There will never be a time when there is nothing to fix, so I will always have something to write about. I do see Trump leaving office as a closing of a chapter though, and I feel hopeful about the future of this country for the first time in four years.
“Enjoy is not the word,” Damon Davis said to the audience. “Pay attention.”
This is how Davis, the co-director of “Whose Streets?” — a documentary about police brutality — kicked...
Two bills proposing legislation limiting state and local police access to U.S. military equipment were heard at the State House Tuesday.
The bills oppose the U.S. Department of Defense 1033 Program,...
In all the commotion surrounding the 2016 U.S. presidential primaries, another smaller but important U.S. election made news but was lost among the endless commentary on both the Democratic and Republican...
This week, the University of Missouri football team publicly stated via Twitter that it would stop participating in all football-related activity until university president Tim Wolfe resigned.
Early...
Black women and the black LGBT community are still struggling for involvement in civil right movements such as the national Black Lives Matter campaign, said a group of panelists at the “Missing Voices,...
Following nearly a year of conversation between activism groups and state leaders, the Boston Police Department is closer to implementing a pilot program to test the use of body-worn cameras for officers.
"I’ve...
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Hundreds gathered at the intersection of Ruggles Street and Tremont Street Wednesday to support the protests in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Gray, an African-American...
Nearly 200 members of the Boston University community convened at Metcalf Hall in the George Sherman Union Thursday evening for a discussion-based forum on race called BUnited.
With support from the...
A panel of theologians convened Tuesday in Boston University’s School of Theology to reflect on the history of the civil rights movement in Selma, Alabama on its 50th anniversary in conjunction with...
On Wednesday, a grand jury in New York decided not to indict New York City Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the July 17 chokehold death of Eric Garner, a 43-year-old black man.
Garner had been selling...
Umoja, a black student union at Boston University, held a candlelight vigil service Tuesday at Marsh Plaza in remembrance of Michael Brown and other victims of police brutality.
Students and...
