black lives matter
Brooklyn Center mayor on Chauvin trial: Black people can no longer tolerate ‘a state of terror’
Mayor Mike Elliott talks to Marco Werman about how his childhood in Liberia prepared him for this leadership moment — as his city grapples with the killing of Daunte Wright, and braces for the verdict in the case of George Floyd's death.
Prosecutor: Chauvin 'had to know' George Floyd's life was in danger
A year after the Rio Olympics, gunfights continue and troops patrol the streets
Black Lives Matter UK says climate change is racist
Leaders of this protest against police violence gave unusual instructions: Form a circle around people of color.
Born with two strikes? These Somali Muslims in Minnesota find a home with Black Lives Matter
It isn't easy being Muslim and black in Minnesota, where there have been two police killings of black men in less than a year. But Somali immigrants are finding power in joining with their African American neighbors.
In France, there's a call for a Black Lives Matter movement
People in France are protesting the death of a young black man in police custody. As they channel the US Black Lives Matter movement, they're also challenging France's "colorblind" norms.
Mainstream comic? Hari Kondabolu is changing the definition.
And what’s so great about being mainstream anyway?
When it comes to police shootings, the US doesn't look like a developed nation
Fatal police shootings happen much, much more in the US than in other developed countries.
Macklemore quoted me on 'White Privilege II.' That song showed me what an unruly mess we’re in.
A Seattle music writer, quoted in Macklemore’s controversial new song, appreciates how it speaks to young white people — but wishes it had gone further.
Wearable Artwork Makes Noise Against Racism
The artist and dancer Nick Cave addresses racism and brutality in America by making wearable sculptures.
In one of his final interviews, Julian Bond explained the animus toward Obama
In April, Bond minced no words in explaining the antipathy of some toward President Barack Obama. "He’s a black man," Bond said. "That’s the only reason.”
Michael Brown, one year later: The tragic civil rights moment that ignited a movement
What happened a year ago in Ferguson, Missouri cemented grassroots efforts from moment to movement. But there are more Michael Browns as well — 585 so far this year, 81 in the last month alone.