Rihanna attends the 5th annual Diamond Ball at Cipriani on September 12, 2019, in New York City. – NEW YORK – SEP 12, 2019 (Shutterstock) By Hilary Weaver, ELLE On Friday evening, Rihanna posted on Instagram to express her feelings after 46-year-old George Floyd died after a Minneapolis police officer pinned him to the ground […]
Gwen Carr demonstrating at Foley Square in Manhattan in honor of George Floyd on May 29, 2020. Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITY By Clifford Michel, THE CITY Nearly six years and 1,200 miles separate the deaths of George Floyd and Eric Garner, who both died at the hands of police while repeatedly pleading, “I can’t breathe!” […]
Black Lives Matter peaceful protests during COVID-19 pandemic. – Atlanta, Georgia, US, June 1st 2020 (Shutterstock) By Elwyn Lopez, MSN Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms made the announcement during a briefing on the third night of scheduled protests in Atlanta Sunday night. It was around 9:30 p.m. Saturday when Atlanta Police officers were seen on video […]
Fired Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao. Photo Credit: Darnella Frazier/Facebook By Kimmy Yam, NBC News The image of then-Minneapolis police Officer Tou Thao, a Hmong American, standing with his back turned as a white officer knelt on George Floyd’s neck has ignited a discussion about how to approach the topic of anti-blackness in the Asian […]
Protests and looting in New York. Looting and rioting protests New York City over George Floyd death. Police and protesters in Manhattan. Police brutality. – New York City, New York / USA – June 1 2020 (Shutterstock) By Jamilah King, Mother Jones For nearly a week, protesters have taken to the streets in dozens of […]
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams distributes PPE to Bed-Stuy EMS volunteers. – Brooklyn, New York/USA April 25, 2020 (Shutterstock) Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president who’s thinking about running for mayor next year, spent 22 years in the NYPD before going into politics, retiring as a captain in 2006. During that time, he founded an […]
Protesters gathered in downtown Kissimmee to show support for George Floyd. George Floyd died after a confrontation while in police custody. – Kissimmee, Florida – June 2, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Adam K. Raymon, NY Mag Two and a half months before Minneapolis police killed George Floyd in broad daylight, Louisville police killed Breonna Taylor in […]
Black Lives Matter protest on to denounce killing of George Floyd of Minneapolis on White House president Donald Trump – WASHINGTON D.C., USA – MAY 31, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Jonathan Chait, NY Mag Last October, Minneapolis Police Union president Bob Kroll appeared at a Trump rally. Clad in his red “Cops for Trump” T-shirt, Kroll […]
Hundreds took to the streets of Manhattan protesting against police brutality after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. – New York City, New York/USA May 30, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Josefa Velasquez, Greg B. Smith and Yoav Gonen, THE CITY State lawmakers in New York are inching closer to repealing a […]
The census only comes once every 10 years, and the 2020 Census will shape our communities for the next decade. Fill it out now at http://www.my2020census.gov. It is critical that New Yorkers get counted in the census, especially in historically undercounted neighborhoods, as the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting all New Yorkers and having a disproportionate […]