The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review an appeal by a Black Lives Matter activist, allowing the case against him to move forward in the lower courts.
Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) is comparing “pro-Palestinian” protests to the Black Lives Matter movement. They are alike in more ways than she can express, including that they are both built on myths. Bush is tying the two movements together by claiming that the antisemitic protesters harassing Jewish students on college campuses and expressing support for […]
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Black Lives Matters organizer DeRay Mckesson, letting stand a lower court’s decision that some critics fear could wind up limiting the First Amendment rights of Americans to organize protests against the government and police. The upshot is that Mckesson’s case will return to a lower court for further review. There were no noted dissents but Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote separately and said that lower courts would be able to take into...
Independent presidential candidate Cornel West has announced that he has chosen Black Lives Matter co-founder Melina Abdullah as his running mate.
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Black Lives Matter organizer who was held liable by a lower court for a random protester’s attack on a police officer at a protest he organized. In 2016, civil rights activist Deray Mckesson was sued by an unnamed Baton Rouge police officer — "John Doe" — for injuries he sustained during a protest. Doe claimed that an unidentified third party threw a "rock-like" object during the protest and hit him, knocking his teeth out and leaving him...
NSW premier Chris Minns also rejected claims from opposition leader that police were weak on antisemitism. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAlbanese says discussions on Palestinian statehood, two-state solution ‘are taking place’ globallyMoving back to the Australian government’s discussions regarding a Palestinian state (see earlier posts): Albanese was asked about comments from Peter Dutton last night, accusing Penny Wong of...
Live stream of rare Mallorcan Black Vultures, with views of parent birds interacting with a newly hatched chick. On Tuesday 16 April the Mediterranean Wildlife Foundation (FVSM) connected the cameras trained on the clifftop nests in the Serra de Tramuntana to the web. The black vulture (Aegypius monachus) was close to extinction in the 1980s, […]
South Carolina will wrap up spring practice on Saturday as it makes its way over to Williams-Brice Stadium for the Garnet & Black Spring Game.
Officials at Columbia University, facing surging tensions on campus, have taken steps to try to address students' concerns over safety and freedom of expression.
Officials at Columbia University, facing surging tensions on campus that have raised safety concerns, have announced all classes will be virtual on Monday as Passover begins. Follow along for live updates.
Thousands of Colombians took to the streets Sunday in the latest rebuke of leftist President Gustavo Petro's reform agenda. The demonstrations took place in several cities, including the capital. Protesters filled Bolivar Plaza outside the presidential palace in Bogota. While protests have been a constant since the former leftist guerrilla
Local people say archipelago’s outdated industry made life unaffordable and prompts environmental emergenciesThousands of people will join protests across the Canary islands on Saturday to call for an urgent rethink of the Spanish archipelago’s tourism industry and a freeze on tourist numbers, arguing that the current, decades-old model has made life unaffordable and environmentally unsustainable for local people.The protests – which will take place under the banner “Canarias tiene un límite”...