• In Missouri shooting, 'stand your ground' law at forefront of case

    In Missouri shooting, 'stand your ground' law at forefront of case

    Apr 19, 2023 03:03 PM EST

    ... were fired, Missouri's self-defense laws also were in the spotlight in 2020 when St. Louis attorneys Mark and Patricia McCloskey waved guns at Black Lives Matter protesters passing by their home. The McCloskeys eventually pleaded guilty to misdemeanors, but Republican Gov. Mike Parson pardoned them. Last year, Missouri ...

  • Social justice activists demand police reform after Jayland Walker decision

    Social justice activists demand police reform after Jayland Walker decision

    Apr 18, 2023 11:40 PM EST

    ... U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes, have called on the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the Akron Police Department. On Tuesday, Walker's mother and sister rode in a vehicle leading the protest through the city while marchers carrying Black Lives Matter flags and “Justice for Jayland” signs followed behind.

  • News Wrap: Manhattan DA Bragg sues Rep. Jordan over inquiry into Trump indictment

    News Wrap: Manhattan DA Bragg sues Rep. Jordan over inquiry into Trump indictment

    Apr 11, 2023 10:50 PM EST

    ... The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged. Still to come on the "NewsHour": Texas Governor Greg Abbott seeks to pardon a man who killed a Black Lives Matter protester; the U.N. sounds the alarm on the dire conditions in drought-ridden Somalia; millions are at risk of losing Medicaid ...

  • Ahead of 2024 presidential bid, DeSantis calls for U.S. to follow Florida's lead

    Ahead of 2024 presidential bid, DeSantis calls for U.S. to follow Florida's lead

    Mar 07, 2023 03:36 PM EST

    ... schools, banning transgender girls and women from school sports, rewriting the state's political maps to favor Republicans and dismantle a congressional district that favored Black voters, attacking private businesses that disagree with his ideology and cracking down on Black Lives Matter protests. DeSantis acknowledges that his decisions as governor ...

  • Remembering Judy Heumann's lasting contributions to disability rights

    Remembering Judy Heumann's lasting contributions to disability rights

    Mar 06, 2023 11:25 PM EST

    ... because they haven't seen us? Discrimination against disabled people has existed from the beginning of time. And we're in a place right now where, because of other movements, the civil rights movement, the women's movement, Black Lives Matter movement, et cetera, people are speaking up and out.

  • Bringing historical Black newspapers into the digital age, students discover their past

    Bringing historical Black newspapers into the digital age, students discover their past

    Feb 28, 2023 09:37 PM EST

    ... the Black press is really important. Just making sure that important developments were actually reported on instead of completely, wholesale ignored.” Nightingale believes that the Black Lives Matter movement and George Floyd protests in recent years have made students more interested in history – and also been a reminder that the ...

  • Memphis authorities release video footage in Tyre Nichols' death

    Memphis authorities release video footage in Tyre Nichols' death

    Jan 27, 2023 03:25 PM EST

    ... Semitrucks were backed up for a distance. In Washington, dozens of protestors gathered in Lafayette Park, across the street from the White House and near Black Lives Matter Plaza. WATCH: Memphis prepares for protests as video of police beating Tyre Nichols is released Other cities nationwide braced for demonstrations, but ...

  • New book 'Myth America' examines misinformation in U.S. history

    New book 'Myth America' examines misinformation in U.S. history

    Jan 16, 2023 11:20 PM EST

    ... kind of anodyne, without any stakes to it, without any opponents to it, then it makes other protests pale in comparison, right? And so the Black Lives Matter protest were constantly contrasted against this false image of the civil rights struggle, when, as Glenda notes in her essay, there's ...

  • Why calls for reform have not reduced the number of people killed by police

    Why calls for reform have not reduced the number of people killed by police

    Jan 12, 2023 11:25 PM EST

    ... policing in America goes from here. ... Geoff Bennett: Los Angeles police have released a video of the arrest of Keenan Anderson, the cousin of a Black Lives Matter co-founder. He was detained earlier this month and Tased after he was involved in a car accident. As he was being ...

  • The 'melee' of Jan. 6, through a photographer's lens

    The 'melee' of Jan. 6, through a photographer's lens

    Jan 06, 2023 10:35 PM EST

    ... 6. What led up to that? Time magazine had reached out after I photographed a Bernie [Sanders] rally here in downtown Seattle being interrupted by Black Lives Matter demonstrators. … And that kind of gave me the confidence to get out there and do it. … I ended up getting the Bernie ...