Nearly every week since “Black Lives Matter” was painted in front of Trump Tower in Manhattan, someone has unloaded a bucket of paint on the giant yellow letters. In one incident, two women shouted “All Lives Matter” as they ran across the three words while […]
The San Francisco Police Commission within the San Francisco Police Department has passed a resolution ordering every district station to put up a Black Lives Matter sign within 30 days, according to NBC Bay Area. The controversial move has faced criticism from the San Francisco Police Officers […]
By Joséphine Li Systemic poverty affects around 140 million people nationwide. Thus, in an effort to fight the systemic racial injustice that’s embedded in workplaces and society within the service industry, thousands of union workers decided to participate in a massive, full-day Strike for Black […]
Last month, Black Lives Matter demonstrators in Bristol, UK, made headlines around the world when they toppled a statue of 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston and dumped it into the River Avon. Now, the city has an entirely new figure being celebrated on the […]
(Photo Credits: Mark Lennihan) By Juan Ignacio Chavez On Monday, a white man in a black baseball cap approached the Black Lives Matter mural near the Trump Tower and splattered red paint over the letter “V.“ A bystander got to make a video and shared […]
Photo credits: Michael Rubinkam By Viviane Faver Allentown, Pennsylvania – Cops were filmed Saturday night, restraining a man on the ground outside the emergency room of the Sacred Heart Campus of St. Luke’s Hospital. One cop used his elbow on the man’s neck to restrain […]
(CNN)On Monday, President Donald Trump went after attempts to strip the names of racists from buildings. On Tuesday, it was a federal housing rule meant to combat racial segregation. By Wednesday, Trump was calling the words “Black Lives Matter” a “symbol of hate” — a […]
London — The outpouring of pent-up frustration about racism in the United Kingdom caught many White people by surprise. Who did not think the country had made big strides towards tolerance and equal opportunity over the past few decades? Who was concerned that statues […]
By SIMONE WEICHSELBAUM and NICOLE LEWIS Minneapolis city council members made an historic pledge over the weekend when they vowed to dismantle the local police department and shift money to community-based strategies. The pledge to develop a new system of public safety— supported by a veto-proof majority — […]
By Farhad Manjoo It’s wondrous, isn’t it, how the people just keep coming out? Day after day, night after night, in dozens of cities, braving a deadly virus and brutal retaliation, they continue to pack the streets in uncountable numbers, demanding equality and […]
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