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Inside Ben Crump's Quest to Help David Beat Goliath

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The Story Behind TIME's George Floyd Cover

By Victor Williams

Past Capitol Activists Slam Police Leniency to Pro-Trump Mob

By Sanya Mansoor

The Anti-Gay 'Lavender Scare' Not Taught in Schools

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Family of NY Inmate Who Died After Pepper Spray Speak Out

"Momma's not stopping until that jail goes down," says Donna Mays, Jamel Floyd's mother

By Sanya Mansoor

Police Officer Charged With Murder of Unarmed Black Man

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), officer Shaun Lucas was responding to a disturbance call of a "possible fight in progress" outside a gas station in Wolfe City on Saturday night. When officer Lucas arrived he had a confrontation with 31-year-old Jonathan Price.

By Josiah Bates

Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Records Offer Rare Insight

An unnamed juror filed a motion on accusing the Kentucky Attorney General of using the grand jury to deflect from his own responsibility

By Josiah Bates

What Is Critical Race Theory?

Here's what you need to know

By Cady Lang

Activists Grapple With Grand Jury’s Breonna Taylor Verdict

Louisville activists say that people weren't surprised by the grand jury’s decision, but many were still devastated

By Josiah Bates

Grand Jury Brings No Charges Over Breonna Taylor’s Death

A grand jury charged one of the officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor—but only for his role shooting into neighboring apartments during the raid

By Josiah Bates

Rev. Al Sharpton Calls on Lawmakers to Act on Police Reform: 'The Time Has Come for Us to Go Back to Washington'

Civil rights icon Rev. Al Sharpton believes “the time has come for us to go back to Washington,” and on the 57th anniversary of the historic march when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his...

By Mariah Espada

Teen Charged After 2 Killed During Kenosha Protests

An Illinois teen has been arrested in Illinois in connection with the deaths of two people shot during protests in Kenosha, Wis. on Tuesday night. In recent days, demonstrators in the city have rallied against...

By Josiah Bates

Why Some States Waited Decades to Ratify the 19th Amendment

The delay did not affect women's right to vote, but it did send a message about just how recently such an idea remained controversial

By Suyin Haynes

N.C. Inmate Taken Off Death Row For Racism At Trial

Marcus Robinson, who proved in 2012 that racism affected his sentence, was re-sentenced to life

By Madeleine Carlisle

How Black Women Won the Right to Vote

The activism of Black women often predated that of famous white suffragists—and still informs debates over what history is worth remembering

By Olivia B. Waxman

How Viral Videos of Racist Incidents Are Changing Society

A new documentary from TIME examines the response to three viral videos and how they sparked racial justice protests

By Erica Solano and Alexandra Robson

Rep. John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon, Dies

Rep. John Lewis, the longtime Georgia congressman and Civil Rights icon who was a protegé of Martin Luther King Jr., has died

By Alana Abramson

87 People Arrested During Breonna Taylor Protest Outside Kentucky Attorney General's Home

Eighty-seven people were arrested and each charged with a felony Tuesday after protesting outside the home of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron to demand justice for the death of Breonna Taylor, the Louisville Metro Police...

By Madeleine Carlisle

The Long Legacy of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest

Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest died in 1877, yet the slave trader and Klan leader still haunts the American landscape

By Connor Towne O’Neill

Hate Crime Charge Sought After BLM Mural Vandalized

"The narrative of racism, it's a lie," the man said in an incident captured on video

By Katie Reilly
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