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Protesters used banners to block a traffic intersection. About 30 members of activist group Rise and Resist were arrested after disrupting Business As Usual at a Climate Emergency protest outside the Bloomberg Global Business Forum held at the Plaza Hotel at 59th Street and 5th Avenue, blocking traffic at the intersection to protest the continued investment in the carbon economy despite overwhelming scientific evidence that to do so endangers human survival.

Protests in the Trump Era Have Been Mostly Peaceful. Here's How the 2020 Election Could Change That

Since Donald Trump took office, there has been sustained protest against hi...

Since Donald Trump took office, there has been sustained protest against his Administration and its policies. An estimated 4 million people turned out for the 2017 Women’s March (which was the largest protest in U.S....

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, in Washington, D.C. on June 13, 2019.. In a tweet late Monday, June 17, 2019, Trump said that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will begin removing millions of people who are in the country illegally.

Exclusive: President Trump Says Hong Kong Protesters Are Having a 'Big Impact'

President Donald Trump called the protesters on the streets of Hong Kong "v...

President Donald Trump called the protesters on the streets of Hong Kong "very effective," but declined to voice support for their specific demands of the Chinese government. "They're obviously having a big impact," Trump told...

Participants attend Respect Rally Park City on the one-year anniversary of the Women's March in Park City, Utah, on Jan. 20.

Women First Marched to Challenge Trump. Now They Are Challenging Each Other

When millions of protesters flooded the streets of Washington, D.C.; New Yo...

When millions of protesters flooded the streets of Washington, D.C.; New York; Los Angeles; and dozens of other American cities as part of the Women's March in January 2017, and again in January 2018, the...

A woman who said she is a survivor of a sexual assault confronts Republican Senator from Arizona Jeff Flake in an elevator after Flake announced that he vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Sept. 28, 2018.

Meet One of the Women Who Helped Change Jeff Flake's Mind in a Senate Elevator

For Sen. Jeff Flake, the viral scene in which two enraged women confronted ...

For Sen. Jeff Flake, the viral scene in which two enraged women confronted him on an elevator over experiences of sexual misconduct was the culmination of chance and not getting down the hallway quite fast...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) (C) leaves the Senate Chamber following early morning votes at the U.S. Capitol February 9, 2018 in Washington, D.C.

Ted Cruz Leaves Washington Restaurant After Protesters Shout 'We Believe Survivors'

In the latest example of a high-profile Republican being accosted by protes...

In the latest example of a high-profile Republican being accosted by protesters

A group of women are seen wearing black veils and black tape over their mouths outside of the fourth day of Brett Kavanaugh's hearing before members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building Friday Sept. 7, 2018. (Sarah Silbiger--CQ Roll Call)

Abortion Rights Groups See Protests Paying Off as Kavanaugh Hits Snag

A claim of sexual misconduct as a teen-ager has put the confirmation of Sup...

A claim of sexual misconduct as a teen-ager has put the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in question for the first time, but abortion rights activists say their protests helped lay the groundwork...

Supporters of the Unite the Right 2 rally of white nationalists in Washington were significantly outnumbered by counter-protesters.

Counter-Protesters Dwarfed a White Nationalist Rally in Washington

The several dozen white supremacists who showed up outside the White House ...

The several dozen white supremacists who showed up outside the White House on Sunday to mark the one-year anniversary of their movement's violent gathering in Charlottesville, Va., were overwhelmingly outnumbered by thousands of counter-protesters. For...