• Iowa governor signs order restoring felon voting rights

    Iowa governor signs order restoring felon voting rights

    Aug 05, 2020 06:52 PM EST

    ... racial injustice. “Were asking everyone to reach in their own hearts to begin dealing with the root cause. You need to help us show that black lives matter and if black lives did matter this wouldn't have been such a hoorah today. This would have been something that was ...

  • WNBA players urge people to vote against Atlanta team owner in senate race

    WNBA players urge people to vote against Atlanta team owner in senate race

    Aug 05, 2020 06:21 PM EST

    ... out publicly against the league's social justice plans and sent a letter to WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert objecting to the initiatives to honor the Black Lives Matter movement once the season began last month, is facing opposition from Raphael Warnock. He is a Black pastor in Atlanta. Players from ...

  • Why James Baldwin's work is attracting renewed attention in 2020

    Why James Baldwin's work is attracting renewed attention in 2020

    Aug 03, 2020 10:20 PM EST

    ... politics. He queers black politics. Here you have this fragile queer black man who spoke boldly and truthfully to the times, to the circumstances of black folk, and circumstances of all Americans, actually. And you have a group of people. Black Lives Matter, its model of leadership was very different ...

  • Portland protest peaceful after federal presence reduced

    Portland protest peaceful after federal presence reduced

    Aug 01, 2020 10:18 PM EST

    ... Brown said in a tweet Friday. “Here’s what they saw: Federal troops left downtown. Local officials protected free speech. And Oregonians spoke out for Black Lives Matter, racial justice, and police accountability.” Mayor Ted Wheeler also struck an optimistic tone but cautioned that there was much work to be ...

  • Portland protests relatively calm after U.S. drawdown

    Portland protests relatively calm after U.S. drawdown

    Jul 31, 2020 08:10 PM EST

    ... night, the world was watching Portland. Here's what they saw: Federal troops left downtown. Local officials protected free speech. And Oregonians spoke out for Black Lives Matter, racial justice, and police accountability through peaceful, non-violent protest," Brown said in a tweet Friday. Mayor Ted Wheeler also struck an ...

  • As NBA resumes play, questions linger about pro sports in a pandemic

    As NBA resumes play, questions linger about pro sports in a pandemic

    Jul 30, 2020 10:30 PM EST

    ... year, and to the Say Her Name movement. Before the season opener, we should say, both teams walked off the floor before the national anthem. You have players saying that they're not even coming back because they want to commit themselves to the Black Lives Matter movement right now.

  • Prosecutor says no charges for officer in Michael Brown's death

    Prosecutor says no charges for officer in Michael Brown's death

    Jul 30, 2020 10:13 PM EST

    ... Ferguson and made the St. Louis suburb synonymous with a national debate about police treatment of minority people. The Ferguson unrest helped solidify the national Black Lives Matter movement that began after Trayvon Martin, a Black 17-year-old, was shot to death by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Florida ...

  • Women embrace #challengeaccepted, but some ask: To what end?

    Women embrace #challengeaccepted, but some ask: To what end?

    Jul 30, 2020 08:44 PM EST

    ... public attention focused on social media, where users posted all-black images on their Facebook or Instagram accounts as a show of support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Some posters backtracked after activists criticized the action, saying it was drowning out existing material already posted by Black users. The ...

  • WATCH: Civil rights icon John Lewis lauded as hero at Georgia Capitol — July 29, 2020

    WATCH: Civil rights icon John Lewis lauded as hero at Georgia Capitol — July 29, 2020

    Jul 29, 2020 11:09 PM EST

    ... and Nya. Haynes, an Atlanta resident, said he felt a connection to Lewis in part because his family is of mixed race. “Now, with the Black Lives Matter movement and the inequality situation, it’s almost symbolic that he would die at this time,” he said. “It’s almost like ...

  • Author Claudia Rankine answers your questions about ‘Citizen’

    Author Claudia Rankine answers your questions about ‘Citizen’

    Jul 29, 2020 10:25 PM EST

    ... 2014, American cities were convulsed in the aftermath of the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, two of the killings that helped catalyze the Black Lives Matter movement. That year, the book "Citizen: An American Lyric" was published, with prose poems, monologues, and imagery capturing the moment, but through ...