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Entertainment Industry Reckons With Racism

By Andrew R. Chow

Pro Softball Players Form New Team After Anthem Tweet

By Madeleine Carlisle

Colorado Governor Orders New Probe Into Elijah McClain's Death

By Josiah Bates

Rep. Ayanna Pressley on Supporting the Movement to Defund Police

By Madeleine Carlisle
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Don’t Be Afraid to Virtue Signal — It Can Be a Powerful Tool

The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Rayshard Brooks offer new reminders of ongoing anti-black violence, and have outraged millions. This time, though, calls for justice have spread further than usual—around the...

By Jamil Zaki and Mina Cikara

Athletes Across the World Embrace Activism in this Moment

Sports are only just restarting after the COVID-19 shutdown. Yet a swell of athlete activism has already risen worldwide. Soccer stars and jockeys kneel for Black Lives Matter. College athletes fight for justice. A Black...

By Sean Gregory

How Malcolm Jenkins Put Together That Powerful Black Lives Matter ESPYs Video

The NFL safety, a three-time Pro Bowler, speaks out on racial justice, police reform, and Colin Kaepernick

By Sean Gregory

Protesters Topple George Washington Statue in Portland

Some protesters wrapped the statue's head in an American flag, which they lit on fire

By Mélissa Godin

The History Behind the LGBTQ Fight Against Police Violence

When 15,000 people marched for Black trans lives, they became part of a history that goes back to the very beginning of the movement for LGBTQ rights

By Suyin Haynes

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on the City's BLM Mural

In a TIME100 Talks conversation, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser discussed the city's Black Lives Matter mural and President Trump's tweets

By Madeleine Carlisle

Black Lives Matter Could Reshape 2020 Elections

As protesters marched through Brooklyn past curfew one night in early June, the young man holding the bullhorn at the front of the crowd kept repeating one date: June 23. It wasn’t the date of...

By Charlotte Alter

Breonna Taylor's Family Calls For Action From Louisville Police Dept

'This administration simply believes it is above the law,' a statement from Taylor's family's legal team reads

By Josiah Bates

Black Lives Matter Activist Found Dead in Florida

Oluwatoyin Salau, a 19-year-old Black Lives Matter protestor, was found dead on Saturday in Tallahassee, Fla. after being reported missing a week earlier according to police.Salau’s body was discovered along with the body of Victoria...

By Mahita Gajanan

How Perceptions of Looting Have Changed

Ideas about looting evolve over time—and in the United States, race has always been part of that evolution

By Anna Purna Kambhampaty

Seattle Activists Occupy Six City Blocks as Police Retreat

A section of the Capitol Hill neighborhood has been declared an 'autonomous zone'

By Peter Allen Clark

Nancy Pelosi: Police Unions Want To Be Part of Police Reform

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi discussed police reform during a TIME 100 Talks conversation

By Madeleine Carlisle

A Family and City in Mourning: Scenes From George Floyd's Funeral

After Trayvon Martin was killed in 2012, Brooklyn-based photographer Ruddy Roye started to think differently about his work. “I told myself the work I pursue personally would be about educating my sons,” says Roye, 50....

By Ruddy Roye

America's Essential Discomfort

During one of our recent TIME 100 talks, the singer, actor and activist Andra Day made a point that resonated deeply and echoes words I have heard repeatedly in recent days from colleagues and other...

By Edward Felsenthal

A Long Overdue Awakening to Systemic Racism

For many who have spent their lives fighting for racial equity, these nationwide protests and moment of reckoning have been a long time coming

By Justin Worland

How Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Seized the Moment While Her City Was Protesting

They say that in national politics, you get only one chance to introduce yourself to the country. For Keisha Lance Bottoms, that moment is kind of a blur. It came on the evening of May...

By Karl Vick
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