It’s been 20 weeks since Breonna Taylor was shot to death in her own home. And the police officers who killed her have not yet been arrested. “If you’re a lot online, you’ve probably seen Breonna Taylor become another meme,” Trevor Noah said Thursday night near the top of the …
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The late Congressman John Lewis encouraged Americans to cause “good trouble,” and former President Barack Obama did just that in praise for the late civil rights pioneer on Thursday. Obama won multiple standing ovations during a speech riddled with political comments aimed at the Trump administration’s crackdown on Black Lives …
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The group of mothers who acted as a buffer for protesters in Portland is being accused of “anti-blackness” by another advocacy group in the city. Don’t Shoot PDX posted an extensive message on Instagram urging people to stop supporting Portland Wall of Moms, the team of mothers in yellow shirts …
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The Occupy City Hall protester, whose arrest by plainclothes police officers sparked fury between police and protesters, was captured with orange cameras tearing up New York police cameras by Post photographers and the lens of the police officers. The photos and video show Nikki Stone, 18, standing at a crosswalk …
Read More »It was a well-intentioned tribute. It wasn’t great.Photo: Pittsburgh Penguins / Twitter Obviously, it is awkward for the NHL and its players to find a way to join the Black Lives Matter movement and the protests before and during their games. It is an almost completely white league, with a …
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