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In 2003, at the age of 92, revolutionary philosopher and activist Grace Lee Boggs delivered an impassioned speech titled “These are the times to grow … Continue reading
In 1991 Rodney King, a black man, was violently beaten by Los Angeles police officers. The beating was caught on film, and of the four … Continue reading
Social media has been a powerful tool for recent Black Lives Matters protests. People around the country are posting live streams, videos and photos of … Continue reading
By Kristi Wallace These words are only my own. The last time someone called me “nigger” out loud was 1976. It was broad daylight and … Continue reading
On Sunday night, hours after the start of the May 31 Black Lives Matter rally outside the Wayne Morse Federal Courthouse, a group of 20 … Continue reading
On Sunday, May 31, thousands of people gathered in Eugene to protest police brutality in the U.S. People gathered to protest the killing of George … Continue reading
After a Friday night rally morphed into looting and vandalizing, local officials have issued a response and implemented a Saturday night curfew. Eugene Mayor Lucy … Continue reading
The protest started as a reaction to the killing of George Floyd and other acts of police violence against black people that have gone on … Continue reading
The video of George Floyd being killed by a Minneapolis police officer, who knelt on Floyd’s neck while the handcuffed black man lay helpless on … Continue reading
Philando Castile, Alton Sterling. And before them Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown. Tamir Rice and Sandra Bland. Those are among the names we know, whose cases in the last three years came to media attention because a video of their deaths went viral or the protests were loud enough to finally draw the lens of the media. Black Lives Matter. For many, the knee-jerk response to that is, “All Lives Matter.” Continue reading