Black Lives Matter Protests Are Everywhere, Even in the Unlikeliest Places Black Lives Matter Protests Are Everywhere, Even in the Unlikeliest Places
While massive crowds and police crackdowns rocked major cities, countless other demonstrations occurred in small cities and towns—even in conservative areas with no history of prot...
Jun 25, 2020 / Zoë Carpenter
Unions Are Taking a Stand for Black Lives Unions Are Taking a Stand for Black Lives
A dock shutdown in Oakland heralds an alliance between antiracist activism and organized labor.
Jun 24, 2020 / Karina Piser
Rural New York Is in the Streets, Marching for Black Lives Rural New York Is in the Streets, Marching for Black Lives
My town voted overwhelmingly for Trump, so I didn’t expect a big crowd at a recent Black Lives Matter protest. I was wrong.
Jun 24, 2020 / Karen Rothmyer
Drop the Charges Against Protesters! Drop the Charges Against Protesters!
It’s time for prosecutors to get on the right side of history—and grant amnesty to Black Lives Matter protesters.
Jun 24, 2020 / Justin Hansford and Arjun Singh Sethi
We Need Police Out of Our Schools—Now We Need Police Out of Our Schools—Now
An interview with Minneapolis student leader Nathanial Genene about the uprising, removing police from public schools, and the need to rethink what school looks like.
Jun 23, 2020 / Q&A / Jesse Hagopian
Officer, Why the Riot Gear? Officer, Why the Riot Gear?
Racism and brutality are entrenched into our nation's police departments.
Jun 23, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow
Do Black Lives Matter in Iowa? Do Black Lives Matter in Iowa?
The state’s population is 90 percent white. Its three branches of government are controlled by Republicans. If change can happen here, it can happen anywhere.
Jun 22, 2020 / Dave Leshtz
Systemic Racism Is Social Dynamite Systemic Racism Is Social Dynamite
We are coming together to demand that our elected officials dismantle the system that could destroy us all.
Jun 19, 2020 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Mary T. Bassett
Minneapolis Public Schools Abolished Their Police First Minneapolis Public Schools Abolished Their Police First
While the city of Minneapolis is now considered a vanguard in the national effort to defund the police, less acknowledged is that its public school system has been several steps ah...
Jun 19, 2020 / Mary Retta
For ‘Police Accountability With Teeth,’ Citizens Demand Elected and Empowered Oversight Boards For ‘Police Accountability With Teeth,’ Citizens Demand Elected and Empowered Oversight Boards
Activists from Seattle to New York argue that elected boards and special prosecutors are vital to addressing police violence.
Jun 18, 2020 / John Nichols