Protesters in Lafayette, Louisiana, Demand Justice for Trayford Pellerin, Shot Dead by Police
In Lafayette, Louisiana, protesters took to the streets this weekend in the wake of the police killing of a 31-year-old Black man, Trayford Pellerin, on Friday. Police officers reportedly were called...
National Grid Wants to Install a Pipeline Across Brooklyn, and New Yorkers Aren’t Happy
If you've ever attended a climate strike or seen one on TV, chances are you've seen climate-conscious demonstrators protesting fracking. Fracking is a hugely controversial oil extraction process that takes a...
U.S. Senator Wants Answers From Adam Silver About NBA’s China Relationship
A U.S. Senator is demanding answers from NBA commissioner Adam Silver on his league’s relationship with China.
In a letter sent Tuesday to Silver, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) expressed “concern” over the...
NBA’s trouble with China, four months and counting
For someone who was raised in Italy, came of age in Philadelphia, and ultimately established himself as a star in southern California, it is telling that Kobe Bryant once referred to...
George Floyd: Timeline of black deaths caused by police
The wave of protests in the US over the killing in police custody of George Floyd are the latest outpourings of anger that have erupted after the deaths of black Americans.
Here's...
These 4 charts describe police violence in America
Protests over the death of George Floyd entered their seventh day on Monday as cities across the country imposed curfews and deployed police in riot gear to control demonstrators.
Floyd, a black...
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro
The First Juneteenth
“The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of...
Louisiana’s Angola: Proving ground for racialized capitalism
When the U.S. Civil War ended, Edward A. Pollard “of Virginia” immediately wrote a history of Confederate military operations—The Lost Cause: A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates—where...
Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Wendy’s franchisee gives $200K more to Trump reelection campaign
Wendy's is facing backlash online after Business Insider reported that a franchisee on President Donald Trump's restaurant-recovery roundtable donated more than $400,000 to reelect the president.
In mid-May, the White House announced that Muy Cos. CEO...
Cuomo calls NYPD commissioner to apologize for criticism of cops’ handling of looting
Call it a mea Cuomo.
Gov. Cuomo called the NYPD’s top cop to apologize for saying police officers “were ineffective” in tamping down widespread looting during protests over the death of George...
