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Road leading to Chicago’s 2024 Democratic Convention looks a bit like 1968

We are a nation of movements, with a new generation advocating for Black Lives Matter, defunding the police, LGBTQ+ issues, abortion rights and anti-gun legislation. On the other side are their polar opposites.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Boss knows real small towns, Aldean

It is not only easy to find better politics in small towns, but also better music than Billboard's No. 2 song

Salon

Man pleads guilty to vehicular homicide in death of Black Lives Matter protester in Seattle

A man who hit two protesters, killing one of them, with his car during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Seattle in 2020 has pleaded guilty to multiple felonies

The Independent UK

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Aldean's “Small Town” video removes BLM

The edited video is now six seconds shorter than the original, which was posted nearly two weeks ago

Salon

Jason Aldean removes Black Lives Matter clip from ‘Try That In A Small Town’ music video amid controversy

Country singer’s accompanying video for his latest single has been accused of containing offensive images

The Independent UK

Jason Aldean’s controversial video reportedly edited to remove BLM references

Country singer’s popular yet heavily criticized Try That in a Small Town previously featured clips from police brutality protests

The Guardian - US

Jason Aldean’s violence anthem sees 999% rise in streams amid controversy

Country singer’s heavily criticised song Try That in a Small Town has been streamed 11.7m times while the video has boomed online

The Guardian - US

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Man with Nazi tattoo admits to impersonating officer at Black Lives Matter protest

A man who tried to march with Las Vegas police at a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020 has pleaded guilty in federal court to false impersonation of an officer.

Tribune News Service

Progressives in unlikely position as Republicans escalate attacks on FBI

Some Democrats wonder if cross-aisle push to include privacy protections into reauthorization of Fisa is now possible

The Guardian - US

Black Lives Matter movement to mark 10 years of activism, renews call to defund the police

The Black Lives Matter movement turns 10 years old on Thursday, marking the day in 2013 that the man who fatally shot Trayvon Martin was acquitted in his death

The Independent UK

Estate of anti-fascist shot and killed by police in Washington state files wrongful death lawsuit

A federal lawsuit alleges police in Washington state had no plan other than to use deadly force against a fugitive who was on the run days after shooting a member of a far-right group when supporters of then-President Donald Trump and Black Lives Matter protesters clashed in Portland, Oregon, streets…

The Independent UK

Science activism is surging – which marks a culture shift among scientists

Two social scientists have found that more scientists seem empowered to advocate for a wide range of policy issues

The Hindu

Science activism is surging – which marks a culture shift among scientists

Hundreds of scientists protested government efforts to restrict educational access to Western science theories, including Darwin’s theory of evolution, in June 2023 in India. Similarly, scientists in Mexico participated in a research strike in May 2023 to protest a national law they claimed would threaten the conditions for basic research.…

The Conversation

Black Lives Matter 10-year anniversary: Why was it founded and what has changed?

The international movement took off after the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012

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The most iconic moments in Twitter history — from #MeToo to *that* 2014 Oscars selfie

In the wake of Meta launching its Twitter rival today, Emma Loffhagen takes a trip down memory lane: looking back on when the website was a force for good (and fun)

Salon

The makings of an American inquisition

Field notes from the frontlines of the U.S. government's war on the Left

Manchester Evening News

Jordan Banjo's family terrorised after Britain's Got Talent routine

Diversity performer was part of a Black Lives Matter inspired dance on the show in 2020. The performance prompted a controversial outcry from viewers, with more than 30,000 complaints to Ofcom

Daily Mirror

Jordan Banjo forced to move house as family terrorised with cement over BGT dance

Dance troupe Diversity performed a Black Lives Matter inspired routine on Britain’s Got Talent in 2020, prompting a controversial outcry from viewers, with more than 30,000 complaints to Ofcom

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The Independent UK

Proud Boys fined over $1 million for ‘hateful and overtly racist’ attack on Black church

Compensation will be used to repair sign and increase security at the church amid ‘ongoing threats’

The Independent UK

Met Police ‘bans wearing of Thin Blue Line badge by officers at London Pride’

The symbol has become politically charged in the US, where it has been used by counterprotesters at Black Lives Matter marches.

WEKU

Judge awards a Black church $1M over BLM banner burned by Proud Boys during protest

Two Black Lives Matter banners were pulled down from Metropolitan AME and another historically Black church in Washington and burned during clashes between pro-Trump backers and counterdemonstrators.

The Independent UK

Judge awards Black church $1 million after BLM banner burned by Proud Boys during protest

A judge has awarded more than $1 million to a Black church in Washington, D

Chronicle Live

Northumberland business owner jailed for violent disorder at Black Lives Matter counter-protest

David Pringle was part of a large group of counter-protesters at Grey's Monument in Newcastle city centre in June 2020

The Independent UK

Fraud lawsuit against Black Lives Matter foundation dismissed in California

A California judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit that grassroots racial justice activists from around the U.S. brought last summer against a foundation with stewardship of the Black Lives Matter movement’s charitable endowment worth tens of millions of dollars

Axios

#BlackLivesMatter tweets vanishing 10 years after hashtag started

35% of #BlackLivesMatter tweets created between 2013 and 2021 are no longer available on Twitter, report finds.

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