police violence
We cannot have the police viewing the people as the enemy
July 17, 2020Systemic racism will not end because some city leaders participate in painting “Black Lives Matter.” Those are valuable gestures, but deeper social changes are necessary.
Read moreJustice for Breonna Taylor: 87, including NFL player Kenny Stills, arrested
July 16, 2020Eighty-seven demonstrators who gathered at the home of Kentucky’s attorney general to demand justice for Breonna Taylor have been arrested and charged with a felony for trying to “intimidate” the prosecutor, police said.
Read moreMothers of the victims of police violence on the march
July 13, 2020George Floyd’s call out to his mother as officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck called into existence a simmering national and global movement for an end to police violence.
Read moreBlack players demonstrate at Major League Soccer tourney
July 9, 2020(AP)—Now that Major League Soccer has re-started, a group of Black Major League Soccer players is using the moment to call attention to systemic racism across sports and society. Black Players for Change was formerly the...
Read more‘Strike for Black Lives’: Planned July 20 walkout unites BLM and unions
July 9, 2020Service Employees International Union has partnered with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the American Federation of Teachers, United Farm Workers, the Fight for $15 and a Union, the Poor People's Campaign, and others.
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