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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

On poverty, power and public policy

Tag: BlackLivesMatter

Posted inBlack History Month

Why we remember: Black history is America’s story — terrible and triumphant

by Celeste Williams February 1, 2021February 1, 2021

Black lives matter. So, isn’t it about time — past time, really — that the threads of Black history are acknowledged as part of the American history tapestry — part of every American day, every American week, every American month of every American year? If Black history is indeed American history, what of Black History […]

Posted inBlack Lives Matter

Bearing witness: Protest, white privilege and unequal policing

by Rev. Edith Love September 26, 2020October 6, 2020
Posted inBlack Lives Matter

Police arrest man who pointed gun at #JusticeForBreonna demonstrators

by Wendi C. Thomas September 26, 2020October 6, 2020
Posted inBlack Lives Matter

White man aims gun at demonstrators after #JusticeForBreonna protest

by Wendi C. Thomas September 24, 2020October 6, 2020
Posted inBlack Lives Matter

Far from being anti-religious, faith and spirituality run deep in Black Lives Matter

by Hebah H. Farrag and Ann Gleig September 16, 2020October 6, 2020
Posted inBlack Lives Matter

Black lives and equal justice more important than spray paint on a wall

by Rev. Edith Love September 9, 2020October 6, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus

She cared for COVID-19 patients — but when she caught the virus, she fought it alone

by Tammy Joyner September 4, 2020December 7, 2020
Posted inPolicing in America

What Trump and Strickland share: A dangerous obsession with law and order

by Antonio de Velasco August 7, 2020October 6, 2020
Posted inLiving Wage

Black Workers Matter: Demand for $15/hour wage and unions

by Peggy McKenzie July 20, 2020November 10, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus

‘I feel afraid for my life’: Jail detainees testify to COVID-19 risks

by F. Amanda Tugade and Wendi C. Thomas July 10, 2020October 5, 2020

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