Activists Visited PBA Head Pat Lynch’s Home to Demand Police Accountability
About 100 Black Lives Matter activists from Bayside, Queens and other anti-racist, abolitionist demonstrators visited the home of Patrick…
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2020 America is a Bad Joke, and It Was Told By Ronald Reagan
“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” …
Street Riders NYC: The Roving Black Lives Matter Protest Pedaling Through a Neighborhood Near You
Fifteen thousand bicyclists converged on Gracie Mansion this July, protesting police brutality and racism and calling on Mayor Bill…
Criminal Justice Reformers Have a Package of Bills They Want to See New York State Enact
A new legislative session begins in Albany on Monday. How will lawmakers react to the demands of protesters who have grown bolder in the wake of George Floyd’s death?
Meet New York City’s Newest Neighborhood: Abolition Park
At the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge, City Hall Park lies in a cold-stone land where law and order…
The Family of Jamel Floyd Demands Justice
They hope an independent autopsy will shed light on the 35-year-old’s death after he was pepper-sprayed by corrections officers at the Metropolitan Detention Center.
The City Hall Occupiers in Their Own Words
On June 23, a week before the New York City budget deadline, Black Lives Matter activists began occupying City…
In Budget Vote, City Council Fails to Heed the Demands of Black Lives Matter
Is “Black Lives Matter” going to be the new “thoughts and prayers,” a hollow, meaningless phrase uttered by politicians…
#BlackLivesMatter: By Any Means Necessary
Following the police killing of George Floyd, as the ranks of Black Lives Matter protesters in New York and…
The NYPD Attacked Queer Demonstrators Protesting Police Brutality
The police riot comes at a moment when the department’s budget could be on the chopping block.
