• Country music reckons with racial stereotypes and its future

    Country music reckons with racial stereotypes and its future

    Jun 26, 2020 08:47 PM EST

    ... sparked rallies all across the country became an issue too important for the genre to ignore. Country artists, labels and country music organizations posted about Black Lives Matter on social media, participated in Blackout Tuesday or denounced racism outright. But Black artists say the industry still needs to address the ...

  • House passes sweeping police overhaul and Pelosi challenges Senate 'to honor George Floyd's life'

    House passes sweeping police overhaul and Pelosi challenges Senate 'to honor George Floyd's life'

    Jun 26, 2020 04:04 AM EST

    ... under new pandemic rules. During the day, several Democratic lawmakers read the names of those killed, shared experiences of racial bias and echoed support of Black Lives Matter activists. Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said hundreds of thousands of people “in every state ...

  • 'We have been through this before.' Why anti-Asian hate crimes are rising amid coronavirus

    'We have been through this before.' Why anti-Asian hate crimes are rising amid coronavirus

    Jun 25, 2020 10:44 PM EST

    ... could be amplified.”Choi said that the rise in anti-Asian sentiment meant it was all the more important for AAPIs to stand with the Black Lives Matter movement. “We see that this is the same racist system that has defined our treatment,” Choi said. “Of course there is no ...

  • Dixie Chicks shorten name to The Chicks in order to 'meet this moment'

    Dixie Chicks shorten name to The Chicks in order to 'meet this moment'

    Jun 25, 2020 09:01 PM EST

    ... album in 14 years next month, also released a new video for their new song, “March March" that features videos and images from the recent Black Lives Matter rallies. Lady A received criticism with their name switch after a Black singer revealed she’d been performing as Lady A for ...

  • WATCH: McCarthy addresses policing overhaul bill at weekly news briefing

    WATCH: McCarthy addresses policing overhaul bill at weekly news briefing

    Jun 25, 2020 05:42 PM EST

    ... Republican bill as insufficient and pushing for more. "I'm frustrated," said Scott after his bill was blocked by Democrats. "The issue is, do we matter?" he asked, echoing the words of the Black Lives Matter movement, during an impassioned Senate speech that drew applause from his colleagues. "We said ...

  • WATCH: Democrats hold news conference ahead of House vote on policing act

    WATCH: Democrats hold news conference ahead of House vote on policing act

    Jun 25, 2020 01:56 PM EST

    "The issue is, do we matter?" he asked, echoing the words of the Black Lives Matter movement, during an impassioned Senate speech that drew applause from his colleagues. "We said no today." Scott said Thursday on Fox News his bill is "closer to the trash can than it's ...

  • Trump's Phoenix speech brings thousands together indoors -- in a virus hot spot

    Trump's Phoenix speech brings thousands together indoors -- in a virus hot spot

    Jun 23, 2020 10:40 PM EST

    ... I think that's our -- least of our concerns. Stephanie Sy: That is a common refrain from people who oppose or don't support the Black Lives Matter movement, Judy, as a way to detract from real incidents of police brutality. I will say that, earlier today, I spoke to ...

  • FBI concludes no federal crime committed in NASCAR noose incident after reviewing evidence

    FBI concludes no federal crime committed in NASCAR noose incident after reviewing evidence

    Jun 23, 2020 10:35 PM EST

    ... worn in the last month a shirt over his firesuit that read "I Can't Breathe." His paint scheme for a race in Virginia was Black Lives Matter. NASCAR said in a statement that "the FBI report concludes, and photographic evidence confirms, that the garage door pull rope fashioned like ...

  • Monuments, statues and a national reckoning on racial injustice

    Monuments, statues and a national reckoning on racial injustice

    Jun 23, 2020 10:33 PM EST

    ... steps. These monuments are part of that. NASCAR and the Confederate Flag is a part of it, what the NFL has done and said that Black Lives Matter. But these symbols of white supremacy, I think more and more people realize that those symbols actually are connected to substance. So ...

  • WATCH: NASCAR racers rallies around Bubba Wallace as FBI investigates noose found in his garage stall

    WATCH: NASCAR racers rallies around Bubba Wallace as FBI investigates noose found in his garage stall

    Jun 22, 2020 10:51 PM EST

    ... to proudly stand for what I believe in.” Wallace has worn a shirt that says “I Can’t Breathe” over his firesuit and sported a Black Lives Matter paint scheme in a race last month in Martinsville, Virginia. Talladega is one of the more raucous stops on the NASCAR schedule ...