racism
#DefundThePolice and more: An agenda for real reform
June 10, 2020The advocates of “defund the police” aren’t fools. They understand that the police will be with us—but that their role and their functions need to be dramatically rethought.
Read moreSports round-up: Players advance Black Lives Matter message
June 9, 2020This “Which side are you on?” moment has moved beyond the political arena and into professional sports—which should come as no surprise.
Read moreRacist monuments fall: Watery end for slave trader statue in UK
June 9, 2020The Colston statue wasn’t the only historic sculpture to have been targeted by protesters.
Read moreNational uprising continues: Reports from around the country
June 9, 2020People's World is being inundated with correspondence from local reporters and activists around the country. Presented here are just a few recent selections submitted from towns and cities across the United States.
Read moreProtesting in Phoenix for Dion Johnson, another Black man killed by police
June 8, 2020Officials ignore the cause of local anger: the killing of a Black man asleep in his car by a police officer on the same night George Floyd was killed.
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