• It's Teacher Appreciation Week. Who inspired you to teach?

    It's Teacher Appreciation Week. Who inspired you to teach?

    May 07, 2019 12:00 PM EDT

    ... author of "For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood...and the Rest of Ya'll Too," but he inspired me to become fearless while teaching for social justice. His commitment to young people showed me that integrity, humility and hope are three of the greatest principles a person can ...

  • 3 things that led to Chauvin’s conviction, and what experts say is needed for more police accountability

    3 things that led to Chauvin’s conviction, and what experts say is needed for more police accountability

    Apr 23, 2021 04:36 PM EDT

    ... affected by police use of force. “I think that the world can breathe now, because they all stood behind George through a pandemic, through COVID marching. And justice for George means freedom for all,” Floyd’s brother Philonise Floyd told PBS NewsHour correspondent Yamiche Alcindor the day after Chauvin’s ...

  • Philonise Floyd calls for racial solidarity, end to qualified immunity for police

    Philonise Floyd calls for racial solidarity, end to qualified immunity for police

    Apr 21, 2021 10:50 PM EDT

    And, at this time, I think that the world can breathe now, because they all stood behind George through a pandemic, through COVID marching. And justice for George means freedom for all. Yamiche Alcindor: It's true that people really did stand up for your brother. I want to stick ...

  • Indigenous peoples echo Black Lives Matter’s call for justice

    Indigenous peoples echo Black Lives Matter’s call for justice

    Oct 12, 2020 10:35 PM EDT

    ... in late August, another blow for the family. Authorities announced they would not press charges against the officers involved in Day's death. Among those marching for change, it's yet another example of justice denied. Over three decades, more than 400 indigenous people have died in police custody, but ...

  • Jane Fonda on taking action to address ‘dire’ climate crisis

    Jane Fonda on taking action to address ‘dire’ climate crisis

    Sep 10, 2020 10:25 PM EDT

    ... something about it and to sign up to volunteer. Judy Woodruff: And it's been the pandemic. And, of course, also, Jane Fonda, there has been the Black Lives Matter movement, which has come back to life over the summer, people marching, taking to the streets, pushing for racial justice.

  • Anger and activism grow over abuse by French police

    Anger and activism grow over abuse by French police

    Jun 09, 2020 08:04 PM EDT

    Despite billions of euros in government improvement programs for the banlieues since 2005, tensions with police persist, and the deaths of other young men periodically rekindles anger. Protesters marching in solidarity with Floyd notably called for justice for Adama Traore, whose death in police custody in 2016 is still under ...

  • Sanders to attend Vatican conference before New York primary

    Sanders to attend Vatican conference before New York primary

    Apr 08, 2016 04:35 PM EDT

    ... with the pope during his trip. The meeting will mark the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's encyclical Centesimus Annus, a high-level teaching document which advocated for economic and social justice and environmental sustainability. Sanders will be speaking at the conference of the Pontifical Academy of Social ...

  • Why Americans are so divided over teaching critical race theory

    Why Americans are so divided over teaching critical race theory

    Jun 24, 2021 10:25 PM EDT

    ... Jalaya Liles Dunn, Director, Learning for Justice: When I hear the talk of critical race theory, I immediately get a signal as an alarming system for me, because it is a misrepresentation and misuse of the word. Amna Nawaz: Jalaya Liles Dunn is the director of Learning for Justice, which ...

  • 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 EDT

    ... Inconsistent witness statements also complicated any prosecution, and neither person said they saw exactly what Rice was doing just before the shooting, according to the Justice Department. In a statement at the scene to three other law enforcement officers, Loehmann "repeatedly and consistently stated" that Tamir was reaching for a ...

  • U.S. at a unique time in history for justice reform, says Attorney General Lynch

    U.S. at a unique time in history for justice reform, says Attorney General Lynch

    Oct 09, 2015 12:58 AM EDT

    ... which is a multiagency task force across government to look at a whole host of barriers to reintegration. Housing, for example, is a major concern for those coming out of our criminal justice system, the ability simply to go home. What so many of us take for granted at the ...