The "Yoga" singer's speech regarding police brutality was cut short just as she was about to touch on the Black Lives Matter movement
On Thursday afternoon, talented singer/songwriter Janelle Monae, her artist Jidenna, and her Wondaland collective, continued to stand with the “Black Lives Matter” movement this week during a march in New York City. The artists joined the Stop Mass Incarnation Network for a rally held in Times Square. Stop Mass has made their presence felt all over the country by speaking out […]
Andre Anderson, Ferguson's interim police chief, is facing scrutiny following the reveal of his previous three suspensions.
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush abruptly ended a town hall meeting after a Black Lives Matter protester raised a question
St. Louis officials are expecting the state of emergency to be lifted by Wednesday, the St. Louis Dispatch reports.
In what Washington Post’s executive editor called “outrageous,” two journalists who traveled to Ferguson, Mo. at the height of protests last year to report have been charged with trespassing and interfering with a police officer’s performance, according to The Huffington Post. The reporters — Ryan Reilly of the Huffington Post and Wesley Lowery of the Washington […]
Police arrested several people late Monday in Ferguson after claiming protesters refused to leave West Florissant Avenue
Everyone wants to know how the past 365 days have been since Michael Brown was gunned down by Officer Darren Wilson. It’s not really an easy answer. Thinking back it’s been good, bad, ugly and amazing. Before August 9, 2014 I was a woman who recently graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 2013 working […]
A dark abyss. If someone were to ask me where I was on August 9, 2014 – before I received news that yet another black man had been a victim of state-sanctioned violence –that’s my answer. A dark abyss. I was on the brink of giving up on my existence, growing tired of life and […]
There have been a string of new updates in the case of Samuel Dubose, the Ohio man who was shot in the head by a University of Cincinnati campus police officer after a traffic stop last month. A few weeks after Dubose was killed by Officer Ray Tensing, hundreds of family members and supporters gathered Tuesday […]
A Ku Klux Klan rally in South Carolina Saturday was overthrown by anti-racism protesters and a few viral moments that shifted the conversation from hatred to the peace and resilience of the city’s residents. Two thousand people arrived at South Carolina’s statehouse, according to the Huffington Post. Some were present for the KKK’s rally against the removal of […]
NYC #ShutItDown for Eric Garner! This Friday we show our resistance This Friday we show our power #NOJUSTICENOPEACE pic.twitter.com/Pn2kZacv1X — Millions March NYC (@MillionsMarch) July 11, 2015 One year after Eric Garner was brought to his knees by a New York Police Department officer and placed in a violent and deadly chokehold for allegedly selling […]
