• 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 ...

  • Intelligence fusion centers under scrutiny, accused of undermining civil rights

    Intelligence fusion centers under scrutiny, accused of undermining civil rights

    Jan 05, 2023 11:35 PM EST

    ... years now, these institutions have improperly collected information about people exercising their First Amendment rights. William Brangham: For example, in 2020, German says hacked leaked data revealed that fusion centers in at least Minnesota, Maine, Texas, and California surveilled and then hyped the threat posed by Black Lives Matter protesters.

  • Religiously, Congress doesn't reflect modern America, Pew finds

    Religiously, Congress doesn't reflect modern America, Pew finds

    Jan 05, 2023 11:01 PM EST

    ... against LGBTQ people, while many voters of all ages have reacted against Christian nationalism. He cited a prominent incident in 2020 when authorities forcibly cleared Black Lives Matter protesters in Lafayette Park in Washington, after which President Donald Trump walked to a nearby church and held up a Bible.“When ...

  • Dutch Prime Minister apologizes for role Netherlands played in slave trade

    Dutch Prime Minister apologizes for role Netherlands played in slave trade

    Dec 19, 2022 07:47 PM EST

    ... next concrete steps will be." Rutte gave his speech at a time when many nations' brutal colonial histories have received critical scrutiny because of the Black Lives Matter movement and the police killing of George Floyd, a Black man, in the U.S. city of Minneapolis on May 25, 2020 ...

  • Jury selection to begin in Jan. 6 sedition trial for Proud Boys leader, members

    Jury selection to begin in Jan. 6 sedition trial for Proud Boys leader, members

    Dec 19, 2022 04:47 PM EST

    ... least six weeks. Tarrio wasn't in Washington on Jan. 6 because he had been arrested two days earlier on charges that he vandalized a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic Black church during a protest in December 2020. But prosecutors say he was the leader of a conspiracy ...

  • BLM foundation starts student debt fund as federal loan program delayed

    BLM foundation starts student debt fund as federal loan program delayed

    Dec 12, 2022 05:57 PM EST

    The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation launched a new relief fund Monday aimed at Black college students, alumni and dropouts overburdened by mounting education costs and the student loan debt crisis. The foundation said it set aside $500,000 for the fund and plans to award more than 500 ...

  • Higher young voter turnout in midterms changes approach to major political issues

    Higher young voter turnout in midterms changes approach to major political issues

    Nov 24, 2022 11:45 PM EST

    ... to the streets and protest and make our voices heard. You saw that with protests like the climate change movement. You saw that with the Black Lives Matter movement. You saw that with the women's march, just so many young people going out to the streets and making their ...

  • Taylor Swift ticket issues may drive political engagement

    Taylor Swift ticket issues may drive political engagement

    Nov 22, 2022 04:50 PM EST

    In 2020, for instance, K-pop fans organized to back the Black Lives Matter movement and sought to inflate registration for a Donald Trump rally. Aly and Swifties from different industries — law, public relations, cybersecurity and more — have joined forces to create Vigilante Legal, a group targeting Ticketmaster by creating ...

  • Pressure mounts on Los Angeles city leaders following leaked audio of racist remarks

    Pressure mounts on Los Angeles city leaders following leaked audio of racist remarks

    Oct 11, 2022 10:35 PM EST

    ... that that is starting to come out with these recordings. We saw some of that in 2020 after George Floyd. We had massive protests here, Black Lives Matter and like. But we are seeing something else between racial tensions between Black and Latino Angelenos and this kind of struggle for ...