police violence

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott unveiled a plan that would freeze any city from raising property taxes on residents if police departments are defunded.

National

Texas Governor Floats Plan To Freeze Tax Hikes In Cities That Defund Police

1:43pm August 19, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

After Austin cut millions from its police department, Gov. Greg Abbott is pushing to make cities pay a price for tightening law enforcement budgets.

People march in the streets during a demonstration on June 26 in Minneapolis, Minn. The march honored Breonna Taylor, who was shot and killed by members of the Louisville Metro Police Department on March 13.

National

Author: Black Women's Experiences With Police Brutality Must Be 'Invisible No More'

5:37pm July 16, 2020

by Brianna Scott

Andrea Ritchie, attorney and author, discusses how Black women's experiences with police violence are different from those of Black men and how they've been erased in the movement for racial justice.

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Kai Koerber, a rising sophomore at the University of California, Berkeley, is a survivor of the 2018 mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Since then, he says, he's made promoting a mental health curriculum in high schools and co

Health & Safety

'Bear Our Pain': The Plea For More Black Mental Health Workers

12:00pm June 25, 2020

by Yuki Noguchi

Unrest over social injustice spotlights the acute need for, and the high historical barriers to, mental health treatment for Black people facing layers of emotional pain.

The University of Georgia's marching band, seen during a football game last November in Athens. The band's acting director, Brett Bawcum, announced that it would no longer play "Tara's Theme" from Gone with the Wind. The film has attracted criticism for i

Georgia Marching Band Drops Song From 'Gone With The Wind' For 'Georgia On My Mind'

1:37pm June 18, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

The Redcoat Band will no longer play "Tara's Theme" from the controversial film. And it already has an apt replacement in mind: the official state song, best known for Ray Charles' rendition.

French police unionists fire blue flares as they demonstrate with a banner reading" No police, no peace" down the Champs-Élysées in Paris on Friday.

World News

'We're Not Racist': French Police Say They're Being Unfairly Criticized

4:46pm June 12, 2020

by Eleanor Beardsley

Earlier this week, police gathered in front of precincts across France and threw down their handcuffs in a symbolic gesture.