The Department of Justice previously declined to press charges against officers Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake.

The Department of Justice did not file criminal charges against officer Blake Salamoni, who killed Sterling outside a Baton Rouge convenience store.

And watch the family’s response to the non-indictment for Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake—the Baton Rouge Police Department cops who shot and killed Sterling in July 2016.

Nelson, director of “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,” is back with an intriguing history of HBCUs, “Tell Them We Are Rising.” Here, a day after its Sundance debut, he talks about the triumphs and controversies of these still-essential institutions.

It comes one week after a significant fire at a Baton Rouge Exxon refinery.

Crystal Williams is a chef, but since the storm, she has become an advocate for people at the River Center—even pretending to be an evacuee to get inside.

With less than an hour’s notice, a mother of five fled her home, only to face a shelter or a costly hotel to house her family.

The extreme weather in the southern state has resulted in President Obama declaring it a federal disaster. 

The parish coroner William “Beau” Clark says this is the first time a judge has sealed a report from his office.

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights examined body-worn camera policies in 50 municipalities. It was not impressed.

How law enforcement uses mass arrests, high bail, conditional plea deals and serious felony charges to suppress local organizing.

Shaun King: “Blaming the #BlackLivesMatter Movement for violence would be like blaming libraries for illiteracy rates or fire departments for fires.”

At one point during the 20-minute Facebook Live video shared with Colorlines, you can hear protestors yelling, ”White people to the front! Allies to the front!”

From Baton Rouge to St. Paul to Los Angeles, hundreds hit the streets this weekend to protest the police killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. There were hundreds of arrests, and, in several faceoffs, demonstrators were knocked to the ground by police and stepped on.

Also, in a press conference, Baton Rouge law enforcement confirmed the existence of body-camera footage.

A family mourns and residents protest the July 5 police killing of the 37-year-old father outside of a convenience store.