Kenosha shooting: Protests erupt after US police shoot black man
By BBC
Protests have erupted in the US state of Wisconsin after police shot a black man many times while responding to what they …
Union Members Honor George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and Demand Accountability in Police Brutality Cases Across the Country in Walkouts, Vigils, and Other Actions
Mayor de Blasio & SEIU 1199 President George Gresham spoke to a rally calling on Rite Aid not to reduce healthcare benefits for workers. …
The New Coalition for Criminal-Justice Reform Is Multiracial and Bipartisan. It’s Also Fragile.
Protestors raise their hands in solidarity outside of the Fifth Police Precinct in Minneapolis in response to the death of George Floyd. Minneapolis, Minnesota/United …
Police Violence is a Public Health Crisis. Here’s How to End it.
By Hannah L. F. Cooper and Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Urban Matters
Excessive police violence has become an inescapable reality in the United States. Some …
Colin Kaepernick speaks out about George Floyd’s death, riots: ‘We have the right to fight back’
People in Downtown Los Angeles protest the brutal Police killing of George Floyd. – Los Angeles, California / USA – May 28, 2020 (Shutterstock)…
Four Minnesota Police Officers Fired After Death Of Unarmed Black Man
A Dramatic Wide Shot in the Midst of People Outside in the Rain at the Minneapolis 3rd Precinct Protesting Police Violence after the Killing …
Eric Garner’s Mother Tells Mayor de Blasio to ‘Stand Up’
“We want him to stand up and be the mayor he’s supposed to be.” - Gwen Carr
By Clifford Michel and Reuven Blau (THE CITY, July 17, 2019)
Gwen Carr’s lawyer told her late Monday afternoon that a top Department …
Politics, Sports and Fatherhood in the BLM Movement
The struggles Black people face in America, as well as any other society, are incomparable. Black voices need to be heard, even if it means adding politics to the things white people and other people of color don’t want politics in, like sports and television.
BROOKLYN, NY (Workers World Today) — When you are a Black person in America, everything’s different. “I am not going to stand …