December 19, 2020 Rep.-elect Cori Bush, BLM activist, lands seat on powerful House Judiciary Committee Rep.-elect Cori Bush, the first Black Lives Matter activist to serve in Congress, has landed a high-profile job on the powerful House Judiciary Committee.
December 18, 2020 NYC Mayor de Blasio accused of using NYPD as scapegoat after George Floyd protests The head of the union the represents New York City detectives blasted a report released Friday that found police officers used excessive force against protesters over the summer while also suggesting the head of the agency that conducted the inquiry may be conflicted.
December 16, 2020 Family Antifa was protecting hasn't paid mortgage since at least 2017, claims citizenship of made-up country The owners of a red home in Portland that has become another flashpoint between police and demonstrators protesting racism and gentrification stopped making loan payments while claiming to be citizens of a country they invented.
December 16, 2020 Bob Woodson: Defund the police? My experience tells me this is how to tackle 2020's urban violence spike America’s cities have experienced near-record levels of crime and violence in 2020.
December 15, 2020 Breonna Taylor's mother pens letter to Biden in full-page Washington Post ad The mother of Breonna Taylor penned an open letter to President-elect Joe Biden Tuesday calling on him to launch federal investigations into a number of high-profile, police-involved deaths and take other criminal justice reform actions.
December 15, 2020 Biden's Treasury nominees meet with racial justice activists, 'defund the police' supporters President-elect Joe Biden's nominees to run the Treasury Department -- Treasury Secretary-designee Janet Yellen and Deputy Treasury Secretary-designee Wally Adeyemo -- held their first joint meeting Monday with racial and economic justice activists.
December 15, 2020 BLM doesn't want Biden to consider LA mayor to join administration Black Lives Matter supporters on Tuesday protested for the 22nd consecutive day outside the residence of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to demand that his name be dropped from consideration for a Cabinet pick within Joe Biden’s administration.
December 14, 2020 Portland community searched for 'serial stalker' amid police inaction, delays A “serial stalker” who allegedly terrorized a Portland neighborhood is believed to have been found following a community-led effort after residents said police were slow to respond to calls for help, if they answered them at all, according to a podcast that aired Monday.
December 14, 2020 DC police investigate after BLM sign torn, banner torched at historic Black churches after pro-Trump rallies Police in the District of Columbia are investigating after two historic Black churches were targeted by far-right demonstrators who allegedly tore down a sign and a banner both with the slogan Black Lives Matter, and briefly set fire to the banner in the street.
December 14, 2020 Portland ‘Red House’ family in negotiations with city; blockades to come down at occupation protest An activist group that organized an eviction blockade in Portland said Sunday that the family who previously owned the Red House on Mississippi Ave. has reached an agreement with Mayor Ted Wheeler, and the heavily fortified barriers preventing access to the neighborhood would come down.