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The fence around the Capitol is back up. The D.C. police department is at the ready, and U.S. Capitol Police have requested assistance from nearby law enforcement agencies.

Tall, black fences reinforced with concrete barriers are encircling the U.S. Capitol, a key security measure before a rally that has law enforcement on high alert. The Justice for J6 rally is planned for Saturday outside the Capitol. The rally is in support of the rioters who violently stormed the building on Jan. 6. Trucks carrying concrete barriers and tall…

Arguing that app-based companies such as Uber and Lyft shift costly burdens onto taxpayers by denying drivers employee status, a new coalition of labor, civil rights and racial justice groups launched an effort Tuesday to oppose the tech giants in their effort to rewrite state labor laws. Dozens of activists with the Coalition to Protect Workers’ Rights kicked off their…

A supporter of former President Donald Trump has pleaded guilty to two felonies for firing his handgun into a carful of Black girls who were arguing with pro-Trump agitators near the Iowa Capitol last December

Multiple rallies, marches and other events will be held in Boston, Massachusetts Tuesday, marking one year since the death of George Floyd.

Rallies, marches and other events were held Tuesday in the Boston area, marking one year since the death of George Floyd. Protests have erupted across the nation since George Floyd was murdered on May 25, 2020, by a former police officer who knelt on his neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. The 46-year-old’s death fueled the Black Lives Matter movement…

Demonstrators this spring have come together in Boston and across the country to bring awareness to a rising wave of violence against Asian-Americans. On Saturday, a number of artists took their turn in Copley Square to make their voices heard in a special way. “With art, you can convey that with passion and love and even if there’s aggression in...

A rally led largely by students from Berklee College of Music aimed to bring broader awareness to rising hate and violence against Asian-Americans.

A vigil and rally will be held Thursday for Mikayla Miller, a 16-year-old girl who was found dead last month in her hometown of Hopkinton, Mass.

Protests and rallies are planned throughout Boston Wednesday to call for change.

In the wake of a deadly shooting in Atlanta, organizers carried out a walk along the Boston Marathon route and speeches in the Common.

The activist group “Running to Protest” brought New Yorkers together to rally and run a 5K in solidarity with Black and Asian Americans.

The rally to bring students back to the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School comes as Massachusetts releases new guidelines for a return to in-person learning next month. But the return date for high schoolers remains unclear.

A middle school student from San Mateo organized a rally Saturday to raise awareness about the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes and show support for the Asian community across the entire Bay Area.

Two rallies aimed at forging racial justice were held in Boston on Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, one held by Mass Action Against Police Brutality, another by groups including Boston Black Lives Matter. The Boston MLK Rally for Justice, held by Mass Action Against Police Brutality, began around 1 p.m. in Boston’s Grove Hall neighborhood, where several dozen...

Supporters of Pres. Donald Trump faced off with counter-protesters on Saturday in Pacific Beach, prompting San Diego police to declare the situation an unlawful assembly “due to acts of violence.”

A judge has banned the leader of the Proud Boys from the nation’s capital after he was accused of vandalizing a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic Black church and found with high-capacity firearm magazines when he was arrested.

Thousands of Iraqis are converging on a landmark Baghdad square on the anniversary of the killing of a powerful Iranian general and a top Iraqi militia leader in a U.S. drone strike

Multiple clashes broke out in Washington, D.C., after thousands gathered at a rally to support President Donald Trump.