• An unprecedented backdrop but a familiar message as Trump takes the stage on final night of RNC

    An unprecedented backdrop but a familiar message as Trump takes the stage on final night of RNC

    Aug 28, 2020 05:46 PM EST

    ... and lawlessness if Biden wins in November, using the ongoing unrest and other recent crime incidents in cities like New York to sharply criticize the Black Lives Matter movement and warn against Democratic leaders. It’s a frequent talking point for Republicans, but a tricky argument to navigate when the ...

  • WATCH: Thousands gather at March on Washington commemorations

    WATCH: Thousands gather at March on Washington commemorations

    Aug 28, 2020 01:34 PM EST

    ... federal legislation. Later in the evening, the Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of more than 150 Black-led organizations that make up the broader Black Lives Matter movement, will hold its virtual Black National Convention. The convention will coincide with the unveiling of a new Black political agenda intended ...

  • WATCH: Rudy Giuliani’s full speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention

    WATCH: Rudy Giuliani’s full speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention

    Aug 28, 2020 03:15 AM EST

    ... police policies." Democrats in Congress have instead proposed legislation aimed at fighting racial bias in policing and tracking misconduct in the force. He alleged that Black Lives Matter activists and Antifa "hijacked the protests into vicious, brutal riots." But an Associated Press analysis of court records and social media accounts ...

  • Authorities release new details on Blake shooting, subsequent violence

    Authorities release new details on Blake shooting, subsequent violence

    Aug 27, 2020 10:50 PM EST

    ... the back, the shockwaves are still reverberating through that city, through the nation and, as John Yang reports, through the world of professional athletics. Protester: Black Lives Matter! Protesters: Black Lives Matter! John Yang: It was peaceful in Kenosha last night, as demonstrators demanded justice for 29-year-old Jacob ...

  • 'We're more than just basketball players,' Ray Allen says of sports boycotts

    'We're more than just basketball players,' Ray Allen says of sports boycotts

    Aug 27, 2020 10:48 PM EST

    ... when we say black lives matter, it's enough -- it's not enough to be able to say black lives matter and to post a black square on your social media. We need to start seeing funds, you know, pushed into the inner cities, you know, black and brown, the ...

  • What to expect as Trump accepts GOP nomination -- from the White House

    What to expect as Trump accepts GOP nomination -- from the White House

    Aug 27, 2020 10:43 PM EST

    To do that, I want to pull up a poll that was conducted by Marquette Law School. It found that there was a drop in approval rating for Black Lives Matter among independents in particular in Wisconsin. This was a poll that was conducted after George Floyd's death, but ...

  • WATCH: Trump blasts Biden, defies pandemic on White House stage

    WATCH: Trump blasts Biden, defies pandemic on White House stage

    Aug 27, 2020 09:42 PM EST

    ... anything they hope will defeat President Donald Trump."Though some of the speakers, unlike on previous nights, offered notes of sympathy to the families of Black men killed by police, Giuliani also took aim at the Black Lives Matter movement, suggesting that it, along with ANTIFA, was part of the ...

  • Fox's Tucker Carlson takes heat for Kenosha commentary

    Fox's Tucker Carlson takes heat for Kenosha commentary

    Aug 27, 2020 09:10 PM EST

    ... publication American Spectator, author Scott McKay said that while 17-year-olds should not cross state lines to carry rifles into demonstrations, protest groups like Black Lives Matter bear "total responsibility" for Rittenhouse doing so. "What did you morons think was going to happen?" McKay wrote. "That you could continue ...

  • How some educators are teaching antiracism to the youngest students

    How some educators are teaching antiracism to the youngest students

    Aug 27, 2020 05:55 PM EST

    ... And by the time students are in kindergarten, research shows that they show some of the same attitudes about race as the adults in their lives. Children also grow acclimated to favoring whiteness and privileged groups. Leary uses resources from Black Lives Matter at Schools, a national movement started by ...

  • 17-year-old arrested after 2 killed during protests in Kenosha

    17-year-old arrested after 2 killed during protests in Kenosha

    Aug 27, 2020 02:06 PM EST

    ... year-old from Kenosha. The wounded person, a 36-year-old from West Allis, Wisconsin, was expected to survive, police said. “We were all chanting ‘Black lives matter’ at the gas station and then we heard, boom, boom, and I told my friend, `That’s not fireworks,’” 19-year-old ...