Sep 14 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. Continue reading
Sep 09 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. Continue reading
Sep 01 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. Continue reading
Aug 30 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… Continue reading
Aug 28 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. Continue reading
Aug 28 WATCH: Kenosha police chief says officers didn't see protest shooter as threat By Associated Press What the officers were driving into in this case, said Chief Mikinis, "was a shots fired complaint, not a shooting, not a person down complaint."… Continue reading
Aug 28 Misinformation, police mistrust stir unrest in Minneapolis By Amy Forliti, Jeff Baenen, Associated Press After a Black man fatally shot himself on a pedestrian plaza in downtown Minneapolis, rumors of another police shooting in the city still reeling from the death of George Floyd began spreading quickly on social media, sending concerned residents and… Continue reading
Aug 28 WATCH: Thousands gather at March on Washington commemorations By Aaron Morrison, Kat Stafford, Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press Thousands gathered at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic "I Have A Dream" address, a vision of racial equality that remains elusive for millions of Americans. And turnout has been… Continue reading
Aug 27 WATCH: Kenosha officials give update on police shooting of Jacob Blake By Stephen Groves, Scott Bauer, Associated Press Groups that had taken to Kenosha’s streets with long guns were nowhere to be seen early Thursday following somber protests and no widespread unrest for the first night since the weekend police shooting of Jacob Blake. Continue reading
Aug 27 WATCH: Jesse Jackson holds briefing on Jacob Blake police shooting By Joshua Barajas Jackson, joined by other officials, is expected to speak at 12:30 p.m. ET. Watch their remarks here. Continue reading