Tag: protest
ESPN suspends anchor Jemele Hill after Tweets connected to ongoing NFL...
By PAT EATON-ROBB
AP Sports Writer
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Controversy continues to swirl around Jemele Hill, the ESPN anchor suspended on Monday for two weeks for making...
For DACA Recipients, Only Sure Thing is Uncertainty
By Elena Shore
New America Media
SAN FRANCISCO -- Luis Quiroz was on the bus heading to school when he first heard the news.
The 27-year-old DACA...
Will Trump Kill the Dream for These Immigrants?
By Marcelo Rochabrun
ProPublica
With the president reportedly at the point of canceling DACA, some of its 800,000 beneficiaries describe what they gained — and now fear...
Multiracial Coalition plans 10-day march against white supremacy
By Errin Haines Whack
Associated Press
A multi-racial coalition of anti-white supremacy activists plans to march from Charlottesville, Virginia to Washington D.C. Ted Eytan/Flickr Commons
A multi-racial...
Birmingham protests for human rights grow in frequency, diversity and intensity
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
It’s not often that the Birmingham City Council gets a standing ovation, but it happened last week.
On Jan. 31, a...
Thousands of demonstrators, from all races and ages, turned out for...
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham has long served as ground zero for the fight for human rights, dating back to the civil rights era....
Colin Kaepernick drawing both support and opposition for stance on the...
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
Colin Kaepernick's decision to protest the police shootings of black men and women has left some fans reeling, but Kaepernick...
What Black Lives Matter Can Learn from the Civil Rights Movement
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Core activists of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement are quick to remind people that the current wave of protests...
Protests Erupt After Black Man Shot by Police in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota agency is investigating the shooting by a Minneapolis police officer of a black man suspected in an assault, an...