Protests

Protests continue in Ukraine over the government's refusal to join the European Union. A look at why the economy is at the heart of it all.

What's been the impact of populism in Thailand?

The protests in Egypt and Turkey and Brazil have a lot more in common than you'd think, according to the BBC's Paul Mason.

Up until last year, Brazil's economy was surging. But growth has slowed, just as the government is preparing to host soccer’s World Cup next year.

In the latest series of 'not in my backyard' or NIMBY protests in China, hundreds took to the streets in Kunming to oppose a petrochemical plant.

Students at Culinary Institute of America, one of the nation's top cooking schools, say their degrees are being devalued by slipping standards.

The Michigan State Capitol is hosting thousands of protesters this morning. The house is taking up a so-called "right to work" bill.

A walk-out by workers at several fast-food chains in New York marks latest effort to organize an industry with high worker turnover.

Walmart workers will walk picket lines outside stores on Black Friday to protest the retail chain's low wages. Walmart, with more than a million employees, helps set pay levels for the retail industry.

Today the government of Spain is expected to lay out yet another new budget with even more cuts in it.