November 15, 2017Million Hoodies for Justice, a human rights organization set up following the death of Trayvon Martin, is resisting the Trump criminal justice agenda and organizing to build safe communities for everyone.
October 17, 2017Why the families of people killed by police are holding "Take a Knee" actions to highlight their demands for transparency.
October 13, 2017In this 2017 Sundance award-winning documentary, filmmaker Peter Nicks spent two years embedded with the department as it seeks to reform itself amid the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement.
August 25, 2017Why was this Chicago-based group defunded by the Countering Violent Extremism task force?
August 18, 2017Many people have strong opinions about the former San Francisco 49ers player's political protest during the national anthem. Here's a sampling of the 6,000-plus comments we've received.
August 11, 2017Jeff Ordower is the executive director of Global Exchange. He tells Sarah Jaffe: "We are not winning, obviously, but I think we are doing better than I would have anticipated."
July 28, 2017The “Silent Protest Parade” was the first mass African-American demonstration of its kind and a watershed moment in the history of the civil rights movement.
July 20, 2017Is anybody paying attention?
July 11, 2017Counter-protestors relate the story of the Charlottesville, Virginia, Klan rally and reaction.
June 20, 2017Black activists held events in 40 cities on June 19, a day that celebrates the end of slavery.
