FACING BLEAK NOVEMBER, REPUBLICANS LOOK TO STOKE BLM BACKLASH. For a brief moment after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis policeman in late May, some members… Read more “POLITICO”
Daily Mail (UK)
STANDOFF AT STONE MOUNTAIN: ARMED WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUPS FIGHT BLM PROTESTORS AND ANTIFA DURING FAR-RIGHT RALLY AT NATION’S LARGEST CONFEDERATE MONUMENT. The Three Percenters militia had applied… Read more “Daily Mail (UK)”
The Hill
BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT TO PLAY ELEVATED ROLE AT CONVENTION. The message of Black Lives Matter will be woven throughout the 2020 Democratic National Convention, starting with… Read more “The Hill”
POLITICO
‘THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT ENCOURAGING’: WHAT OBAMA REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT BIDEN. Past tensions between Obama’s camp and Biden’s camp have endured, forming some hairline fractures in the… Read more “POLITICO”
NPR
PROTESTS MAY PROMPT DIALOGUE ON RACISM, BUT ‘IT’S GOING TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE’. When Le Hoang Nguyen put up a bright yellow billboard in support of the Black… Read more “NPR”
Oregon Public Broadcasting
BLACK PORTLAND REFLECTS ON ROLE OF WHITE ALLIES IN MOVEMENT. More than two months of intense protests in Portland, Oregon — one of America’s whitest major cities — have… Read more “Oregon Public Broadcasting”
The Oregonian
SHOTS FIRED: DEADLY PORTLAND POLICE ENCOUNTERS REVEAL TROUBLING PATTERNS. It’s been 17 years since a Portland police officer fired a single shot at Kendra James, killing the young… Read more “The Oregonian”
Detroit Free Press
‘I WAS WRONG TO CRITICIZE COLIN KAEPERNICK FOR KNEELING FOR NATIONAL ANTHEM’. Three years after she criticized NFL players for kneeling during the national anthem, the wife… Read more “Detroit Free Press”
Washington Post
WASHINGTON HIRES JASON WRIGHT, MAKING HIM FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF AN NFL TEAM. Wright, 38, is also the league’s youngest team president. A former running back, Wright… Read more “Washington Post”
ESPN
BLACK COLLEGIATE GYMNASTS DESCRIBE CULTURE OF RACISM, ISOLATION. The often-insular world of college gymnastics is a sport now reckoning with a culture built around white athletes. And… Read more “ESPN”
The Root
ALABAMA PUBLIC HOUSING PUT WHITES IN HIGH-RISE TOWERS. SAYS BLACKS ‘PREFER’ SUBSTANDARD GARDEN UNITS, HUD REPORT FINDS. The public housing authority in Alabama provided white people with… Read more “The Root”
The Nation
A LETHAL TRAFFIC STOP IN GEORGIA. Images of Black death have become inescapable, yet footage of Momodou Lamin Sisay’s death remains elusive. Sisay was killed in Georgia… Read more “The Nation”
Brother With Attitude 