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PublishedJune 13, 2020
More global protests emerge over racism, police actions
Far-right activists scuffle with police and other protesters in London and Paris as more demonstrations unfold across Europe in support of Black Lives Matter.
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PublishedJune 13, 2020
Mississippi faces reckoning on Confederate emblem in flag
White supremacists embedded the rebel-flag symbol within the Mississippi state flag more than 125 years ago.
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PublishedJune 13, 2020
Atlanta police chief resigns after law enforcement fatally shoots black man
A video of the shooting of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks quickly went viral, prompting more protests against racism and police violence in a city beleaguered by weeks of demonstrations and clashes.
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PublishedJune 13, 2020
Maine libraries and bookstores seeing increased demand for books about race
Since the death of George Floyd and widespread Black Lives Matter protests, Mainers – both children and adults – have been reading more about race.
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PublishedJune 12, 2020
Black people more likely than white people to face arrest, use of force by Portland police
Although black people make up about 7-8% of the city's population, they have accounted for 17-23% of the arrests in the city in recent years, according to data released by the police department Friday.
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PublishedJune 11, 2020
Racism at Bates College challenged
More than 500 members of the Bates community this week called on the college president to take swift action to combat racism.
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PublishedJune 11, 2020
Red Sox acknowledge racism at Fenway Park ‘is real,’ promise action
The team issues a statement after former MLB star Torii Hunter said he refused to be traded to Boston because of his encounters with racist fans.
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PublishedJune 11, 2020
Microsoft won’t sell police its facial-recognition tech, following similar moves by Amazon, IBM
Privacy advocates have long raised concerns that police using facial-recognition technology could lead to the wrongful arrest of innocent people.
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PublishedJune 11, 2020
Army Gen. Mark Milley says he was wrong to accompany Trump on church walk
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the nation's top military officer, now says it was a mistake for him to have been in Lafayette Square with President Donald Trump last week.
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PublishedJune 11, 2020
More advertisers leave Tucker Carlson’s show after his Black Lives comment
Walt Disney Co., Papa John's International Inc. and T-Mobile US Inc. said this week they would no longer advertise on his show.
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