The black power freedom salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics was a protest felt across the world and it remains a symbol ...

The country of Mexico has had a long history with the modern Olympic Games beginning with Olympiad II in Paris in 1900.

But he gets the details about the Mexico City Olympics slightly wrong. Tommie Smith — surely the most elegant sprinter ever to grace the track — and John Carlos raised their gloved fists in a ...

Glenn Kaino’s “Bridge” installation animates the protest of Tommie Smith and John Carlos while honoring the Olympic Project for Human Rights.

Don’t bring your politics into sports.” “Shut up and dribble.” “Be grateful.” There is a longstanding tradition of ridiculing ...

In Mexico, thousands of students have protested against a planned judicial reform that includes election of judges by popular vote. The overhaul was proposed by outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez ...

A string of gruesome killings has thrust Mexico's security crisis into the spotlight -- and poses challenges for new ...

Has a long history with activism, from her parents who were involved in Mexico’s 1968 protest movement ... head of the Tlalpan district of Mexico City. 2018-June 2023 – First woman elected ...

Tommie Smith and John Carlos, two Black Americans, raised their fists in protest during the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. The ...