In a nod to Black Lives Matter, Costa Rican gymnast Luciana Alvarado ended her floor routine in Olympic qualifying on one knee, her head back and her right fist thrust straight into the air. The 18-year-old said the closing of her routine was choreographed in homage to the BLM movement that spread around the world…
The Utah chapter of the Black Lives Matter movement sparked anger on social media during the Fourth of July weekend after it posted a message on Facebook calling the American flag a โsymbol of hate.โ The head of the organization defended the post, which the group wrote in response to a white supremacist march that…
Anti-terror probe over history ‘bias’ in schools: Teachers are quizzed after concerns over Black Lives Matter movement Teachers quizzed by Derby city council after concerns raised in light of BLM The audit took place under the guise of the Governmentโs Prevent strategyย Saidย schools should โgive rounded view of historyโ to stop Right-wing extremismย By Daily…
Sainsbury’s worker, 52, wins compensation after she was sacked from her 28-year career after picking up a cuddly toy and saying ‘Black Lives Matter’ Marian Cunnington, 52, picked up a ‘Bing’ toyย at store in Bridgnorth, Shropshire Made the comment: ‘Should we really be selling this toy? Black Lives Matter’ย Price controller Ms Cunnington was suspended…
Hundreds of people turned out to pressure the city for more action against racism at a Black Lives Matter protest at Vancouver City Hall on Friday. Organizers said the rally was about demanding justice and accountability, and standing in solidarity against white supremacy. It came as former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to…
Several Black and Indigenous families whose loved ones have been harmed and killed by police came together in Ottawa to mark Juneteenth and demand accountability and changes to the justice system. Black Lives Matter Toronto organized the gathering on the steps of the prime ministerโs office, where 10 families from across the country shared their…
Black Lives Matterย co-founder Patrisse Cullors has been picturedย for the first time since her $3.2 million property portfolio sparked controversy. Cullors, 37, was pictured in Los Angeles Tuesday carrying the book Self Evident Truths: 10,000 Portraits of Queer America – for which she wrote the foreword. The activist recently announced her resignation from the Black Lives…
Municipal police forces are bracing for changes to the New Brunswick Police Act by the government, and one of those changes has caused at least one advocacy group to cry foul. That change aims to create a Municipal Police Assistance Fund. The fund could accept donations from private corporations and individuals. Husoni Raymond, a representative…
โA rough sound was polished until it became a smoother sound, which was polished until it became music,โ Mark Strand wrote in his splendid poem โThe Everyday Enchantment of Music,โ touching on the materiality of that enchantment: Music is matter dancing in the mind. Music has a profound spiritual power over us โ an echo…
Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors called for the end of Israel in a 2015 panel at the Harvard Law School. In an April 2015 panel hosted by the Human Rights Program at Harvard, entitled ‘Globalizing Ferguson: Radicalized Policing and International Resistance,’ Cullors shared her experience visiting the West Bank and Gaza with a delegation…
A North Texas middle school art teacher was put on leave after ordering yearbooks decorated with the slogans ‘Black Lives Matter’ and ‘I can’t breathe.’ย Kayla Mick, who works at Downing Middle School in Flower Mound, Texas, outraged parents with the two stickers, which were one of a number included on every yearbook given to…
Black Lives Matter has condemned Israel’s ‘settler colonialism’ while declaring ‘solidarity with Palestinians’ in a statement on Twitter.ย The BLM movement said it would ‘continue to advocate for Palestinian liberation’ as it equated the conflict in Gaza to anti-police protests in the US.ย ย ย ย The tweet came as thousands of pro-Palestine protesters gathered across the US…
A former cop who formed the first all-female New Orleans Mardi Gras float has been accused of ripping off members to fund her lavish lifestyle. Julie Lea, 47, is being sued by five former members of the ‘Mystic Krewe of Nyx’ for allegedly stealing tens of thousands of dollars from members including, keeping their tips…
Diversity star Ashley Banjo said he is ‘massively proud’ of his group’s Black Lives Matter dance routine after it received a BAFTA nomination this week. Appearing on Saturday night’s The Jonathan Ross Show, the dancer, 32, will touch upon the impressive routine, which took place during Britain’s Got Talent in September. He tells host Jonathan,…
Black Lives Matter Golf Nova Scotia was started as a way to introduce BIPOC youth to a new sport while raising social justice issues and educating youth about the Black Lives Matter movement. โHistorically (golf) has been underrepresented by BIPOC, itโs been historically white,โ said Doug Hill, a committee member with Black Lives Matter Golf…
