Race Matters

Derek Chauvin, ex-cop charged in George Floyd's death, freed on $1 million bond

By Amy Forliti, Associated Press

The former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd posted bail on Wednesday and was released from prison.

As summer protests cool off, racial justice activists consider 'how to fight differently'

By Courtney Vinopal

As a summer of unrest comes to a close, activists who continue to protest say they are focusing on their own communities, in hopes that they can get closer to realizing the goals of previous generations of activists who fought…

WATCH: Trump doesn't disavow white supremacy, tells far-right extremist group to 'stand by'

By Kathleen Ronayne, Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press

President Donald Trump on Tuesday didn’t condemn white supremacist groups and their role in violence in some American cities this summer, branding it solely a “left-wing” problem and telling one far-right extremist group to “stand back and stand by.”…

Dismay over Breonna Taylor decision spills into America's streets

By Dylan Lovan, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, John Minchillo, Associated Press

Anger, frustration and sadness over the decision not to charge Kentucky police officers for Breonna Taylor’s death poured into America’s streets.

Rain Valdez on how she's changing trans stories in Hollywood

By Dorothy Hastings

The actress and writer behind "Razor Tongue" isn't waiting for changes. She's making them now.

What Chadwick Boseman's death means in a year marked by grief

By Joshua Barajas

Grieving for Chadwick Boseman and his family was, in a way, also grieving for everything that has happened this year.

WATCH: Trump visits Kenosha, calls out violence as 'anti-American'

By Zeke Miller, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

President Donald Trump is diving head-first into the latest eruption in the nation's reckoning over racial injustice with a trip Tuesday to Kenosha, Wisconsin, over the objections of local leaders.

Chadwick Boseman's death leaves saddening mark on rough 2020

By Jonathan Landrum Jr., Associated Press

The deaths of Chadwick Boseman, Rep. John Lewis and Kobe Bryant have left saddening marks in a year marred with deaths of popular Black icons. Their deaths have come at a time filled with racial tension and protests against the…

Activists reflect on 1963 March on Washington amid renewed calls to address racial injustice

By Courtney Vinopal

As thousands of attendees gathered in Washington to protest police brutality, activists reflected on the march in 1963 and how it informs the fight for racial justice today.