America’s legacy of lynching isn’t all history. Many say it’s still happening today
When Heather Coggins saw George Floyd cry out, “Mama!” as a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck, she thought of her uncle.…
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This is how loved ones want us to remember George Floyd
George Floyd moved to Minnesota for a fresh start — an opportunity to better himself and to be a better father. And while so many now know the…
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The National Guard has a long history of being called out during protests – but not in numbers like this
The National Guard. Maybe you’ve seen them in your community in recent months in a broad range of responsibilities: from sewing face masks for…
Continue Reading Gambia calls for an investigation after a retired diplomat’s son is killed in a police standoff in Georgia
Gambia’s government is demanding that the United States investigate the police shooting of one of its citizens. Momodou Lamin Sisay, 39, was…
Continue Reading Governor warns ‘bad actors’ against disrupting hearings for those accused in Ahmaud Arbery killing
Preliminary hearings are scheduled Thursday for Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan Jr. in the shooting death of…
Continue Reading Video appears to show Louisville BBQ man fired gun before he was fatally shot, police say
Video released by Louisville police appears to show a popular BBQ man firing at officers outside his business before he was fatally shot. David…
Continue Reading Coronavirus patients evacuated as Cyclone Nisarga makes landfall near Mumbai
Coronavirus patients were among more than 100,000 people evacuated from low-lying coastal areas in India’s western states as a cyclone made…
Continue Reading Coronavirus cases rise in US south and west as crowded protests spark worries
Coronavirus cases continued to spread in parts of the American south and west in the past week as experts warn that packed protests could exacerbate…
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Defense secretary says no military for protests, active-duty troops in DC returning to home bases
WASHINGTON, DC — Active-duty troops brought in to Washington, D.C. to help if needed with the civil unrest in the nation’s capitol are beginning…
Continue Reading Amazon’s best sellers list is dominated almost entirely by books on race right now
Advocates say that one of the most important ways to be an ally to marginalized people is to educate yourself on the systems that oppress them and…
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New Mexico close to historic all-female US House delegation
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico has moved closer to possibly sending a historic delegation of all women of color to the U.S. House. According to…
Continue Reading The US national security adviser says there’s no systemic racism in policing. Studies suggest otherwise
When a Trump administration official said he doesn’t think systemic racism exists in policing, many were stunned — especially after…
Continue Reading Retired St. Louis Police captain killed after responding to a pawnshop alarm during looting
A retired police captain fatally shot during looting in St. Louis was passionate about helping young people and would have forgiven those behind the…
Continue Reading Louisville BBQ man who was fatally shot when police dispersed crowd used to feed officers for free
David “Yaya” McAtee and his BBQ joint were fixtures on the Louisville corner where he was fatally shot as police and the Kentucky…
Continue Reading ‘My daddy changed the world,’ George Floyd’s 6-year-old daughter says, as family pushes for justice
The mother of George Floyd’s 6-year-old daughter is calling for justice over his death. “I want justice for him because he was good, no…
Continue Reading Global Running Day is going virtual this year
Global Running Day has joined the list of virtual-only events in 2020. Although running has seen a boom recently because of the coronavirus pandemic,…
Continue Reading These Black nature lovers are busting stereotypes, one cool bird at a time
Everyone has the bird. Corina Newsome calls it a gateway bird, the one special species that sets an avian enthusiast on a lifetime course of…
Continue Reading This man sheltered dozens of protesters in his Washington, DC, home to protect them from arrest
Dozens of protesters spent the night in a stranger’s Washington, DC, home after he opened his door to protect them from being arrested for…
Continue Reading What you need to know about coronavirus on Wednesday, June 3
Latin America is in crisis. But parts of it are reopening anyway. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the region is spiking fast. The death…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for June 3: Protests, coronavirus, elections, Israel, RNC
Today is Global Running Day, and like so many events in 2020, it’s gone completely virtual. Well, except for the actual running part.…
Continue Reading Mars’ moons may hint that the planet once had rings
Mars has two small, funky-looking moons with strange orbits, and they may suggest that the red planet once had rings, like some of the larger planets…
Continue Reading The world lost a football pitch-sized area of tropical forest every six seconds in 2019
The world lost 3.8 million hectares of tropical primary forest in 2019 — equivalent to a football pitch every six seconds — according to…
Continue Reading Video shows police pepper-spraying a protester. All he seemed to be doing was yelling
A now-viral video is causing outrage at Kansas City, Missouri, police officers after they arrested a man who was yelling during a protest of George…
Continue Reading Omaha bar owner who shot a black protester will not be charged
The family of a black man killed by a white bar owner during protests in Omaha, Nebraska, believes a prosecutor rushed to judgment by declaring the…
Continue Reading Facebook shuts down far-right group planning to bring weapons to protests
Facebook said Tuesday that it had shut down pages and accounts associated with what it said was a hate group, whose members were discussing bringing…
Continue Reading Two young children die in fatal car crash after taking grandparents’ car out for a ride
A 7-year-old boy and his 6-year-old brother were killed in a fatal car crash after they took their grandparents’ car out for a ride,…
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Thousands are marching in cities across America calling for justice for George Floyd
They marched by the thousands in Houston. They called for a better America in Los Angeles. They sat in the streets in Chicago and in silence in St.…
Continue Reading Scientists say they have found the cleanest air on Earth
Scientists believe they have identified the world’s cleanest air, free from particles caused by human activity, located over the Southern…
Continue Reading A controversial Confederate statue with its back to the north was removed in historic Old Town Alexandria
Crews in historic Old Town Alexandria quickly removed a bronze statue of a Confederate soldier named “Appomattox” on Tuesday morning. The…
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