black lives matter

U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials under then-President Donald Trump compiled intelligence dossiers on people who were arrested at Black Lives Matter protests in Portland, Oregon.

The Diocese of Worcester has stripped a school in the Massachusetts city of its affiliation with the Catholic Church because of the flags it has flown in support of Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ rights. A decree issued Thursday by Bishop Robert McManus forbids the Nativity School of Worcester from identifying itself as a Catholic school from now on. Bishop…

The mother of Trayvon Martin, who was unarmed and shot and killed in an altercation with an armed neighborhood watchman, George Zimmerman, spoke out on the 10th anniversary of his death.

Project Knucklehead was inspired by the life experience of its founder and director, Dr. Amir Whitaker, who entered the juvenile justice system at the age of 15. Despite his tough start in life, he went on to earn five academic degrees and is now an educator, author and civil rights lawyer. “Never give up on the knuckleheads,” he says. Project...

Black employees at the U.S. Mint say they feel threatened and marginalized, The New York Times reported, citing an internal report.

Minneapolis photographer Uzoma Obasi was invited to shadow George Floyd’s family in the wake of his May 2020 murder that sparked mass protests across the country. He took more than 30,000 photos with the goal of “documenting the humanity around George.” NBCLX contributor Greg Bledsoe brings his Family Geography Project to Minneapolis to share Obasi’s powerful images and his story.

The Civilian Complaint Review Board received hundreds of complaints amid violent protests across the city following the killing of George Floyd.