Black Lives Matter

'A Win for Civil Rights': Federal Judge Blocks Florida GOP's Anti-Protest Law

The court's decision, said a coalition of civil rights groups, "serves as a powerful reminder that such unjust and unconstitutional efforts cannot stand."

Kenny Stancil · Sep 10, 2021

The Police Killing of Elijah McClain and His Mother's Pursuit of Justice

Amy Goodman · Sep 2, 2021

While Welcoming Indictments, Advocates Say Charges in Elijah McClain Killing Are 'Not Justice'

Brett Wilkins · Sep 2, 2021

In response to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, protesters in Freeport, New York march against police brutality, racism, and inequality on June 2, 2020. (Photo: J. Conrad Williams, Jr./Newsday RM via Getty Images)

Feds Targeted BLM Activists to Foil Racial Justice Protests: Report

Kenny Stancil · Aug 19, 2021

ACLU Sues DC, Cops Over Attacks on Journalists at 2020 Racial Justice Protests

Brett Wilkins · Aug 12, 2021

Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) speaks at The National Council for Incarcerated Women and Girls "100 Women for 100 Women" rally in Black Lives Matter Plaza near The White House on March 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. The organization and its supporters are urging President Joe Biden to release 100 women currently incarcerated in federal prison.

Cori Bush Proposal Aims to Keep Mental Health Crises From Ending in Police Violence

"Public safety is a public health issue. It’s time our approach reflects that," said the Missouri Democrat.

Jessica Corbett · Jun 28, 2021

As Chauvin Sentenced, George Floyd's Family, Advocates Call for Systemic Policing Reform

"We have a long way to go and many changes to make before Black and Brown people finally feel like they are being treated fairly and humanely by law enforcement in this country," said sister Bridgett Floyd.

Brett Wilkins · Jun 25, 2021

How the Media Fell for the Lafayette Square Whitewash

A coverup was baked in the cake; a former inspector general official shows us how.

Mike Lofgren · Jun 20, 2021

As Congress Approves Juneteenth Bill, Advocates Say 'We Must Not Stop Here'

"Black liberation in its totality must be prioritized," stressed Rep. Cori Bush.

Brett Wilkins · Jun 17, 2021

Darnella Frazier Receives Pulitzer Special Citation 'for Courageously Recording the Murder of George Floyd'

"Without Darnella, Derek Chauvin never would have been tried and George Floyd would have been blamed by the state for his own death."

Brett Wilkins · Jun 11, 2021

The Republican War on Protests

Republican state legislators across 34 states have introduced more than 80 bills this year that criminalize protesting or protect those who harm protesters.

Amara Enyia · Jun 11, 2021

American politician Joseph McCarthy (1908 - 1957), the US Senator from Wisconsin, addresses the 1952 Republican National Convention at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, July 1952.

More Than McCarthyism: The Attack on Activism Students Don't Learn About from Their Textbooks

Our students deserve to know that anti-communist repression has always been about a lot more than Russian spies, a blustering senator from Wisconsin, and a blacklist in Hollywood.

Ursula Wolfe-Rocca · Jun 3, 2021