Racism Is Also a Latino Issue: Puerto Rican Protesters Speak Out
Afro-Latinos at a Black Lives Matter protest in San Juan, Puerto Rico, spoke out about the racism they’ve experienced, and about what White Latinos can do to be better allies.
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Black LGBTQ Youth Face Extra Challenges This Pride Month
The CEO of The Trevor Project, Amit Paley, said his organization is reaching out this month to LGBTQ youth, and particularly vulnerable black LGBTQ youth, despite the cancellation of Pride events due to COVID-19.
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Exoneration Doesn’t Mean Freedom for Released Convicts
Louis Reed, a national organizer for #CUT50 who served almost 14 years in federal prison, explained the harsh long-term consequences suffered by exonerated and released convicts.
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District of Columbia Reclaims Streets With ‘Black Lives Matter’ Sign
NBC LX Storyteller Chase Cain was there when Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Browser had “Black Lives Matter” painted on the street that leads to the White House and later announced the area had been renamed “Black Lives Matter Plaza.”
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How Young People Are Leading the Movement Against Police Brutality
Young people have been behind some key victories in the protest movement against police brutality, including that some schools are breaking security contracts with local police, said Tiffany Loftin, director of the NAACP Youth and College Division.
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Breonna Taylor’s Case Requires as Much Urgency as George Floyd’s: BLM Youth Leader
The criminal charges filed in the deaths of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery are only a first step to justice, says Thandiwe Abdullah, a Black Lives Matter youth leader. But the teen says prosecuting the cops who shot Breonna Taylor will show the movement is more than just a fad.
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A Child of the 1992 L.A. Riots Reflects on How the U.S. Hasn’t Changed
In the aftermath of the 1992 L.A. riots, a 13-year-old boy wrote an essay for The New York Times about growing up black in America. Twenty-eight years later, he reflects on how racism has continued to shape his life.
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The Battle for LGBTQ Equality Began Well Before the Stonewall Riots
The fight for LGBTQ equality goes back much further than the Stonewall riots, notes author Eric Cervini who discusses his new book “The Deviant’s War: The Homosexual versus the United States of America.”
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Former Veteran Nate Boyer on the George Floyd, Colin Kaepernick Protests
Nate Boyer, a former U.S. Green Beret and NFL player, first suggested to Colin Kaepernick that he kneel to make a statement against police brutality. In the wake of George Floyd’s death, Boyer says taking a knee is no longer enough.
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Campaign Zero Co-Founder Explains Why ‘8 Can’t Wait’ Police Reforms Matter
DeRay Mckesson, the co-founder of Campaign Zero, explains why the police reforms laid out on the “8 Can’t Wait” website can help reduce police misconduct.
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These Five Systems Often Protect Cops from Criminal Accountability
While many onlookers look at the gruesome video depicting George Floyd’s death and see an open and shut criminal case, it’s not always that easy says New York Times reporter Shaila Dewan. Dewan spoke recently to The Daily to reveal five specific reasons why police officers guilty of misconduct often go unpunished.
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Hear From the Protesters Marching for George Floyd
In this feature by The New York Times, Minnesota protesters speak out on why they’ve been compelled to take to the streets following the death of George Floyd in police custody.
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Meet the University of Minnesota Student Who Booted Minneapolis Police from Her School
University of Minnesota student Jael Kerandi convinced her school to terminate its contractual relationship with the Minneapolis police department following the death of George Floyd.
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Bryan Stevenson of ‘Just Mercy’ Is Still Fighting for Social Justice
Attorney and activist Bryan Stevenson has been working for the cause of social justice and civil rights for 35 years.
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Minneapolis Photographer Captures Destruction at Heart of George Floyd Protests
Minneapolis photographer Canaan Mattson documents the swath of destruction occurring in his neighborhood in the wake of the George Floyd protests.
