#BlackLivesMatter

Read the latest news on the Black Lives Matter movement and breaking news on racial injustice.

#BlackLivesMatter

It's been one year since Jacob Blake was shot seven times and paralyzed from the waist down by a Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Between old friends and Black lives, old friends will win every time.

#BlackLivesMatter

David Elmendorf, a former ice cream shop owner in upstate New York, has been ordered to pay $4,500 after being accused of calling the police on peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters and falsely claiming they threatened him with violence.

World

Following Haiti's mammoth 7.2 magnitude earthquake, one organization that keeps popping up on the "do not donate" list is the American Red Cross. Here's why.

Police Brutality

Osceola Sheriff's Deputy Ethan Fournier's brutal body slam of 16-year-old Taylor Bracey that was recorded on film and went viral "did not violate any laws in the State of Florida,” officials have decided.

After being denied the right to cover racial justice protests last year, Alexis Johnson's discrimination lawsuit against her former employer moves forward.

Despite promised policing reform, delays continue as the legislation —viewed by many as a compromise — could be softened in the hope of attracting bipartisan support.

Black News

Fifty-six years ago on this day, Aug. 11, 1965, what is oftentimes referred to as the Watts Riots but more accurately described as the Watts Uprising or Watts rebellion began in the eponymous Black neighborhood in Los Angeles, lasting for six harrowing days.

Although nearly a quarter of a century has passed since the NYPD’s brutal beating and savage sexual assault of Black Haitian immigrant Abner Louima, the incident sparked a public outrage that still resonates to this day.

Convicted of the 2018 murder of Botham Jean, Guyger's appeal fell flat as a three-judge panel upheld her murder conviction.

The rapper issued a weak apology after being dropped from multiple gigs in response to his doubling down homophobic and poorly informed statements about HIV and AIDS first made at the Rolling Out Loud festival.

News

A recent study found police officers have more pleasant interactions with white drivers than their Black counterparts using a compilation of body camera data.