NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Democratic Rep. Karen Bass of California about legislation to install wide-ranging changes for the nation's police departments. She chairs the Congressional Black Caucus.
George Floyd will be laid to rest this week in Houston. Monday is the public viewing, and Tuesday is the private funeral. Floyd died last month in Minneapolis while in police custody.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Josie Johnson reflect on the civil rights movement and the protests following the death of George Floyd. "We're not going to give up. We're not going to stop," Jackson says.
The call to end the curfew comes a day earlier than previously planned. De Blasio noted that most protesters had been peaceful, and admitted that the NYPD had sometimes overstepped its duty.
As part of NPR's special series, "America Reckons with Racial Injustice," listeners from across the country share their personal experience of being Black in America.
NPR's Sarah McCammon talks to retired Maj. Gen. Dana Pittard about President Trump's threats to mobilize the armed forces against protesters and his personal experience with racism in the military.
NPR's Sarah McCammon talks to Buzzfeed's Anne Helen Petersen about how small towns across the country are hosting their own protests against police brutality and racial inequality.
Black America today is facing not just one crisis, but a convergence. African Americans have been hit harder by the virus and job losses. And there's systemic racism and discrimination.