• Kyle Rittenhouse pleads not guilty in fatal Kenosha protest shootings

    Kyle Rittenhouse pleads not guilty in fatal Kenosha protest shootings

    Jan 05, 2021 07:55 PM EST

    ... in Minneapolis, which also was captured on bystander video and which sparked outrage and protests that spread across the United States and beyond. The galvanized Black Lives Matter movement put a spotlight on inequitable policing and became a fault line in politics, with President Donald Trump criticizing protesters and aggressively ...

  • D.C. mayor calls in National Guard for protests as Congress is expected to affirm Biden victory

    D.C. mayor calls in National Guard for protests as Congress is expected to affirm Biden victory

    Jan 04, 2021 08:05 PM EST

    ... for one of the protests on The Ellipse, just south of the White House. During the Dec. 12 pro-Trump protests, at least two local Black churches had Black Lives Matter banners torn down and set ablaze. Contee said the hate-crimes investigation into those incidents was still ongoing and ...

  • 2020 in review: “The story is right outside.”

    2020 in review: “The story is right outside.”

    Jan 03, 2021 10:42 PM EST

    ... we were going to hit, possibly even a road trip. Obviously, a lot of things changed in March through the coronavirus and then later through Black Lives Matter. Those ended up being the major stories, but what was interesting about those was that those became the kind of vehicles to ...

  • 2020 in review: covering race, equity, and some not-so-brief press briefings

    2020 in review: covering race, equity, and some not-so-brief press briefings

    Jan 02, 2021 10:02 PM EST

    NewsHour Weekend producer Zachary Green speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about his most illuminating work in 2020: covering race, equity, and the Black Lives Matter movement in small-town America, and on figuring out the best way to cover -- and fact-check -- the COVID-19 Task Force press briefings. ... Hari Sreenivasan ...

  • Andre Hill's loved ones mourn loss of 'a chess-playing mind'

    Andre Hill's loved ones mourn loss of 'a chess-playing mind'

    Jan 01, 2021 05:02 PM EST

    ... outside his friend’s house. Underneath the sweater he wore as he emerged from the garage and walked slowly toward police, he was wearing a Black Lives Matter T-shirt calling for justice for George Floyd.Farnoush Amiri is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse ...

  • World quietly rings in 2021 after enduring a year many prefer to forget

    World quietly rings in 2021 after enduring a year many prefer to forget

    Jan 01, 2021 02:32 PM EST

    ... Year's Eve fireworks display was canceled, but an unannounced display was broadcast before midnight, with tributes to health care workers, a reference to the Black Lives Matter movement and even a voice saying “you’re on mute” in reference to a bugbear of virtual work meetings. In Scotland, residents ...

  • U.S. Justice Department declines charges against officers in Tamir Rice case

    U.S. Justice Department declines charges against officers in Tamir Rice case

    Dec 29, 2020 10:36 PM EST

    ... had happened. In closing the case, the department brought to an end a long-running investigation into a high-profile shooting that helped galvanize the Black Lives Matter movement and that became part of the national dialogue about police use of force against minorities, including children. The decision, revealed in ...

  • 2020 in review: Stories you may have missed and why they matter

    2020 in review: Stories you may have missed and why they matter

    Dec 27, 2020 11:17 PM EST

    ... attempts by the sitting president to overturn the results.  The year was also a watershed for race relations after the killing of George Floyd, a Black man, by policemen sparked Black Lives Matter protests that echoed across the globe. We lost more than 1.75 million people globally and more ...

  • Ohio police chief urges officer who shot Black man be fired

    Ohio police chief urges officer who shot Black man be fired

    Dec 24, 2020 09:09 PM EST

    ... of “Whose street? Our street!” rang out from the small crowd that gathered near the home Hill was visiting when he was shot. Some waved Black Lives Matter flags. Quinlan said a investigation is being conducted into the other officers who responded to the nonemergency call that ended in Hill ...

  • The 101 songs you turned to in 2020

    The 101 songs you turned to in 2020

    Dec 23, 2020 06:07 PM EST

    ... another star we lost, reminded us in his rich baritone to “Kiss an angel good mornin'.” There was also no shortage of protest songs amid Black Lives Matter protests against racial injustice, after police killed Breonna Taylor and George Floyd in the span of about two months. In Noname’s ...