Florida Cop Fired and Charged With Assault After Pointing Gun to Handcuffed Black Man’s Head for Not Giving His NameThe Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office in Florida has fired and charged a sergeant with a felony after the officer…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJuly 13, 2020
Zindzi Mandela, Daughter of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, Dies at 59Zindzi Mandela, South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark and the youngest daughter of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, has…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJuly 13, 2020
YG Says He Won’t Work With Nicki Minaj After Her Tekashi 6ix9ine Collab: ‘My Feelings Was Hurt’The richest, most beautiful feature of a phrase like “I’m cool,” or “I’m good” is how many different meanings it…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJuly 10, 2020
US Army Probing How Completely Accurate Description of ‘MAGA’ as ‘Covert White Supremacy’ Was Included in Racial Inclusivity WorkshopSomeone told the truth on a U.S. Army base, and folks (Army leadership) are not happy about it!ByAnne BraniginPublishedJuly 10, 2020
No Peace Without Economic JusticeWhen Andre Perry thinks about American policing and incarceration, he sees an economic issue as much as a human…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJuly 10, 2020
Joy Reid Is Ready for Prime Time, Will Host Nightly MSNBC News ShowAfter four years hosting the weekend talk show AM Joy on MSNBC, journalist Joy Reid will now take over a coveted…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJuly 9, 2020
Atlanta Dream Co-Owner Asks WNBA to Sideline Its Support of Black Lives Matter. League Replies: ‘Uh, Nah’Ah, the return of the old, familiar refrain: “Stick to sports.”ByAnne BraniginPublishedJuly 8, 2020
Christian Cooper Says He Will Not Participate in Prosecution of the White Woman Who Threatened to Call 911 on HimEarlier this week, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said his office had filed charges against Amy Cooper, a…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJuly 8, 2020
Civil Rights Orgs Blast Mark Zuckerberg as Audit Finds Facebook’s Weak Hate Speech Policies Are ‘Serious Setbacks for Civil Rights’For the last two years, Facebook has touted a major civil rights audit as proof that it was taking seriously…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJuly 8, 2020
On July 4, Multiple Phoenix Police Officers Shot Into a Parked Car, Killing a Man. Protesters Want AnswersAs Americans across the country were gathering in parks and backyards to commemorate the July Fourth holiday,…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJuly 6, 2020
In Illinois, 7 out of 10 COVID-19 Cases During Pregnancy Affected Black and Latinx WomenA new report from the Chicago Tribune finds Black and Latinx birthing parents represented the vast majority of…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJuly 6, 2020
Breonna Taylor’s Family Says LMPD Search Warrant Was Tied to Louisville Gentrification Project in Updated LawsuitThe family of Breonna Taylor updated their lawsuit against the city of Louisville, Ky., claiming that local…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJuly 6, 2020
Black and Asian Americans Report More Discrimination Because of COVID-19 Than Other Groups, Study FindsNearly four in ten Asian and Black Americans say they’ve experienced racist behavior or attacks toward them since…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJuly 2, 2020
Black Exotic Dancers, Spurred by BLM Movement, Push Clubs to End Racist Workplace Practices With ‘Stripper Strike’Ending unspoken racial quotas; enforcing equal and fair auditions; better protections across all workplaces; and…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJuly 2, 2020
How Oluwatoyin ‘Toyin’ Salau’s Family Remembered HerLast weekend, dozens of Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau’s family and friends gathered to lay the 19-year-old student and…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJune 30, 2020
Louisville City Council Will Probe How Mayor Greg Fischer’s Office Handled the Fatal Shooting of Breonna TaylorLouisville Metro Council announced Monday that it will launch an investigation into how Mayor Greg Fischer handled…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJune 30, 2020
After Years of Student Protests, Princeton Strikes the Name of Segregationist President Woodrow Wilson From Its BuildingsPrinceton announced Saturday that it was striking the name of former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson from its public…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJune 29, 2020
Spurred by the 2019 Death of Layleen Polanco, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Moves to End Solitary Confinement in City JailsA year after trans Afro-Latina Layleen Xtravaganza Polanco died while imprisoned in solitary confinement at Rikers…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJune 29, 2020
Corporations Withdraw Major Ad Dollars From Facebook Over the Company’s Lackluster Hate Speech PoliciesOver the last month, companies large and small have paused their advertising on Facebook in an effort to push the…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJune 29, 2020
Talking Loud and Saying Nothing: Unilever Will Strike ‘Fair’ and ‘Lovely’ From Its Branding—but Will Continue to Sell Skin Lightening ProductsSpurred by increased attention to racism and racial justice, brands across all industries have scrambled to do the…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJune 26, 2020