By Sarah Lazare, AlterNet From the floor of the Republican National Convention to the online pages of the Blue Lives Matter Facebook community, it is now commonplace for public officials, police and first responders to openly…
By Simon Maloy / Salon Elizabeth Warren Donald Trump The Democratic National Convention got off to about as rough a start as you could imagine, with the party committee chair abruptly resigning and…
By Andrew Rosenthal Ever since Americans elected their first African-American president, the not-so-hidden racism on the right has steadily slithered its way into the open — enabled most recently by…
By: Yesha Callahan Dan Aykroyd attends the premiere of Ghostbusters on July 9, 2016, in Hollywood, Calif. JB Lacroix/WireImage Dan Aykroyd is joining in with the multitude of Leslie Jones supporters…
By: Ericka Blount Danois Baltimore Police Lt. Brian Rice (center) is escorted from the courthouse to a waiting car after being found not guilty on all charges related to the death…
By Terrell Jermaine StarrCLEVELAND—Thousands of activists will be in downtown Cleveland protesting the Republican National Convention this week, but one group you won’t see is Black Lives Matter Cleveland. The…
By Michael HiltzikThe eruption of community protests that followed the killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile last week placed the spotlight once again on racial disparities in American society….
By: Breanna Edwards President Barack Obama appears July 14, 2016, at a town hall airing on ABC in the aftermath of two black men being killed by police under dubious circumstances…
President Barack Obama. By Patrisse Cullors, Guardian UK Just days after several violent, deadly attacks on black people at the hands of the police, ABC invited families, organizers, officers and…
Professor Cornel West. (photo: VICE) By Cornel West, Guardian UK Along and deep legacy of white supremacy has always arrested the development of US democracy. We either hit it head…
By Kali Holloway / AlterNet Almost 160,000 prisoners are currently serving life sentences in the United States; nearly 50,000 incarcerated people serving terms of life without parole. While mass incarceration has become a…
Directing Dollars Seen As a Way To Protest Recent Shootings Thousands Make Deposits in Black-owned Banks Michael Grant, President, National Bankers Association Reacting to the most recent wave of…