March 2, 2021 Women's March breaks silence on Cuomo allegations after third accuser steps forward Women’s March, a feminist group that supports Black Lives Matter’s call to defund police and other progressive initiatives, broke its long silence regarding sexual harassment allegations against New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo after a third woman came forward.
March 1, 2021 Minneapolis courthouse turned into fortress for George Floyd murder trial The Minneapolis courthouse where ex-cop Derek Chauvin will stand trial for murder in the death of George Floyd is being turned into a veritable fortress.
February 28, 2021 George Floyd: Minneapolis to pay social media influencers to spread messages during Derek Chauvin trial Minneapolis is set to pay six social media influencers to help disseminate city-approved messaging throughout the upcoming murder trial of Derek Chauvin, the ex-cop charged in George Floyd's death.
February 28, 2021 Portland anti-ICE rioters smash windows, spray-paint businesses; downtown merchants frustrated Rioters vandalized several buildings in downtown Portland, Ore., on Saturday night in one of the largest protests in weeks, according to reports.
February 26, 2021 Florida city where Trayvon Martin died seeks racial injustice reform days before his ninth death anniversary Commissioners in the city where Black teenager Trayvon Martin was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer nine years ago Friday have agreed to form an advisory committee to study how race, class and gender can lead to social inequities.
February 25, 2021 Several arrested in NYC during Daniel Prude protest Several people were arrested Wednesday night during a protest in Brooklyn in the wake of the decision to not charge upstate New York cops in the death of Daniel Prude, according to police and witnesses.
February 24, 2021 Nancy Pelosi doubles down on police reform named for George Floyd House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday vowed that House lawmakers, in tandem with the Biden administration, will not stop working until the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act becomes law.
February 24, 2021 Daniel Prude grand jury verdict leads to Rochester protests after decision not to indict officers Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Rochester, N.Y. on Tuesday night to protest the news that a grand jury had decided not to indict seven officers involved in the March 2020 arrest of Daniel Prude, whose death made headlines after video showed he was handcuffed naked and seated on the street while his head was covered with a spit hood.
February 23, 2021 NY protester, 75, shoved by Buffalo police files lawsuit after cops' charges dropped Lawyers representing a 75-year-old protester shoved to the ground by upstate New York police during demonstrations that broke out in the days after George Floyd’s death filed a widely anticipated lawsuit in federal court Monday, less than two weeks after criminal charges against the officers involved were dropped.  Â
February 23, 2021 March on Washington, 1963: What to know The protest was the culmination of nearly two decades of work to create a movement.