Tag: racial justice
When Floodwaters Rise, So Do Racial Inequities
By Maya Richard-Craven, Word in Black
Warm spring temperatures bring melting snow and rain. But in the Quad Cities, a collection of five small cities...
Black Lives Matter Chapters Take on Climate Justice
By Maya Richard-Craven, Word in Black
From the moment Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi created the hashtag #blacklivesmatter in 2013, they were sending a...
Farewell to a Beloved Elder: Activists Reflect on Belafonte
By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Carmen Berkley, a strategist with a Seattle-based foundation advocating equity and racial justice, remembers meeting Harry...
Richmond removes its last city-owned Confederate monument
By DENISE LAVOIE, Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The city of Richmond — the capital of the Confederacy for most of the Civil War...
Minneapolis to buy gas station at site of Floyd’s killing
By The Association Press
The city of Minneapolis has decided to buy the boarded-up Speedway gas station at the intersection where George Floyd was killed by...