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Jun 25 2020
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Corporate response to Black Lives Matter: Progress or ploy?
What’s happening: In the month since the police killing of George Floyd, major companies have joined the national conversation on racial injustice. From social media posts to internal emails and promises of diversity initiatives, brands are rushing to prove that they support the antiracism movement.
Big brands have pledged billions of dollars to organizations, such as the NAACP, that
Yahoo! The 360
Jun 17 2020
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Will the Black Lives Matter movement create lasting change?
What’s happening: There’s no question that the wave of protests against police violence and racial injustice across the country has had a tremendous impact. For weeks, the country’s attention has been locked on a nationwide movement at a scale not seen since the 1960s.
Like the protests today, the civil rights movement forced many Americans to confront their attitudes toward race in a
Yahoo! The 360
Apr 08 2023
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Abbott seeks pardon for Army sergeant convicted of murder during Black Lives Matter protest
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said on Saturday that he is seeking a pardon for an Army sergeant who was convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed Black Lives Matter protester. Sgt. Daniel Perry was convicted on Friday for the July 2020 killing of 28-year-old Garrett Foster at a Black Lives Matter protest in Austin, Texas. “I am working as swiftly as Texas law allows regarding the pardon
The Hill
Jul 11 2016
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Rudy Giuliani: Black Lives Matter 'inherently racist'
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani stood by his recent comments Monday that the Black Lives Matter movement is "inherently racist."
CNN (Online News)
Nov 13 2015
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Major donors consider funding Black Lives Matter
Some of the biggest donors on the left plan to meet behind closed doors next week in Washington with leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement and their allies to discuss funding the burgeoning protest movement, POLITICO has learned.
Politico
Sep 12 2015
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Ben Carson: Add ‘all’ to ‘Black Lives Matter’
Retired neurosurgeon and 2016 GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson said Friday that the Black Lives Matter movement should add the word “all” to its name, calling for a broader examination of the factors that have kept the black community in what he called a “very dependent position” for decades.
Mr. Carson, speaking in Missouri after a closed-door roundtable on Ferguson, said he’s “
Washington Times
Jul 26 2015
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Bernie Sanders: 'I'm not dismissive' of 'Black Lives Matter'
Bernie Sanders said Sunday he sees racial injustice as a major problem, just one week after arguing on stage with "Black Lives Matter" protesters at a liberal gathering.
In an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press," the Democratic presidential contender continued to cast the challenges minorities face as primarily economic.
"I'm not dismissive," he said. "I've been involved in the
CNN (Online News)
Nov 13 2015
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Major donors consider funding Black Lives Matter
Activists for the protest movement are meeting in secret with liberal funder club.
Politico
Dec 28 2014
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‘Black Lives Matter' Protest Burns Flag in Hollywood
Demonstrators who joined the “after-party” of the “Millions March” in Los Angeles on Saturday burned a flag in the heart of Hollywood on Saturday evening as a protest against the death of black suspects at the hands of police. The ‘Black Lives Matter’ demonstrators also blocked traffic at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, according to social media tracked by Twitchy
Breitbart News
Mar 05 2021
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Black Lives Matter pressured to hand over millions of dollars
With nearly $100 million raised last year alone, some left-wing activists are asking the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation to give money back to individuals who say they made the movement possible.
In a Tuesday press release, Michael Brown Sr, the father of the 18-year-old shot and killed by a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer in 2014, asked Black Lives Matter, "Where is all
Washington Examiner