• Racial justice movement a factor for 5 state ballot measures

    Racial justice movement a factor for 5 state ballot measures

    Oct 14, 2020 06:04 PM EST

    ... defeated in 2010. Supporters of the change believe they have a better chance of prevailing this time, in part because of the momentum of the Black Lives Matter movement and other campaigns for racial justice. “I think this time people will say ‘Yes,’” said Ray Rickman, a Black civic leader ...

  • NBA Hall of Famer Ray Allen on LeBron James' athletic prowess -- and off-court advocacy

    NBA Hall of Famer Ray Allen on LeBron James' athletic prowess -- and off-court advocacy

    Oct 12, 2020 10:20 PM EST

    ... win in the middle of a pandemic inside this hermetically sealed NBA bubble. It's a win during a year of this national movement for Black Lives Matter. And it was a win for the Lakers without Kobe. How do you think all of those things came together in that ...

  • Trump administration targets diversity hiring by contractors

    Trump administration targets diversity hiring by contractors

    Oct 09, 2020 05:07 PM EST

    ... women. But the Labor Department is raising questions about the specificity of commitments made by executives addressing racial injustice in response to the wave of Black Lives Matter protests that followed May's police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in June that the tech ...

  • After VP debate, Trump and Biden disagree over future face-offs

    After VP debate, Trump and Biden disagree over future face-offs

    Oct 08, 2020 10:53 PM EST

    Then, turning to the issue of racial justice, he conflated Black Lives Matter with rioting and looting in the streets, something the president does over and over again. The question became, did Breonna Taylor's family get justice? He said: I trust the just system, even though my heart breaks ...

  • As summer protests cool off, racial justice activists consider 'how to fight differently'

    As summer protests cool off, racial justice activists consider 'how to fight differently'

    Oct 06, 2020 12:05 AM EST

    ... violence that occurred at the demonstrations and dismissed protesters as rioters, looters and thugs. The president’s rhetoric may have influenced the public. Support for Black Lives Matter, the social justice movement at the forefront of many current calls for police reform, has waned in the last few months, according ...

  • Playing Othello as a Black woman in today’s America

    Playing Othello as a Black woman in today’s America

    Oct 02, 2020 08:16 PM EST

    ... dynamics in the play. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. What is it like to be playing Othello at this time of Black Lives Matter and reassessing and examining systemic racism? I imagine it must be a fascinating time to do this play. It absolutely is. This ...

  • 5 questions heading into Trump and Biden's first debate

    5 questions heading into Trump and Biden's first debate

    Sep 29, 2020 01:55 PM EST

    ... using racist rhetoric and favoring policies that disproportionately favor white people. For example, Trump has used the power of his office to crack down on Black Lives Matter protesters fighting for civil rights, calling them "terrorists" and warning that violent mobs of such protesters are invading largely white suburbs. While ...

  • At U.N., nations urge overdue reckoning with colonial crimes

    At U.N., nations urge overdue reckoning with colonial crimes

    Sep 28, 2020 07:25 PM EST

    ... think the word “colonialism” evokes a long-ago, no-longer-relevant era, think again. Several leaders raised this year’s global protests inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States and renewed demands for reparations for the slave trade, calling them just one step in a still ...

  • 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 ...