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The Origins of Juneteenth and Why It Falls on June 19th
Time via Yahoo News· 59 minutes agoThough it’s been celebrated by Black Americans as early as in the mid-late 1800s, Juneteenth is a...
Portland Police Bureau unveils new crowd-control unit, promises measured approach to protests
OregonLive.com· 4 days agoThe earlier team became the widely reviled symbol of the institutional response to Portland’s...
Americans today are divided, not united, by public tragedies
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 days agoGeorge Floyd's murder: A public tragedy Take the story of George Floyd, killed in 2020 by...
Merrimack Valley Black and Brown Voices land Cummings grant
The Eagle-Tribune· 3 days ago“We were on a Facebook mom’s group and somebody had mentioned the killing of George Floyd and...
Minneapolis police officer killed while responding to a shooting call is remembered as a hero
WSOC-TV Charlotte· 6 days agoMINNEAPOLIS — (AP) — A Minneapolis police officer who was killed by a man he was trying to help at...
VP Kamala Harris Dances On Stage, Gladys Knight Performs at Joyful Juneteenth Celebration
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 7 days agoWhile Juneteenth has long been regionally recognized in the South, nationwide interest in the day...
More than one-fourth of 2024 homicides in Columbus have taken place at apartment complexes
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThat same year also saw nationwide unrest and protests over the police killing of George Floyd ...
Memorial service set for a Minneapolis police officer killed responding to a shooting call
KFGO· 6 days agoMINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minneapolis police officer who was killed by a man he was trying to help at the site of a...
The ‘Mad Men’ Era Is Long Over. Why Is Advertising Still So White?
New York Times· 9 hours agoLast summer, KFC ran advertisements in Canada featuring Black people eating fried chicken and...
US finds Phoenix Police Dept violates civil rights of city residents
Reuters· 4 days agoThe U.S. Justice Department on Thursday took aim at the Phoenix Police Department, accusing its...