African Americans – Page 52

Police unions and the challenge of solidarity

January 7, 2015 By Roger Toussaint

There is no justification for attacks on individual police officers who have little or nothing to do with the policies that have created the dehumanizing of the lives of black people.

Oakland town hall demands end to police violence

December 19, 2014 By Marilyn Bechtel

Ending the longstanding reality of unpunished police violence against black and brown men was the topic Dec. 17 at a town hall meeting.

Athletes join growing movement for racial justice

December 18, 2014 By John Bachtell

"This issue as I see it - police killings as a symptom of the systematic and historical devaluing of black lives - seemed too big to ignore."

Ferguson protesters retrace steps of history and forge new ones

December 16, 2014 By James Raines

They've built a new social and economic justice movement on the foundation left by those who struggled before them.

With #ICantBreathe, new movement for justice inspires

December 15, 2014 By Joe Sims

In response to the police murders of Brown and Garner and the failure of grand juries to return indictments, a new movement for justice has emerged.