Here’s a question for both supporters and critics of the Black Lives Matter movement:
What does Black Lives Matter want?
Not sure? How about this. Can you cite a moment in which a BLM leader passionately and eloquently denounced the recent shooting deaths of eight police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge? Can you name one or two leaders from the movement?
Chances are the answers to those questions fall all over the place. Four years after its founding, BLM is still a movement without a clear
President Barack Obama is receiving a lot of heat following The President and the Peopletown hall that broadcast across all of the Disney networks on Thursday night.
Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner – the man killed by an illegal chokehold in 2014 – expressed her disappointment with the town hall on race via social media. In one posting on Twitter, Garner said, “I was upset because ABC lied and used me, my pain, and suffering for ratings.”
Roland Martin, host of NewsOne Now, called the
In an emotional address President Obama has paid tribute to the five policemen killed by a sniper during a protest against police violence in Dallas last week.
Investigators search a car at the scene of a police involved shooting on Wednesday, July 6, 2016 in Falcon Heights, Minn. A Minnesota officer fatally shot a man in the car with a woman and a child, an official said. St. Anthony Police interim police chief Jon Mangseth said the incident began when an officer pulled over a vehicle Wednesday in the St. Paul suburb.
(Photo: Leila Navidi, AP)
Getting pulled over for a traffic stop can be nerve-racking for anyone, but many African-American men are
Beyoncé is speaking out in the wake of the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.
The singer’s official website now displays a statement mourning “these robberies of lives” and urging readers to contact their local politicians.
“We all have the power to channel our anger and frustration into action,” the call to action reads. “We must use our voices to contact the politicians and legislators in our districts and demand social and judicial changes.”
