Strategy for Democratic Mayors Facing Troubles: Attack Trump

By MITCH SMITH July 10, 2017 MINNEAPOLIS — After a first term pockmarked by intense protests and searing criticism from the left, Betsy Hodges, the mayor of this city, is facing prominent challengers as she campaigns for re-election: a civil rights...

Long After Protests, Students Shun the University of Missouri

By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS July 9, 2017 COLUMBIA, Mo. — In the fall of 2015, a grassy quadrangle at the center of the University of Missouri became known nationwide as the command center of an escalating protest. Students complaining of official inaction...

Pride 2017: Gay Pride’s Choice: March in Protest or Dance Worries Away

Pride 2017 By KIM SEVERSON June 19, 2017 People in the L.G.B.T.Q. community have had many gains to celebrate over the last decade. Marriage became legal. Caitlyn Jenner and others pushed open doors for transgender people. Oregon elected an openly bisexual...