Nation Sep 24 Haitians see history of racist policies in migrant treatment The images — men on horseback with long reins, corralling Haitian asylum seekers trying to cross into the U.S. from Mexico — provoked an outcry. But Haitian Americans, Black immigrant advocates and civil rights leaders say it's just the latest…
Nation Jul 26 50-year war on drugs imprisoned millions of Black Americans Fifty years ago this summer, President Richard Nixon declared a war on drugs. Decades later harsh penalties continue to feed a prison industrial complex that has millions of mostly Black and brown people locked up.
Nation Jun 25 WATCH LIVE: George Floyd’s family members to speak at Chauvin sentencing Family attorney Ben Crump told The Associated Press that family members were feeling “anxious and tense.”…
Nation May 27 AP report: Deep-rooted racism and discrimination permeate U.S. military The military's judicial system has no explicit category for hate crimes, making it difficult to quantify crimes motivated by prejudice, and the Defense Department also has no way to track the number of troops ousted for extremist views, despite its…
Nation Apr 22 Hundreds gather for Minneapolis funeral of Daunte Wright Hundreds of mourners wearing COVID-19 masks packed into Shiloh Temple International Ministries to remember Wright, a 20-year-old father of one who was shot by a police officer on April 11 in the small city of Brooklyn Center.
Nation Feb 25 Black Lives Matter launches fund as wait for federal COVID-19 relief continues The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is formally expanding a $3 million financial relief fund that it quietly launched earlier this month, to help people struggling to make ends meet during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Nation Feb 23 At least 160 Confederate symbols taken down in 2020, new count finds A new count by the Southern Poverty Law Center finds at least 160 Confederate symbols were taken down or moved from public spaces in 2020.
Politics Jan 20 Biden repudiates white supremacy, calls for racial justice in inaugural speech Compared to his immediate predecessors, three of whom attended Wednesday's inauguration, Biden is the first president to directly address the ills of white supremacy in an inaugural speech.
Politics Dec 02 Democratic lawmakers to introduce anti-slavery constitutional amendment Democrats in the House and Senate will introduce a joint resolution Wednesday aimed at amending the 13th Amendment.
Politics Nov 03 George Floyd’s brother rallies voters on Election Day George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Rayshard Brooks: Their names re-energized the Black Lives Matter movement and put race at the center of this year’s general election. On Election Day, their loved ones will await signs that their public grief…