protests
Protests in LA Demand Justice for 18-Year-Old Andres Guardado
"You don’t want your kids, so young and with their whole lives ahead of them, to have their life unfairly destroyed.”
By Lucy Diavolo
Miss Major’s Message for Young Activists: “Keep on Fighting”
“I didn’t fight all those years ago in Stonewall just to turn around and let it go now.”
By Lucy Diavolo
Teen Activist Toyin Salau Found Dead After Tweeting About Sexual Assault
Toyin was a fixture in Tallahassee Black Lives Matter protests.
By Jameelah Nasheed
What We Know About the Death of Rayshard Brooks
The 27-year-old husband and father was shot in the back by police.
By Jewel Wicker
Thousands Demonstrated for Black Trans Lives in Brooklyn
“We bring that violence into the light and crush it beneath our feet.”
By Lucy Diavolo
Biden’s Police Reform Plan Gets It Exactly Wrong
$300 million more to police departments? No thanks.
By Eli Enis
What to Know About Jail Support During Protests
“It's being there for people, offering them community.”
By Rebecca Nathanson
Meet the Groups Who've Been Fighting to Abolish Minneapolis Police
“Our work now is about ensuring that this conversation goes past reform."
By Mary Retta
Don't Let Them Bad-Mouth Rebellion or Riots
Protest is the clarion voice of the people.
By Jenn M. Jackson
Calls to #SayTheirNames Miss The Point
Black women, specifically, get overlooked in conversations on police violence.
By Precious Fondren
Our Voter Committee: The BLM Protests Must Change Everything
“We must keep this energy alive.”
By Teen Vogue Staff
What to Do If the Police Shoot You With a Rubber Bullet
Here’s how to treat a wound and when to seek urgent medical attention.
By Laura Pitcher
Democrats Wearing Kente Cloth Was a Publicity Stunt, Not Solidarity
It doesn’t prove that Black lives are valued or being heard.
By Jameelah Nasheed
Portland Public Schools Cut Ties With Local Police Department
Let’s hear it for #PoliceFreeSchools.
By Kaylen Ralph
How to Support the Protesters Demanding Justice for George Floyd
These are the bail funds and organizations to know.
By De Elizabeth and Jewel Wicker
The Protests Are Changing How People Think About Police
The national conversation is shifting.
By Lucy Diavolo
We Know Exactly What Causes Riots
A 1968 report commissioned by LBJ explains what's happening right now.
By Jameelah Nasheed
How Law Enforcement May Be Worsening the Spread of COVID-19 at Protests
Using tear gas can help spread the virus, and law enforcement just seized hundreds of masks that could protect people.
By Brittney McNamara
From Trayvon to George, Black Gen Z Is Boiling Over
This is a boiling point and it's spilling over. Get ready!
By Michael-Michelle Pratt