Mar 24
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Tuesday marked one year since Daniel Prude was detained by police in Rochester, N.Y., while suffering what his…
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Mar 23
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Some clarity is emerging on the issues Samaria Rice recently raised regarding her discomfort with the more visible…
Mar 21
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You may have heard recently that there has been a fair amount of friction in anti-racism activist circles—much of…
Mar 21
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The Black Lives Matter movement can’t only be about protests. Anti-racism demonstrations that have erupted across…
Mar 18
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Updated, 11:19 a.m. EDT, Friday, March 19, 2021: This story has been re-edited and restructured to reflect that…
Mar 17
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The Movement for Black Lives—a coalition of 150 organizations from across the nation that was formed in 2014 and has…
Mar 5
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The management and distribution of funds held by the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, the umbrella…
Feb 27
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It’s been more than three years since Fox News white supremacy-wench Laura Ingraham went full KKK-Karen on her show…
Feb 24
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Black Lives Matter is multiple things; it’s a statement, a movement, a network of local organizations and a global…
Feb 24
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Aside from being exceptional athletes, the WNBA is full of players who’ve made it their mission to serve as…
Feb 2
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In the immediate aftermath of the officer-related death of George Floyd, countless corporations openly pledged to…
Jan 19
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Somewhere in the world, some person or persons proved their commitment to the fight against racial injustice in…
Jan 18
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It seems like a lifetime ago when America elected its first Black president. I mean, 2020 alone lasted for like six…
Jan 16
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Chicago is a key site in the movement against the epidemic of police violence that continues to leave the lives of…
Jan 8
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“IT WAS NEVER ABOUT WHAT WE DID, IT’S ABOUT WHO WE ARE!”
Jan 6
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Time and time again, we’ve seen police officers go unpunished for unruly behavior that targets the Black community,…
Dec 29
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Today I learned that a statue depicting a freed Black man kneeling before President Abraham Lincoln stood in Boston…
Dec 28
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Most people in America celebrate the holidays with family, good food and gift exchanges, but at least one miserable…
Dec 28
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An Alabama courthouse has been the site of months of protests regarding the Confederate monument and flag that are…
Dec 10
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Black Lives Matter has become such a mainstream rallying cry and concept that it’s easy to forget it’s also an…