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A group of young activists comprised of students at Boston College have been engaged in a series of protests and meetings to discuss how best to address instances of racism across the campus. The group was slapped with a disciplinary warning and told that if they continue their that they will face stiffer penalties. As […]

Wednesday's demonstration, if permitted, comes a year after more than 1500 activists staged a die-in at the mall to bring awareness to police violence in the wake of the deaths of Michael Brown Jr., Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, John Crawford and more.

An officer from Portland, OR. was pulled from the patrolling a Black Friday protest after he condemned Black Lives Matter on Twitter.

One of the two Minneapolis police officers involved in the shooting death of Jamar Clark was sued just 10 days prior to the incident for excessive force in a separate case.

Throughout the night, Minneapolis police claimed, via Twitter, that chemical irritant was dispersed by protesters as they attempted to take down the tarp that separated police from demonstrators. Those on the ground, however, denied the claim, posting photographs and videos of police unleashing the irritant on the crowds.

The shutdown, attended by nearly 300 protesters, began at 7:00 p.m. In the end, 43 adults and eight juveniles were arrested and charged with unlawful assembly and pedestrian on the freeway, the state patrol confirmed.

A local NAACP chapter has announced plans to open up a discrimination hotline for Black students at the University of Missouri.

The students of Yale University used their voices to speak out against several instances of racial injustice on the Ivy League campus.

Occupy Wall Street protesters claim that New York Police Department officers violated their constitutional rights.

In Houston, Texas, a high school student was among others participating in a tribute of recently slain Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Darren Gorofth. The student, Fatimah…