William Barr, while speaking to an audience filled with police officers, also said cops deserve to be cheered in the streets.

“The aim of this film is also to reignite dialogue and get people outraged again and hopefully get them active.”

Bland’s personal cellphone footage of the violent encounter was uncovered by a local Dallas news station.

The State Attorney General says the shooting of Emantic ‘E.J.’ Bradford Jr. was “justified.”

Of the 20 known transgender women killed in the United States in 2018 so far, 14 of them were Black.

The 19-year-old actress says an urgent need to challenge White supremacist structures powers her path through the entertainment industry.

“I was hoping it would be a very Brown-skinned actress, because there’s so little opportunities in these big movies for darker-skinned actresses. I can’t fudge. That’s how I felt.”

The docuseries examines the Black teenager’s life before vigilante George Zimmerman killed him, and the impact he had on the nation.

Stenberg’s character is forever changed when she sees a White police officer shoot and kill her friend.

“‘Helicopter’ is about historicizing and contextualizing the Black experience, so that we begin to understand the precarious nature of Black life.”

“Black folks drive the progressive political power in this country, but rarely benefit from the fruits of our labor. We are launching the Black Futures Lab as a way to mobilize around our needs, hopes and dreams.”

Martin’s death at the hands of a vigilante sparked the Black Lives Matter movement.

Hawk Newsome: ”You can riot if you’re White and your team wins, but if you’re Black and being killed, you can’t speak out.”

The senior fellow in maternal mortality at MomsRising and Black Lives Matter coufounder discusses how the tax bill may impact the reproductive health of women of color, particularly Black women. 

Archbishop Desmond Tutu won the same award in 1999 for his anti-Apartheid work.

This isn’t the first time they weaponized America’s racism.

“Acting with great principle in this time is not just a matter of moral high ground but also a matter of personal safety,” says surveillance reform expert Malkia Cyril. “What we need to not do is be paranoid. What overcomes paranoia is principles.”

And nearly half of troops of color surveyed said White nationalism is thriving in the nation’s military.

On August 9, 2014 Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson fatally shot an unarmed Black 18-year-old named Michael Brown. Ashley Yates was on the ground organizing during the uprising that followed. In this Q&A, writer, activist and artist Ashley Yates talks about facing militarized police daily, healing from burnout, and where the movement should go from here.