riots

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Karen Bass got her start in civic life in South Los Angeles as a founder and top executive of the nonprofit Community Coalition, which focused heavily on recovery from the 1992 riots.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

It is about friendship and creativity and New York City, specifically the East Village when you didn’t walk past First Avenue alone, on the edge of gentrification and the 1988 Tompkins Square Park riots.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

Not until the Civil War did Congress enact a national draft, and even then it was met with significant resistance through both legal and political action and riots in the streets.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

Throughout the 1980s, bread riots also erupted in Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan, and Algeria, with similar outcomes.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

As I continued to read, I got more and more upset: There were riots in the street because people were literally starving.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda