civil rights Juneteenth: "Emancipation is a marker of progress for white Americans, not black ones" David Pescovitz

songs Listen to Beastie Boys keyboardist Money Mark's stunning contribution to NPR's "Morning Edition Song Project" David Pescovitz

#blm Verdict reached in Derek Chauvin's murder trial: guilty on all charges, bail revoked Mark Frauenfelder

black lives matter Alabama university professors placed on leave after wearing a Confederate uniform, posing with whip and noose at campus costume party David Pescovitz

peter gabriel Peter Gabriel performing "Biko" with musicians from around the world Gareth Branwyn

Louisville Louisville Police are actually trying to fire the cops who killed Breonna Taylor Thom Dunn

civil rights Sixty-five years ago today, Rosa Parks refused to go to the back of the bus David Pescovitz

black men Read this powerful essay about mustaches, Blackness, and masculinity. Thom Dunn

yearbooks High school student listed as "Black Guy" in yearbook photo David Pescovitz

drug enforcement administration DEA instructor called Black recruit a monkey and made "monkey noises" at Black trainees Mark Frauenfelder

grand juries A member of the Breonna Taylor Grand Jury has successfully pressured the Kentucky AG into releasing the deliberation tapes Thom Dunn

civil rights Joyous animated video for Nina Simone's "Color Is A Beautiful Thing" David Pescovitz

police killings Breonna Taylor's family demands release of evidence Xeni Jardin

black lives matter Watch: Stevie Wonder's incredible statement on Breonna Taylor, the George Floyd uprising, the election, and the universe David Pescovitz

black lives matter No more 'Uncle Ben's,' now the rice brand is 'Ben's Original' Xeni Jardin

#breonnataylor Louisville cops won't be punished for Breonna Taylor death — Protests break out around U.S. Xeni Jardin

a love supreme Happy birthday to John Coltrane David Pescovitz

Cartoonists Jackie Ormes was the first black woman cartoonist to be published in a newspaper Mark Frauenfelder

#breonnataylor Police 'state of emergency' before Breonna Taylor decision in Louisville Xeni Jardin

breonna taylor Breonna Taylor: Louisville to pay millions to mom and reform police in wrongful-death lawsuit settlement Xeni Jardin