Obama Says We Should Learn ‘Impatience’ From Young Protesters
Former President Barack Obama said Friday that he is “inspired” by the young people taking to the streets to protest against racism: “They’re saying we don’t accept the status quo.”…
Kendall Jenner’s Out-Of-Touch Pepsi Ad Resurfaces Amid Protests, Gets Recreated
Three years after its release, Kendall Jenner’s mess of a Pepsi ad has reentered public conversation as protests against police brutality and racism take place around the world. Few can…
Public Opinion Is On The Side Of The Protests. That’s New.
Americans support the protests sparked by the death of George Floyd by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll finds, with most viewing Floyd’s death as part of a…
California Vows To Take Steps To Protect Protesters From Police Abuse
In an address disavowing law enforcement’s use of tear gas and other forceful techniques on protesters, California Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged Friday that the state will standardize how local police…
American Policing Has Always Been About Enforcing White Supremacy
Alex S. Vitale has had a busy week. The Brooklyn College professor and author of “The End of Policing,” and his academic peers, all experts in the history of American…
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Daughter Says People Are Twisting His Riot Quote
The daughter of slain civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. said Thursday that people are misconstruing his quotation about riots. In a “Tonight Show” interview about the mostly peaceful…
States Remove Monuments To Racists Following Nationwide Protests
As protests prompted by the killing of George Floyd, a Black man, at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer, continued this week, some state and local leaders are…
DC Mayor Has ‘Black Lives Matter’ Painted On Street Leading To White House
Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has decided to send a message to the White House that Black lives matter. On Friday, she had people paint the words “Black Lives Matter”…
Kanye West Protests In Chicago, Donates To Families Of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd
Kanye West has come out to show his support for George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement, appearing at a rally in Chicago on Thursday night. The rapper, a…
James Bennet Can’t Defend The New York Times’ Tom Cotton Op-Ed
On Wednesday, The New York Times published an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) advocating that the U.S. military be sent in to crush popular protests against police brutality and…