Social Conflicts

Beijing In the shadow of the $440-million "bird's nest" Olympic stadium, migrant workers toil for a few dollars a day. A few miles away, bulldozers destroy a neighborhood where petitioners gather to seek justice from the government. Farther afield,...

Second of two parts MAKHACHKALA, Russia — Along the beaches in this restive port city on the Caspian Sea, mansard-roofed vacation cottages have sprung up alongside swaths of wooden shacks, rusted trailers and abandoned buses jammed with...

Remember this? "There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper....

Rising seas, spreading deserts, intensifying weather and other harbingers of climate change are threatening cultural landmarks from Canada to Antarctica, the World Monuments Fund said Tuesday as it released its latest list of the world's most endangered...

Cream-colored and curved, with more than a dash of Miami Beach, the condominium will, when completed, contain 30 apartments, a rooftop patio and something uncommon for its largely working-class environs -- a doorman. Taller at six stories than most of...