• State police exit Portland after two weeks of protest duty

    State police exit Portland after two weeks of protest duty

    Aug 14, 2020 05:14 PM EST

    ... the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse previously prompted President Donald Trump to dispatch U.S. agents to guard the building in July, which reinvigorated Black Lives Matter demonstrations and often ended in violent clashes. The U.S. agents started drawing down in late July under an agreement between the ...

  • Playwright Jeremy O. Harris doesn't miss 'theater in a building'

    Playwright Jeremy O. Harris doesn't miss 'theater in a building'

    Aug 13, 2020 10:21 PM EST

    ... stage and literally in our streets. Even the anti-COVID protests that happen for all these white workers in Michigan and in the Midwest, to Black Lives Matter and the ways in which Black Lives Matter, the moment became maybe the largest spectacle to open the decade with, right? And ...

  • Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar holds off well-funded primary challenger

    Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar holds off well-funded primary challenger

    Aug 12, 2020 12:35 PM EST

    ... allies gained confidence in her reelection chances after primary victories last week by fellow “Squad” member Rashida Tlaib in Michigan and by Cori Bush, a Black Lives Matter activist who ousted a longtime St. Louis-area congressman. They also claimed momentum from the renewed focus on racial and economic justice ...

  • Kamala Harris' path to the Democratic presidential ticket

    Kamala Harris' path to the Democratic presidential ticket

    Aug 11, 2020 10:53 PM EST

    (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Lisa Desjardins: Her A.G. tenure coincided with the rise of the Black Lives Matter after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Protesters: Hands up! Protesters: Don't shoot! Protesters: Hands up! Protesters: Don't shoot! Lisa Desjardins: Amid national calls for police accountability ...

  • Seattle City Council poised to cut police positions, budget

    Seattle City Council poised to cut police positions, budget

    Aug 10, 2020 07:59 PM EST

    ... about 1,400 police officers and the reductions up for a final vote fall far short of the 50% cut to the department that many Black Lives Matter protesters are seeking. The City Council also appears ready to cut Police Chief Carmen Best’s roughly $285,000 annual salary as ...

  • Michael Brown’s death echoes on six years later

    Michael Brown’s death echoes on six years later

    Aug 09, 2020 09:13 PM EST

    ... movement in the nation. Brittany Ferrell, an activist and organizer for the political advocacy group Black Futures Lab speaks with Ivette Feliciano about the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests and her experience in Ferguson. ... Hari Sreenivasan: Six years ago today, Michael Brown, a young unarmed Black man, was shot and ...

  • Utah protesters face charges with potential life sentence

    Utah protesters face charges with potential life sentence

    Aug 06, 2020 11:15 PM EST

    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Some Black Lives Matter protesters in Salt Lake City could face up to life in prison if they're convicted of splashing red paint and smashing windows during a protest, a potential punishment that stands out among demonstrators arrested around the country and one that critics ...

  • Lack of study and oversight raises concerns about tear gas

    Lack of study and oversight raises concerns about tear gas

    Aug 06, 2020 06:13 PM EST

    ... gas on peaceful protesters. Tear gas has commonly been used as a defensive tool by law enforcement to make rioters disperse. But during the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests, federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies have sometimes been using it offensively, including against peaceful protesters, children, and pregnant women ...

  • News Wrap: Former deputy AG denies Obama influenced Russia probe

    News Wrap: Former deputy AG denies Obama influenced Russia probe

    Aug 05, 2020 10:50 PM EST

    ... some key wins in Tuesday's primaries. In Detroit, first-term Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib won renomination over City Council President Brenda Jones. And in Missouri, Black Lives Matter activist Cori Bush beat longtime Congressman William Clacy Lay -- or Lacy Clay, that is. We will talk with two political observers about ...

  • ‘Caste' author Isabel Wilkerson on America's race and class hierarchy

    ‘Caste' author Isabel Wilkerson on America's race and class hierarchy

    Aug 05, 2020 10:25 PM EST

    ... is likely to be on the margins. Jeffrey Brown: Who is likely to sit in a position of power in the boardroom, who is likely to live in certain neighborhoods, who is likely to be stopped by police and treated with brutality, the focus of current Black Lives Matter protests.