• 'Strike for Black Lives' to highlight systemic racism, AP report finds

    'Strike for Black Lives' to highlight systemic racism, AP report finds

    Jul 08, 2020 07:27 PM EST

    ... Center for Popular Democracy, the National Domestic Workers Alliance and the Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of over 150 organizations that make up the Black Lives Matter movement. Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, a strike organizer with the Movement for Black Lives, said corporate giants that have come out in ...

  • Study shows virus hit African immigrants hardest in France

    Study shows virus hit African immigrants hardest in France

    Jul 07, 2020 11:49 PM EST

    ... gaps in France's understanding of its minority communities. The topic has become an increasingly hot-button issue for French administrators in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the death of George Floyd. French researchers hailed the study as an important step but also said it only ...

  • Trump lashes out at NASCAR, Bubba Wallace over Confederate flag and noose

    Trump lashes out at NASCAR, Bubba Wallace over Confederate flag and noose

    Jul 06, 2020 04:48 PM EST

    ... native, has taken an active role in the push for racial equality. He has worn a shirt saying “I Can’t Breathe," raced with a Black Lives Matter paint scheme in Virginia and successfully lobbied for NASCAR's Confederate flag ban. For more than 70 years, the flag was a ...

  • WATCH: White House addresses Trump's NASCAR tweet

    WATCH: White House addresses Trump's NASCAR tweet

    Jul 06, 2020 04:37 PM EST

    ... native, has taken an active role in the push for racial equality. He has worn a shirt saying “I Can’t Breathe," raced with a Black Lives Matter paint scheme in Virginia and successfully lobbied for NASCAR's Confederate flag ban.For more than 70 years, the flag was a ...

  • July 4, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

    July 4, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

    Jul 04, 2020 10:21 PM EST

    On this edition for Saturday, July 4, Americans celebrate the holiday weekend amid a surge in COVID-19 cases and Black Lives Matter protests, criticism against Chicago police’s holiday weekend security plan, and an Arab-Israeli orchestra celebrates 20 years of intercultural harmony. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from Florida.

  • At Pride march in Paris, activists demand racial justice too

    At Pride march in Paris, activists demand racial justice too

    Jul 04, 2020 07:41 PM EST

    ... and police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s death. At Pride events in the U.S. this year, organizers also sought to put Black Lives Matter center stage. The virus, meanwhile, has disrupted Pride events worldwide. Madrid held its event Saturday online. New York hosted virtual performances in ...

  • A tipping point for Washington, D.C., football team's name

    A tipping point for Washington, D.C., football team's name

    Jul 03, 2020 10:35 PM EST

    ... And that is what this movement is all about. And I think it is really interesting that the shift now has been made by the Black Lives Matter movement, right? Because this started out weeks ago as a protest against police lethality against black men in this country with George ...

  • For some Americans, July 4 is a time not to celebrate, but reflect

    For some Americans, July 4 is a time not to celebrate, but reflect

    Jul 03, 2020 10:11 PM EST

    ... Delany, Mary Ann Shadd, and Henry Highland Garnett all considered leaving the U.S. and founding a new country instead. Christopher Storm, who leads a Black Lives Matter chapter in Milwaukee, said that he identified with Douglass’ speech decrying the hypocrisy of the Declaration of Independence. He said he was ...

  • How American voters view Trump's handling of racial unrest and COVID-19

    How American voters view Trump's handling of racial unrest and COVID-19

    Jul 02, 2020 10:38 PM EST

    ... between the organized group Black Lives Matter and some other view of black lives, it is not at all clear in a tweet that says Black Lives Matter is a hate group. You know, just two years ago, most Americans were opposed to Black Lives Matter. It wasn't that ...

  • How the soundtrack to today's protests against racism has roots in the blues

    How the soundtrack to today's protests against racism has roots in the blues

    Jul 01, 2020 10:55 PM EST

    ... police buttressed white political, economic and social power. Similarly today, Latino activists point to shared concerns over race and law enforcement in their support for Black Lives Matter. Meanwhile, recording artists are continuing the tradition of using music to protest police violence in communities of color. Los Angeles rapper YG ...