black lives matter

On Sunday, a demonstration led by an activist group called Save Rochester – Black Lives Matter organized a shutdown of a section of I-490 to protest against police brutality and inequalities for communities of color. The rally began at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park and proceeded to march down East Broadway Street and then […]

National grocery store chain Whole Foods is facing a class action discrimination lawsuit from employees who were disciplined for wearing Black Lives Matter face-coverings during their shifts. The stores being sued were in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and two other states. According to the suit, employees caught wearing the masks were sent home and denied pay […]

The U.S. Navy has welcomed its first black female tactical aircraft pilot. Madeline Swegle graduated from the US Naval Academy back in 2017 and now She’s assigned to the RedHawks of training Squadron 21 in Kingsville Texas. This Milestone comes more than 45 years after Rosemary Mariner became the first woman to fly a U.S. […]

On Saturday, a mural reading dedicated to Black Lives Matter was vandalized by David Nelson and Nicole Anderson. The mural, which was painted in front of the Wakefield Taylor Courthouse had been approved, but Nelson and Anderson brought paint to the site shortly after it was completed and began to cover it up. Onlookers saw […]

Issa Rae, star of “Insecure” went on Instagram recently and shared a group of organizations that she is endorsing in response to the demonstrations and protests on police brutality to her 2.8 million followers. She included Black Lives Matter. Regional Bail Funds, Defund the LAPD, BLD PWR, National Police Accountability Project, ACLU and Black Table […]

ESPN Announced Wednesday that it will continue to support the Black Lives Matter movement when the 2019-2020 season picks back up at the end of July. The courts in Orlando that the season will take place on will all have a Black Lives Matter mural painted on both sidelines. The WNBA will be doing the […]

Walmart is facing backlash for selling  controversial merchandise on it’s website. The company made the decision to stop selling “All Lives Matter” merchandise which is a slogan to counter-attack “Black Lives Matter” movement. The move comes a week after Wal-Mart announced they were no longer selling the Mississippi flag which includes the Confederate emblem after […]

On Tuesday morning, the Los Angeles City Council approved legislature that will create an unarmed crisis response team that would take the place of police officers as responders for nonviolent calls, like mental health crises, substance abuse and noise complaints. The task force was put together by the Chief Legislative Analyst, the City Administrative Officer […]

Three police officers from Winston-Salem, North Carolina were fired after someone doing a routine video audit  came across there dash cam and  heard them using racial slurs and wanting to see a Civil War. The new Wilmington, North Carolina police chief Donny Williams fired the three officers on his first day on the job. He […]