th, 2018. Government forces in Nicaragua on Saturday shot dead two young men at a protest site in a church, the clergy said, on the third day of nationwide demonstrations against President Daniel Ortega, a former revolutionary hero now accused of authoritarianism.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Mourning the Death of Young Protesters in Nicaragua

Friends and relatives carry the coffin containing the body of the student Gerald Velazquez, shot dead during clashes with riot police in a church near the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua.

Pacific Standard Staff

People demonstrate against the government of President Mauricio Macri and the latest deal with the International Monetary Fund during the 202th anniversary of independence along 9 de Julio Avenue in Buenos Aires, on July 9th, 2018.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Thousands Protest Argentina’s Latest Deal With the IMF

People demonstrate against the government of President Mauricio Macri on July 9th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders conducts a White House daily news briefing on June 14th, 2018.

Dispatches: Finding Equal Ground in Political Discourse

News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.

Ian Hurley

Thousands of public-sector employees march during a strike called by labor unions to protest against austerity measures in San José, Costa Rica, on June 25th, 2018.

Economics

Viewfinder: A Labor Protest in Costa Rica

Thousands of public-sector employees march during a strike called by labor unions to protest against austerity measures in San José, Costa Rica, on June 25th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff