Black Lives Matter

New DOJ Memo Shows Trump Intensifying Assault on Civil Rights

Dr. E. Faye Williams, president of the National Congress of Black Women, chants with other protestors demonstrating outside the house of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) ahead of the Senate vote to confirm Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) as attorney general

'Message Loud and Clear' Says NAACP After Latest Trump Snub

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

President Donald Trump's decision to decline an invitation to attend the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's 108th annual convention, "underscores the harsh fact: we have lost—we've lost the will of the current Administration to listen to issues facing the Black community," said Leon Russell, the group's board chairman. "...

Undeterred by DC Heat Advisory, Women's March Against NRA Begins

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Several hundred protesters , led by the organizers of January's Women's March...

Protests Erupt After Officer Cleared in Fatal Shooting of Philando Castile

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

"What is it going to take? I'm mad as hell right now, yes, I am," said Philando...

Outrage Abounds as 'Unconscionable' Wisconsin Sheriff Takes DHS Job

Chicago Police Routinely, 'Systemically' Abused Civil Rights: DOJ

Young Black Men Still Predominant Victims of Police Violence

Viral Video Depicting Shocking Arrest of Mother Shows 'Reality of Being Black in America'

An 'Abomination' of Justice: Mistrial Declared Over Police Shooting of Walter Scott

As Media Gatekeeper, 70+ Groups Call on Facebook to End Censorship

Justice Department Overhauls Team in Eric Garner Police Killing Case

Challenging Discrimination in Education, Seattle Teachers Hold District-Wide Black Lives Matter Rallies

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter Helped Police Track Activists of Color: ACLU

Feds' Proposal on Tracking Deaths in Custody Shows Lack of Desire to Change 'Status Quo in Policing'

"I Called You to Help Me, But You Killed My Brother": Police Shoot Dead Unarmed African-American Man

Urgent Calls for Justice in Charlotte as Window for Police Transparency Closes

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Framing Suspects in Alabama: All Those Things Black Lives Matter Says About Racism and Justice Are True

In a stunning if alas unsurprising indictment of American "justice" - one suggested alternate headline: "Water Is Wet" - a new leaked report has found that racist cops in Dothan, Ala. and a complicit D.A. have been planting drugs and guns for years on black suspects, hundreds of whom remain jailed on false charges. Silver Lining Dept: The reveal came from whistle-blowing fellow-cops who "hope the mood of the country is one that demands action," and long overdue justice.