Black Lives Matter began in 2013 as a protest hashtag on Twitter after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. After a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer shot and killed Michael Brown in August 2014, the energy that had gathered through social media surged into ...
Black Lives Matterendorsementspublic opinionpartisanshippolarizationWhat factors shape public opinion about government solutions to address police violence? We address this question by conducting a survey in which respondents express their opinions about actual proposals to reform police practices. Within ...
Biden, who has a massive cash advantage over Trump, has flooded the airwaves with uplifting ads that prominently feature African Americans. One minute-long spot detailing Biden’s proposals to help Black people begins with Biden explicitly stating, “Black lives matter. Period. I’m not afraid ...
But the protests produced more substantive proposals as well, among them a bill, introduced by then-senator Kamala Harris in June 2020, that would have used the federal government’s power to reform local police departments in meaningful ways. Like so much of the movement...
“People have become more aware of what’s happening. … The movement for Black lives and the attention to mistreatment by police has led to this moment.” But even with more protesters calling for changes in policing, cities’ and states’ proposals will not automaticall...
The group said it wants to continue monitoring the Swedish art scene, and even contribute proposals for policy changes to counteract discrimination and exclusion from art institutions. “Starting from looking at larger institutions’ hiring policies, we can imagine future questions and future dialogues ...
“Those people got $90 million, and all they did was uplift” police victims’ names, but “took care of no communities and no families.” The mothers are demanding a meeting with Patrisse Cullors and Tamika D. Mallory to address a whole range of proposals on the future of the Black ...
to pick a black woman in the wake of recent outrage over racial injustice and police brutality. But some black leaders say Warren's progressive politics, economic populism and specific policy proposals addressing everything from maternal mortality to the coronavirus could put her in a strong ...
In 1989, the late Democratic Rep. John Conyers of Michigan introduced H.R. 40, The Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans. In April of 2021, theHouse Judiciary held a historic markup of the act, and in August of the same year, a virtual town meeting w...
Across the country, reform proposals include efforts to reduce the power of police unions, which are often obstacles to change. But activists point hopefully to programs like CAHOOTS in Eugene, Oregon. There, 911 operators routinely dispatch social workers and medics to calls for help, instead of...