On Monday cameras caught Toya Graham, a Baltimore mother, publicly admonishing her son for participating in the riots surrounding the protests of the death of Freddie Gray. The clip immediately went viral and was picked up by several news outlets.
Tuesday on Bloomberg Politics “With All Due Respect,” hosts Mark Halperin and John Heilemann agreed in light of the many riots resulting from a string of controversies over deaths caused by law enforcement in communities of color, President Barack Obama
After a night of violence, arson, and disappointment on Monday, the city of Baltimore waited in uneasy silence for night to fall on Tuesday.
Baltimore City Councilman Carl Stokes (D) criticized President Obama and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake (D) for referring to rioters in Baltimore as “thugs” saying, “just call them n*ggers” in an interview on Tuesday’s “OutFront” on CNN. When asked if “thugs”
During Tuesday’s broadcast of “Pardon the Interruption” on ESPN, co-host Mike Wilbon shared his thoughts on the Baltimore riots, which have caused the Baltimore Orioles to postpone games and even close their stadium to the public to play their game on Wednesday
Tuesday on “Democracy Now!” activist Jesse Jackson discussed the rioting in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. He said the conditions of poverty caused by “bankers who engaged in subprime and predatory lending and took people’s
During Tuesday’s “His & Hers” on ESPN2, co-hosts Michael Smith and Jemele Hill reacted to the riots in Baltimore, which have caused the Baltimore Orioles to postpone their games. Hill mentioned the New York City’s 1969 Stonewall Riots as an
Monday at a Joint Press Conference at the White House with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, President Barack Obama addressed the riots in Baltimore. The president said, “We have seen too many instances of what appears to be police officers interacting
Monday on MSNBC’s “All In With Chris Hayes,” Michael Eric Dyson said the riots in Baltimore that grew from initially peaceful protests over the death while in police custody of 25-year-old Freddie Gray are a result of the lack of
John Legend appeared on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday for a wide-ranging discussion on America’s criminal justice system.
Several Baltimore police officers sustained injuries after rioters, angry at the death of long-time drug dealer Freddie Gray, hurled bricks and other objects at them Monday afternoon.
Days after a dozen Native American actors walked off the set of Adam Sandler’s upcoming Netflix-only comedy western, The Ridiculous Six, video has emerged of the actors expressing concerns the script is disrespectful and offensive to the film’s producers.
A stringer for the Russian-owned Russia Today news network was frightened to find herself mobbed and then robbed by a crowd of unruly rioters during the growing riots in Baltimore on Saturday evening.
As blacks from Baltimore and other parts of the country riot in response to Freddie Gray’s April 19 death following his arrest on the 12th, The Atlantic reports that blacks increasingly “experience the police not as benevolent defenders of the peace but as an arbitrary menace.”
Video of Saturday’s violent riots in Baltimore, Maryland show an individual shielding a handicapped woman caught in the sights of a mob throwing bottles, trash cans, and other objects at random bar patrons.
Saturday Night Live star Cecily Strong hosted the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday night, cracking jokes at the expense of the 2016 presidential contenders, the Clinton Foundation, attendant members of the mainstream media, and of course, President Obama.
BALTIMORE, Maryland — Racial protests supposed to be peaceful quickly turned into violent riots on Saturday evening, closing down the city of Baltimore for some time—and creating a panic for thousands of people as just 50 miles away elites in Washington partied with President Barack Obama at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
The press tour for the upcoming sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron is grabbing a lot of attention ahead of the film’s North American release, just not the good kind of attention.
Baltimore (AFP) — Protesters smashed police cars and shop windows in downtown Baltimore on Saturday when the biggest demonstration over the death of a young African-American man in police custody turned violent.
Community organizer Cherrell Brown argued, “no black person in America has reason to believe that they are going to be safe in the midst of police officers,” and US policing “is founded on anti-blackness, on slave patrols” on Saturday’s “Melissa
PBS documentary Finding Your Roots, already under internal review over claims it censored information about Ben Affleck’s slave-owning ancestors out of a recent episode, has again come under fire for inaccuracies after Affleck’s mother denied she was ever involved in the 1964 Freedom Summer.
An episode of PBS’ Finding Your Roots regarding the lineage of actor Ben Affleck aired with a major omission last September: one of the star’s ancestors owned slaves.
The Nigerian Senate is contemplating bringing Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini to the International Criminal Court for remarks in which he called immigrants to South Africa “ants” and “head lice,” remarks believed to have triggered a growing wave of xenophobic violence in that country.
Demos President Heather McGhee argued that “as a country, in our culture, have any collective acknowledgement that slavery happened” on Wednesday’s “NOW with Alex Wagner” on MSNBC. McGhee, in reaction to news that Ben Affleck pressured PBS to cut his
Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “The Five,” co-host Juan Williams said the NRA is whipping “white America” into “frenzy and hysteria” by promoting self protection from crime as being a reason not to support gun control. Williams said, “People say
