• In rural Massachusetts, racial injustice persists despite big BLM turnout

    In rural Massachusetts, racial injustice persists despite big BLM turnout

    Sep 26, 2020 10:41 PM EST

    ... a very progressive place. But since the killing of George Floyd in May, there have been increased signs of racial polarization here. This summer, a Black Lives Matter sign in one Berkshire town was defaced with hate speech. For Dorree Ndooki, it’s been a particularly upsetting time. Dorree Ndooki ...

  • In mostly white Great Barrington, MA, an effort to celebrate Black life

    In mostly white Great Barrington, MA, an effort to celebrate Black life

    Sep 26, 2020 06:48 PM EST

    ... America to earn a doctorate and a co-founder of the NAACP. Great Barrington is DuBois’s birthplace. Another mural nearby celebrates and supports the Black Lives Matter movement. It may be surprising to find these markers of Black culture in a town where almost every face is white, but ...

  • The 'Pandemmys' were weird and sometimes wonderful

    The 'Pandemmys' were weird and sometimes wonderful

    Sep 21, 2020 01:26 PM EST

    ... a black T-shirt with Taylor’s name in gold. Sterling K. Brown gave out the show’s final award for best drama in a Black Lives Matter shirt. A REFRESHING THANK-YOU Winners usually thank their spouses, their kids, their parents, and their agents — their therapists, not so much ...

  • 300 and counting: Push by feds to make arrests at U.S. protests

    300 and counting: Push by feds to make arrests at U.S. protests

    Sep 17, 2020 12:37 PM EST

    ... Vegas. An El Paso, Texas, man was accused of promoting hate speech, posting a video online with a racist epithet and making threatening comments to Black Lives Matter protesters while holding a military-style rifle at his feet. A Minnesota man was accused of helping burn down a police precinct ...

  • Record migrant English Channel crossings drive right-wing backlash in UK

    Record migrant English Channel crossings drive right-wing backlash in UK

    Sep 16, 2020 10:25 PM EST

    ... British veterans.Protester: Who will take the knee for the veterans? Protesters: Shame on you! Shame on you! Protester: You will take the knee for Black Lives Matter, but you won't take the knee for veterans who have died. Protester: They have got Nobby! They have got Nobby! Malcolm ...

  • News Wrap: Pelosi says House will stay in session until virus aid deal reached

    News Wrap: Pelosi says House will stay in session until virus aid deal reached

    Sep 15, 2020 10:50 PM EST

    ... the fires even drifted over New York. The city of Louisville, Kentucky, agreed today to pay $12 million dollars in a settlement with Breonna Taylor's mother. It came six months after police shot and killed Taylor in her apartment. Her death has helped fuel the Black Lives Matter movement.

  • The home of Rosa Parks is displayed in Italy as U.S. race tensions rise

    The home of Rosa Parks is displayed in Italy as U.S. race tensions rise

    Sep 15, 2020 03:11 PM EST

    ... is being accompanied by a repeating soundtrack entitled “8:46” and lasting that long. It's the original time prosecutors said it took for a Black man, George Floyd, to be killed by white police officers in a May slaying that has fueled the Black Lives Matter movement and protests ...

  • Rain Valdez on how she’s changing trans stories in Hollywood

    Rain Valdez on how she’s changing trans stories in Hollywood

    Sep 14, 2020 10:26 PM EST

    ... are consequences to being bold and to calling people out and to stepping into the role of who you think you are. I think with Black Lives Matter and with COVID and also with this current administration, we're all kind of like, “Wait a minute, where do I actually ...

  • Some migrants move into tents after fire guts Greek camp

    Some migrants move into tents after fire guts Greek camp

    Sep 12, 2020 10:10 PM EST

    Earlier Saturday, many migrants held a mostly peaceful protest demanding to be allowed to leave the island, a gathering that also drew supporters with Black Lives Matter signs. “We need peace & freedom. Moria kills all lives,” read one. One scuffle with riot police broke out but was short-lived ...

  • WATCH: George Floyd's family speaks out after hearing for officers charged in his death

    WATCH: George Floyd's family speaks out after hearing for officers charged in his death

    Sep 11, 2020 02:32 PM EST

    Before the hearing, a few dozen protesters gathered in front of the courthouse, chanting "No justice, no peace." One carried a Black Lives Matter flag and wore a black helmet with swim goggles around the back of his head. By the time the hearing ended, a large, loud crowd had ...