These may be the dog days of August--traditionally a slow point in the news cycle--but three very big, very different news stories in three very different parts of the world this week have interrupted ...

We can dispense with some mistakes, though. It is wrong to say that the riots are apolitical. The trouble began on Saturday night when protesters gathered at Tottenham police station to demand that ...

In London this week, the worst civil unrest since race riots in the 1980's has raised questions about the Conservative government, ethnic tensions, popular culture and disaffected young people. Today, ...

As the U.K. reflects on its recent bout of riots--with analysts searching for lessons and Prime Minister David Cameron declaring a "war on gangs"--Pew's Project for Excellence in Journalism is ...

I automatically deleted an email this morning from a salon mini-chain, Shobha, from whose email list I’ve been too lazy to unsubscribe. But the word “apology” in the subject line of a follow-up email ...

A 26-year-old shot in a car in south London is the first fatality in Britain's intensifying riots, Reuters reports. British Prime Minister David Cameron has deployed 16,000 police officers to quell ...

London was quiet today, but looting and violence spread to other parts of the country. We hear different opinions about the causes of Britain's worst riots in decades, and ask how this week's civil ...