Civil Rights & Social Justice
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Baker will officially be laid to rest on November 30, becoming the fifth woman and first entertainer to be honored with a Panthéon burial.
Both vaccinated, the couple were hospitalized for breakthrough COVID-19 as the delta variant rages on.
According to the Department of Justice, the woman used her SUV as her weapon of choice in two separate incidents where she tried to run over a Black boy and another girl, claiming they "didn't belong."
Between old friends and Black lives, old friends will win every time.
Torrance police officers were charged for allegedly spray-painting a swastika inside an impounded car. Other cops got suspended for racist messages they're accused of sending each other. Now, hundreds of cases they were involved in are under review.
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.
Micheal Williams was just trying to help a neighbor in need when his life was completely upended by a horrific incident and some shady police technology used to detect the sound and location of gunshots.
According to a complaint filed by a regional official with the National Labor Relations Board, employees at a Home Depot in Minneapolis claim the branch used its uniform policy to punish them for displaying BLM activism during work hours.
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.
One Atlanta mom found out that not all students are treated equally after she discovered that Black second graders at her local elementary school were intentionally being put in separate classes from their white colleagues.