Ann Friedman 
As hockey fans rioted on the streets of Vancouver in the wake of the Canucks' loss in the Stanley Cup finals, photojournalist Richard Lam snapped this awesome photo. Even if it captured a staged artistic statement rather than a spontaneous action, we love it.
Mental note: If a riot ever breaks out in the immediate vicinity, find someone to make out with. Stat.
For Project 006: GOOD or BAD Design? dospacificos submitted these shots of Seattle and Vancouver. We'll let him explain. "My home town:...
China's state paper, Xinhua, has the above photo up on the web today. The caption: "Members of China's armed police demonstrate a rapid deployment...
In the GOOD 100 we applauded the idea of not only creating more space for cyclists and pedestrians on our roads, but of appropriating car lanes to...
Environmental friendliness has been a major concept at recent Olympic Games. Both Salt Lake City, in 2002, and Torino, in 2006, claimed that their...
Apparently this dog, Kanellos, has shown up at many Greek protests between 2008 and 2010. I can't guarantee that this amazing set of pictures is...
In the year of rioting, here are five books about 20th-century riots that brought about social change.
A visualization of London's class inequality helps ask important questions about what sparked that city's riots.
In an inventive (and slightly unnerving) move, the city of Vancouver will release a new brand of speed bump that uses an optical illusion to...
The forward-looking city just approved an important new addition to its network of separated bike lanes.
Martin Luther King, Jr., is quoted—and misquoted—perhaps more than any other American. Here are some of his sayings you might not know.
How a young man in Tunisia ousted a dictator using one of the oldest, most painful protest methods in history.
Almost 20 years after the Rodney King riots, America has yet to address the serious issues that led to them.
From my window, we watched 30 policemen sprint down the road. The sound of their boots hitting the ground made my heart pound even harder.
Don't blame social media for the London riots. Facebook and Twitter helped rioters organize, but they're helping support the cleanup effort as well.
Sugar, meat, and cereal prices reach record levels as economists warn of global food riots by Easter.
The internet is calling bullshit on the instantly famous Vancouver make-out picture. We asked the photographer what he saw.
In April, 1,000 people turned out for a peaceful march in honor of a man who died during a police raid. Nobody listened to them.
For 67 years, Pictures of the Year International has awarded excellence in the field of photojournalism, highlighting the photographers whose...
Yoda, above, as a work of origami. Obi-Wan Kenobi, below, was folded from one 16-inch piece of Origamido paper.More amazing origami on the Flickr...
An upside-down world. Dumptrumpet via Core77..
