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Joy Reid Is Ready for Prime Time, Will Host Nightly MSNBC News Show
After four years hosting the weekend talk show AM Joy on MSNBC, journalist Joy Reid will now take over a coveted nightly spot on the left-leaning cable news network, becoming one of only a handful of Black women to ever helm an evening news show. Reid’s new show, The ReidOut, will debut on July 20…
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Breonna Taylor’s Family Says LMPD Search Warrant Was Tied to Louisville Gentrification Project in Updated Lawsuit
The family of Breonna Taylor updated their lawsuit against the city of Louisville, Ky., claiming that local authorities executed a search warrant on Taylor’s home to speed up an ongoing gentrification project in West Louisville. According to the complaint, which was updated Sunday according to USA Today, a police squad under the name Place-Based Investigations…
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After Years of Student Protests, Princeton Strikes the Name of Segregationist President Woodrow Wilson From Its Buildings
Princeton announced Saturday that it was striking the name of former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson from its public and international affairs school as well as a residential building, citing his “racist thinking and policies” during his time in office, as well as his tenure as president of the famed Ivy League school. The decision came…
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Study Finds Black Lives Matter Protests Didn't Lead to Growth in Coronavirus Cases
When the massive Black Lives Matter demonstrations began in May, it was unclear how they might impact the country’s ongoing coronavirus pandemic. According to a new study published earlier this month by the National Bureau of Economic Research, the nationwide demonstrations don’t appear to be linked to spikes in coronavirus cases. In fact, there’s some…
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Alleged 'Boogaloo Boy' Charged With Murder in Death of Federal Officer During Oakland Black Lives Matter Protests
For as long as the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests began gathering momentum, there were rumors of infiltration of the protests by outside groups. Much of the focus, at first, was placed on alleged anarchist or anti-fascist groups destroying public and corporate property. But as the massive protests stretch into their fourth week, attention has…
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Sorry to This Monument: Brits Give Statue of Prolific Slave Trader a Nice New Home at the Bottom of the Bristol Harbor
A statue of a prominent slave trader found its proper home on Sunday: at the bottom of a harbor. The overdue relocation came at the hands of Black Lives Matter protesters in the British town of Bristol. Videos of them toppling the statue, rolling it through the streets, and Jazzy Jeff-ing it into the Bristol…
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Minneapolis City Council Vows It Will Dismantle Police Department: 'Our Efforts at Incremental Reform Have Failed. Period.'
Nine members of the Minneapolis City Council—enough to constitute a veto-proof supermajority—pledged to disband the Minneapolis police department on Sunday, as the city approached nearly two weeks of daily anti-police brutality protests following the killing of 46-year-old George Floyd at the hands of MPD officers. The announcement was made at a community rally on Sunday.…
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In a Divided Nation, a Call to Finally Protect Black Lives Reaches a Fever Pitch
Across America on Thursday night, thousands of people marched to their state capitols, their public squares, their police precincts. Across America, they shouted “I can’t breathe”—a dying plea turned rallying cry. Police took arms against demonstrators—dressing in riot gear, shooting at the citizens who employ them with rubber bullets, or spraying tear gas to “disperse”…
