• How the 1st Black head of a major publishing house wants to change the industry

    How the 1st Black head of a major publishing house wants to change the industry

    Jul 14, 2020 10:25 PM EST

    ... those experiences and figure out how we can solve it. Jeffery Brown: Many cultural institutions, of course, are now reexamining themselves in light of the Black Lives Matter protest. In what specific ways -- publishing has long been seen as an insular and largely white in its makeup as an industry ...

  • Michael B. Jordan is bringing diverse stories to the drive-in

    Michael B. Jordan is bringing diverse stories to the drive-in

    Jul 14, 2020 07:55 PM EST

    NEW YORK — For Michael B. Jordan, timing is everything. So when the SAG award winner marched in a Los Angeles Black Lives Matter protest last month demanding that Hollywood drastically increase its diversity in the executive ranks, it was a moment he felt prepared for. I think it’s always ...

  • Sessions fights for old Senate seat in Alabama, and other races to watch

    Sessions fights for old Senate seat in Alabama, and other races to watch

    Jul 14, 2020 04:40 PM EST

    ... by about 10 points. This has become in many ways a campaign on generational and racial divides, fueled in part by the recent wave of Black Lives Matter protests. West is Black and has positioned himself as a long-term fighter for Civil Rights. Hegar is running as the candidate ...

  • U.S. Marshals investigate shooting at Portland protest

    U.S. Marshals investigate shooting at Portland protest

    Jul 13, 2020 08:12 PM EST

    ... never have happened." Last week, Deputy Police Chief Chris Davis said an “agitator corps” of violent protesters were responsible for vandalism and chaos in the city. Davis made a distinction between Black Lives Matter protesters, whom he said were nonviolent, and a smaller group of people he repeatedly called “agitators.”

  • Singer says lawsuit over Lady A name is ‘white privilege’

    Singer says lawsuit over Lady A name is ‘white privilege’

    Jul 12, 2020 03:51 PM EST

    ... half of which she would use to rebrand herself and the other half she would donate to charities of her choice, including those associated with Black Lives Matter. “I have to rebrand myself. I don’t want to have to share a name with you. And you shouldn’t be ...

  • Should the U.S. designate racial violence as terrorism?

    Should the U.S. designate racial violence as terrorism?

    Jul 11, 2020 09:03 PM EST

    ... odds of arrest by banning groups like the KKK or neo-Nazis. but according to Vaisman that would open the door to banning movements like Black Lives Matter or antifa, which the president has said he would like to do. Daria Vaisman: It's already a really bad idea, like ...

  • Reevaluating ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ 60 years later

    Reevaluating ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ 60 years later

    Jul 11, 2020 08:59 PM EST

    ... and its Black characters. I recently spoke with Lisa Lucas, executive director of the national book foundation, about reevaluating the book in the age of black lives matter. Lisa Lucas: I think "To Kill a Mockingbird" is one book, right? But I think that what ends up happening is it ...

  • Attorney not disputing suicide findings in Black man's death

    Attorney not disputing suicide findings in Black man's death

    Jul 10, 2020 08:04 PM EST

    ... investigation. His family and friends described him as a peacemaker who loved music and video games, and mostly stayed to himself. He went to a Black Lives Matter protest days before he died, the Los Angeles Times reported. Racism has plagued Palmdale for years. Community members have described seeing Confederate ...

  • Police say Black man found hanging in California died by suicide

    Police say Black man found hanging in California died by suicide

    Jul 09, 2020 11:26 PM EST

    ... His family and friends described him as a peacemaker who loved music and video games, and mostly stayed to himself. He had gone to a Black Lives Matter protest days before he died, the Los Angeles Times reported. A week after Fuller's death, his half-brother, Terron J. Boone ...

  • What the U.S. coronavirus response says about American exceptionalism

    What the U.S. coronavirus response says about American exceptionalism

    Jul 08, 2020 10:45 PM EST

    So, for example, within this whole elements now, Black Lives Matter has had a lot of resonance in Africa, and a lot of people are talking about it and are seeing American people, multiracial, young especially, though, out in the streets demanding a continuation of the dialogue to resolve the ...