• 'They Came for the Schools' details how GOP targeted race and identity in classrooms

    'They Came for the Schools' details how GOP targeted race and identity in classrooms

    Jun 17, 2024 10:25 PM EST

    ... were learning an honest and full picture of America's history. But the plan was released in 2020 in the midst of backlash against the Black Lives Matter movement. And so when it was released into the community, some conservatives who I guess hadn't been paying attention to the ...

  • 'Black Twitter' documentary explores its history and cultural impact

    'Black Twitter' documentary explores its history and cultural impact

    May 23, 2024 10:20 PM EST

    Amna Nawaz: You mentioned some of those serious moments. And I have to ask you about it, because Black Twitter is responsible for some of the most potent hashtags that actually led to real-world change in modern history, Oscars So White and MeToo and Black Lives Matter. You cover ...

  • May 17, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    May 17, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    May 18, 2024 01:41 AM EST

    Friday on the NewsHour, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 40,000 for the first time as the overall stock market reaches historic highs. We take a closer look at the governor of Texas pardoning an ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing an armed Black Lives Matter protester. Plus ...

  • News Wrap: U.S. military finishes work on floating pier to deliver aid to Gaza

    News Wrap: U.S. military finishes work on floating pier to deliver aid to Gaza

    May 16, 2024 10:50 PM EST

    ... appropriations practice." Texas Governor Greg Abbott has pardoned a former U.S. Army sergeant who had been convicted of fatally shooting a protester during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in 2020. The announcement came just minutes after Texas parole officials announced they were recommending a pardon for Daniel Perry. He ...

  • What are 'outside agitators'? Here's what to know about the label's history amid protests

    What are 'outside agitators'? Here's what to know about the label's history amid protests

    May 11, 2024 06:19 PM EST

    Nearly a half-century later, the 2014 killing of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked widespread protests against police brutality. Again, outside agitators were frequently invoked and blamed for destruction, looting and the burning of buildings. WATCH: From MLK Jr. to Black Lives Matter: America’s ...

  • How some colleges and students have reached agreements over pro-Palestinian protests

    How some colleges and students have reached agreements over pro-Palestinian protests

    May 05, 2024 09:40 PM EST

    ... Experts I've spoken to point out that this generation of student activists have grown up In an era full of social justice movements from Black Lives Matter in 2020, March for Our Lives, climate change, and they've sort of been instilled with a lack of trust in public ...

  • News Wrap: FBI opens criminal probe into Baltimore bridge collapse

    News Wrap: FBI opens criminal probe into Baltimore bridge collapse

    Apr 15, 2024 10:50 PM EST

    ... is set to start in July. The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing a Louisiana police officer to move forward with a lawsuit against a Black Lives Matter activist. Civil rights groups warn the case threatens the right to protest. The unnamed officer accuses DeRay McKesson of negligence after he ...

  • Supreme Court allows lawsuit that free speech advocates warn will threaten right to protest

    Supreme Court allows lawsuit that free speech advocates warn will threaten right to protest

    Apr 15, 2024 05:06 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a lawsuit to go forward against a Black Lives Matter activist who led a protest in Louisiana in which a police officer was injured. Civil rights groups and free speech advocates have warned that the suit threatens the right to protest. The ...

  • Political divides cut through marriages and families in the run-up to the 2024 election

    Political divides cut through marriages and families in the run-up to the 2024 election

    Mar 13, 2024 10:25 PM EST

    ... by-case basis. Judy Woodruff: So there are issues that you would say, if somebody has a different view from me on this, that would matter? Chloe Chigro: Absolutely, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, immigrant rights, really just like if -- people of color, like, Black Lives Matter, that's a really ...

  • The often misunderstood legacy of the Black Panther Party

    The often misunderstood legacy of the Black Panther Party

    Feb 18, 2024 10:30 PM EST

    ... Genesis in Oakland. It's called Living For The City. But my second book is about the last 10 years, and it's about the Black Lives Matter movement and why they chose Assata Shakur, who was a rank and file Panther member from New York City. So she's ...