Black lives matter

Former pro-Palestinian activist from Stanford explains why she left the movement

Thomas said that October 7 marked a turning point, not immediately because of what she saw in the media, but because of what she did not see.

Stanford student Taryn Thomas said she initially joined pro-Palestinian activism with good intentions.
 A boy holds a Palestinian flag at a demonstration in support of Palestinians in Gaza, during a temporary truce between Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Israel, in Frankfurt, Germany, November 25, 2023

Florida congressional candidate seeks ban for flags promoting Palestine, BLM, and Gay Pride

 US Vice President Kamala Harris meets with President Isaac Herzog in her ceremonial offices at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, US, July 19, 2023

BLM founder: Right-wing pro-Israel activists will cast Harris as antisemitic

 A pro-Palestinian demonstrator holds a sign, as they take part in a protest against US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Turkey, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Istanbul, November 4, 2023.

Modern antisemitism: The monster of Jew-hatred just will not die - opinion


Man told to leave Toronto basketball game for wearing ‘free our hostages’ shirt

On Thursday's Raptors match in Toronto, a spectator was asked to leave for wearing a sweatshirt saying: "free our hostages"

 Feb 10, 2024; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; The Toronto Raptors starting lineup is introduced prior to the start of game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Scotiabank Arena

On Martin Luther King Jr day: What is the response to antisemitism? - opinion

The challenge remains as to whether Black activists today will emulate Dr. King in unequivocally denouncing the rise of antisemitism in America and calling it out within their community. 

 PEOPLE GATHER at the crypt of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King in Atlanta, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 2022. ‘I can state unequivocally that Dr. King would never have used the word ‘context’ in combating antisemitism,’ maintains the writer.

George Floyd's convicted killer Derek Chauvin stabbed in US prison

Chauvin is serving a 21-year federal sentence for violating Floyd's civil rights, as well as a concurrent 22-1/2 years for murder on his conviction in Minnesota state court.

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin poses for an undated booking photograph taken after he was transferred from a county jail to a Minnesota Department of Corrections state facility.

We need to learn the right lessons from Black Lives Matter - opinion

Black Lives Matter morphed from an idea with great appeal to a dangerous enemy in the popular mind, an organization that wanted to defund the police. 

People participate in a meditation walk in support of Black Lives Matter organized by the Portland Buddhist Peace Fellowship near the Justice Center in Portland, Oregon, U.S., September 1, 2020.

Six Mississippi officers plead guilty to torturing two black men

Both Black men were repeatedly shocked with Tasers, called racial slurs, made to strip naked, and sexually abused with a pistol and a dildo, prosecutors said.

 South Carolina police car.

New Innovative Program: 'United We Stand'

Unites Black and Jewish Students in the Fight Against Hatred.

 “United We Stand” Unites Black and Jewish Students in the Fight Against Hatred

Texas governor seeks pardon of man convicted of murder in Black Lives Matter shooting

Abbott, in a post on Twitter, said he will pardon Daniel Perry, 37, as soon as a request from the parole board "hits my desk."

Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks at the annual National Rifle Association (NRA) convention in Dallas, Texas, May 4, 2018

Memphis disbands police unit in fatal beating; more protests expected

The 5 officers involved in the killing of Tyre Nichols have been charged.

Protesters share a moment with Caesar McCool, a therapy llama nicknamed the "No Drama Llama" while at the site of ongoing protests against police violence and racial inequality, in Portland, Oregon, U.S., August 6, 2020. Picture taken August 6, 2020.

Cousin of BLM co-founder killed with taser by LA police forces

Keenan Anderson was a 10th-grade English teacher and a father of a six-year-old son.

Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers in a car (illustrative).

The Jewish Council for Public Affairs distances itself from federations

The decision, announced Monday in a press release and a two-page brochure that will go out to Jewish organizations, will free the JCPA to pursue liberal agenda items favored by American Jews.

A kippah-clad man holds a sign reading "Jews for Black Lives" at the weekly Black Lives Matter "Jackie Lacey Must Go!" protest in front of the Hall of Justice in Los Angeles, Sept. 9, 2020.