Activists split as Clinton makes push for black millennials
By ERRIN HAINES WHACK Six months into Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, she met with a group of Black Lives Matter activists in Washington to make her case and seek their…
Michael Brown
1 person shot in Milwaukee protest but no repeat of riots
By TODD RICHMOND One person was shot and wounded during a second night of violent unrest in Milwaukee to protest the fatal shooting of a black man by police, but…
Car hits protester in Ferguson, shots ring out
By JIM SALTER Gunshots rang out but apparently hit no one after a car struck a protester during a peaceful demonstration in Ferguson, Missouri, on the second anniversary of Michael…
History as Clinton ascends to nomination _ hostility too
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY and CALVIN WOODWARD A glass ceiling is shattering at the Democratic National Convention as Hillary Clinton ascends to the presidential nomination with Tuesday’s roll call of the…
Protests of police killings: Dozens of arrests in Louisiana
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and REBECCA SANTANA Officers stared down hundreds protesting against police killings near a ramp leading to an interstate in Louisiana’s capital Sunday night before another squad in…
Black Lives Matter activist arrested at Baton Rouge protest
By REBECCA SANTANA A prominent Black Lives Matter activist was one of several people arrested Saturday night during an often-tense protest in Louisiana that included a contingent of hundreds of…
Cleveland settles lawsuit over Tamir Rice shooting for $6M
By MARK GILLISPIE The city on Monday reached a $6 million settlement in a lawsuit over the death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy shot by a white police…
Ferguson is defiant again in deal with Justice Department
By JIM SALTER and ERIC TUCKER Defiance has often defined Ferguson in the 18 months since a police officer fatally shot Michael Brown and provoked an examination of how poor…