Civil Rights

Noose Found in Johns Hopkins University Building

By Madeleine Carlisle

Multiple Aurora Police Officers Placed on Administrative Leave Due to Photos Allegedly Taken Near Where Elijah McClain Died

By Madeleine Carlisle

History and the Asian American Response to Black Lives Matter

By Cady Lang

The Unstoppable History of Pride Parades

By Suyin Haynes
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The Standoff Over in Trump's Backyard

Demonstrations over racial justice have continued in dozens of cities across the nation for the past several weeks, but few protest sites have illustrated the dissonance between the Trump Administration and the Black Lives Matter...

By Lissandra Villa

Sherrilyn Ifill: Time For 'Transformative Change' in America

Sherrilyn Ifill, Director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), said that America has entered a period of protests and social reckoning akin to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.“We think about...

By Josiah Bates

How Millions of Americans Observed Juneteenth

'Really hyper local celebrations are breaking out into the mainstream'

By Madeleine Carlisle

'It Was About Time.' Watch Civil Rights Icon Ruby Bridges Explain Why Recent Protests Give Her Hope

"It made me think about the day that I walked up those stairs when I integrated Frantz school"

By Madeleine Carlisle

Family of Black Man Killed by Indianapolis Police Officer File Lawsuit

The family of Dreasjon “Sean” Reed, the 21-year-old Black man who was killed by a police officer in Indianapolis in May, have filed a lawsuit against the department for using “excessive and deadly force” in...

By Josiah Bates

A Problem With the Focus on Whether George Floyd Protests are Nonviolent

Debates about the right way to protest are hundreds of years old—but, historians say, that focus can often obscure the real story of social change

By Olivia B. Waxman

N.C. Supreme Court Rules on Racial Justice Act Hearings

The ruling comes amid mass protests across the U.S. to demand an end to systemic racism

By Madeleine Carlisle

D.C. Protesters Say Trump Galvanizing Their Cause

If curfews and crackdowns were meant to lower protests' intensity, they’ve had the opposite effect

By Lissandra Villa and Brian Bennett

D.C. Resident Shelters Protesters in His Home Overnight

After he closed and locked his door, the people who were inside were putting water and milk in their eyes, while the police were shooting pepper spray in through his window. There were around 70 people in his home

By Josiah Bates

What Is the Insurrection Act And Does it Give Trump the Authority to Send Military Troops Into States? Here’s What To Know

Here's what to know about the 213-year-old law

By Madeleine Carlisle

Trump’s Costly Show of Force

Trump’s moment at St. John's Church came at a huge cost—using the full force of the federal government to quash a peaceful protest

By Brian Bennett

Minneapolis Protests Were Years in the Making

'If you talk to enough people in Minneapolis, it wasn't if this was going to happen. It was when,' one anti-racist activist tells TIME

By Josiah Bates and Lissandra Villa

Bus Drivers Refuse to Move Protesters for Police

Several transportation unions have issued statements of solidarity and demanding justice in George Floyd’s murder

By Madeleine Carlisle

After George Floyd's Death: Voices Behind Photos

'My job is just to document a visual diary,' a Minneapolis photographer tells TIME. 'Obviously, we are in need of a deep conversation about police reform because this keeps happening'

By Karl Vick

Minneapolis Activists Call For Drastic Change After George Floyd's Murder

'This has been brewing for years,' Owen Duckworth, a community organizer with Minneapolis racial justice and equality advocacy group The Alliance, tells TIME

By Josiah Bates

Murder Charge in George Floyd Killing

Derek Chauvin has been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter

By Madeleine Carlisle
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