Though their stories encourage gawking, at least one throughline sticks after reading Sisters — the ugly deal these women have made with a movement that is ultimately ambivalent toward them.
Demonstrations continued in Portland, Ore., Saturday night over police brutality and racism. State and local officials criticized Trump's use of federal agents to try to quell the protests.
In wake of George Floyd's killing and the Black Lives Matter protests, conversations about race in America have a new urgency. Here's how Black parents are having 'the talk' with their children today.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper did not actually ban the Confederate flag's display. He simply listed the flags that could be shown by the military, and the controversial banner was not on his list.
Andrea Ritchie, attorney and author, discusses how Black women's experiences with police violence are different from those of Black men and how they've been erased in the movement for racial justice.
Officials in Bristol say the artist didn't have approval to erect the work on the plinth where the Edward Colston statue used to stand. The mayor says the search for a replacement will not be rushed.
"The blood capital that we have banked to spend today to fight for significant change came ... not from our allies but from Black men, women and children who died," said Councilman Keith Young.
The concerns range from condescending attitudes toward people of color to inequities of pay between international and local workers. The aid group's leaders have pledged to address the issues.
Shannon LaNier is the sixth great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. He talks to NPR about the founding father's complicated history, and how that should be reflected in his memorial.
Raphael Bostic, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta says his organization is committed to reducing racial economic inequities, which he says, is crucial to a stable economy.
Esper calls the actions "a necessary first step" but says he has "no illusions" that these initial changes will fully address the concerns he has heard from many service members.
The actor and comedian was fired from his long-running show Wild 'N Out for anti-Semitic comments he made on his podcast. He is demanding full ownership of the brand he helped create.
The body camera footage from former officers J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane show George Floyd pleading with them not to put him in the back of a squad car.
Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci — attorneys representing the family of George Floyd, who was killed by police on Memorial Day — laid out the lawsuit at a news conference in Minneapolis.
Edward Colston's statue had stood in Bristol for 125 years before protesters toppled it in June. Now, a very different figure has taken its place — but it won't last long without the city's approval.
