NewsNewsTrigger-Happy St. Louis Couple Charged With Unlawful Use of Weapon for Brandishing Guns at BLM ProtestersThey’re like a 2020 Bonnie and Clyde, except if Bonnie and Clyde were cross-eyed middle-aged goats with a basement…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJuly 21, 2020
NewsNews‘Strike for Black Lives’: Tens of Thousands Walk Off Their Jobs to Demand better Pay, Working Conditions for Black WorkersFrom janitors and Uber drivers to nursing home aides and servers, tens of thousands of Americans either walked off…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJuly 20, 2020
NewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityNewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityLouisiana Family Seeks Answers After Sheriff’s Office Failed to Report Police Shooting of 14-Year-Old Boy: ReportThe statistics about police shootings in the United States are horrifying: Despite a pandemic, when stay-at-home…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJuly 17, 2020
NewsNewsFederal Law Enforcement in Portland, Ore., Have Been Snatching Protesters off the Streets in Unmarked VehiclesProtesters in Portland, Ore., say federal agents donning camouflage and driving unmarked vans have been detaining…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJuly 17, 2020
NewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityNewsLaw EnforcementPolice Brutality‘Watch the Show, Folks’: Virginia Trooper Being Investigated After Footage of Violent 2019 Arrest Posted to Social MediaVirginia State Police are conducting an investigation of a traffic stop on I-495 in April 2019 after the motorist’s…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJuly 17, 2020
NewsNewsInvestigaton Launched Against Louisville Mayor Over Handling of Breonna Taylor's CaseFour months ago, Breonna Taylor was killed in her own home by Louisville Metro Police while sleeping. Despite calls…ByJoe JuradoPublishedJuly 16, 2020
NewsNewsThe Family of George Floyd Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Minneapolis PoliceThe death of George Floyd has had an undeniable ripple effect across the world. It’s been almost two months since…ByJoe JuradoPublishedJuly 15, 2020
NewsNewsMonument of British Slave Trader Replaced With Statue of Black Lives Matter ProtesterLast month, as global protests were held against systemic racism and police brutality, one of the side effects was…ByJoe JuradoPublishedJuly 15, 2020
NewsNewsJay-Z, Rihanna and More Urge Department of Justice to Re-Examine Death of Danroy 'DJ' HenryIn a new letter sent to U.S. Attorney General William Barr, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Pharrell Williams, Taraji P. Henson,…ByJ'na JeffersonPublishedJuly 15, 2020
NewsNewsA Liberal North Carolina Town Has Unanimously Voted to Give Its Black Residents ReparationsPhew, 2020 sure is something different.ByAnne BraniginPublishedJuly 15, 2020
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersViola Davis Opens Up About Police Brutality and Regretting The Help With Historic Vanity Fair CoverViola Davis radiates on the cover of Vanity Fair for its July/August 2020 edition. The Oscar, Emmy and Tony-winning…ByJ'na JeffersonPublishedJuly 14, 2020
NewsCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeThe Genius of Resilience: Toward a New, Black National ConventionImagine it’s 2070. History classes all over the U.S. teach the 2020 Black Lives Matter Uprisings and the national…ByJessica ByrdPublishedJuly 14, 2020
NewsNewsBerkeley Might Become One of the First Cities to Remove Police From Traffic StopsFundamentally, I’m a begrudging optimist. Pessimism just seems counterproductive so, no matter how awful things…ByJoe JuradoPublishedJuly 13, 2020
NewsNewsThousands of Workers In The Service Industry to 'Strike for Black Lives'In an effort to fight against the systemic racism that’s embedded in both society and workplaces within the service…ByJoe JuradoPublishedJuly 13, 2020
NewsNewsPennsylvania Police Officers Under Investigation After Videos Shows Them Placing Knee on Man's NeckOne would think that literally everything that has occurred over the course of the last few months would result in…ByJoe JuradoPublishedJuly 13, 2020
NewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityNewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityFlorida Cop Fired and Charged With Assault After Pointing Gun to Handcuffed Black Man’s Head for Not Giving His NameThe Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office in Florida has fired and charged a sergeant with a felony after the officer…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJuly 13, 2020
CultureNow playing CultureFallen but Not Forgotten: Unpacking the Erasure of Black Women in Conversations About Police ViolenceBreonna Taylor. Shelly Frey. Michelle Cusseaux. Tanisha Anderson. Korryn Gaines. India Kager. Atatiana Jefferson. PublishedJuly 13, 2020
NewsNewsCostco Bans Employees From Wearing Masks That Say Black Lives Matter, Because It Is 'Political'As Black people have long known, the idea that Black lives matter is still not a given to everyone—and is actually…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedJuly 12, 2020
NewsNewsFord Workers Ask Company to Stop Selling Cars to Police, Ford Replies, 'LOL, Nah.'Remember the year of June 2020? Protests against police brutality took place all across the country as people were…ByJoe JuradoPublishedJuly 10, 2020
NewsNewsRobert Fuller's Hanging Death Ruled a Suicide by LA County Medical ExaminerLast month, there was much skepticism when Robert Fuller’s death was initially labeled a suicide after his body was…ByJoe JuradoPublishedJuly 10, 2020