The Latest Breaking News from Black Lives Matter

Federal labor law limits employers' ability to fire employees for "engag[ing] in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection." (It also limits unions' ability to discipline members for their speech on union matters.) But, unlike the laws in some states, it doesn't…

Ex-president falsely claims US is in grip of violent crime wave, and vows to shield officers from legal accountability

Jesse Jackson's campaign to replace "Black" with "African American" ended with 2020. Now we see its ugly aftermath

Despite pledges to lead a ‘people-first presidency’, Harris has faced criticism from the far-left wing of the Democrats.

In response to the violent far-right riots across the UK, we have seen pledges from Keir Starmer’s Labour government to increase police resources, expand policing powers, and implement tougher and quicker sentencing to keep our communities safe. Far-right violence is a danger to individuals and communities across the UK but…

Police in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson arrested two people and said more arrests were likely following protests on the 10th anniversary of a shooting that was a pivotal moment in the national Black Lives Matter movement

Michael Brown’s death was the catalyst for massive change starting in Ferguson, Missouri

Claims riots policed differently to other disorder dismissed as ‘deliberate racist and Islamophobic dog-whistle’

Critics and the far right have claimed previous protests - including those in 2011 after the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan and the Black Lives Matters demonstrations in 2020 - were policed ‘more favourably’ than racist demonstrations that have spanned the UK since murders in Southport

Idea has been propagated by Tommy Robinson and others from far right but claim does not stand up to scrutiny

In today’s newsletter: Voices from Tommy Robinson to Nigel Farage have complained of ‘two-tier policing’ – but their claims do not add up