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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Seeks Pardon for Man Convicted of Murdering BLM Protester
Daniel Perry accelerated his car into a crowd of protesters during the 2020 George Floyd protests in Austin.
Anti-Protest Laws Are Not About Safety, They Are About Silencing Dissent
We must not allow our movements for justice to be silenced by laws that criminalize dissent.
“Creed III” Reflects Immense Class Divide in Black America But Fails to Heal It
The cathartic goal of this genre is to purge the shame of the Black middle and upper class for abandoning the poor.
A Police Killing Inside a Hospital: Ben Crump on Death of Irvo Otieno During Mental Health Crisis
Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old aspiring musician, was killed inside a mental health facility in Virginia on March 6.
As Mourners Gather for Tyre Nichols’s Funeral, Calls Grow for Abolition
Abolitionist Andrea Ritchie and Howard University Professor Justin Hansford discuss the need for structural change.
Tyre Nichols Is Another Victim of the Police Brutality Crisis Black People Face
“We have experienced this same kind of violence over and over and over again in our communities,” says Amber Sherman.
Keenan Anderson, Cousin of Black Lives Matter Cofounder, Killed by LAPD
The high school English teacher suffered cardiac arrest after police used a Taser on him following a traffic accident.
The 2020 BLM Uprising Lives On in Houston’s Struggle Against Police Violence
Against the growing and deadly profile of the far right, a BLM campaign in Houston is showing where we go from here.
Black Lives Matter — They Can’t Be Up for Debate Each Election Season
We can imagine a world in which every Black person is thriving, and we demand policies that will make that a reality.
Democracy Can’t Be Reduced to Voting in 2022 — We Must Build the Future We Want
Defending narrowly defined representational democracy is not enough. We need participatory, grassroots democracy.