Alton Sterling
How I Learned to Stop Being Cynical and March for Black Life
I am intimately and daily aware of police power and the public perception of my black skin.
Three police officers are dead after a shooting in Baton Rouge
One suspected is gunman is dead and one sheriff's deputy is in critical condition fighting for his life after an apparent ambush in Louisiana.
Everything we know so far about the shooting of police officers in Baton Rouge
Authorities are still trying to determine what led to the shooting that left three police officers dead and three injured in Louisiana's capital.
Meet the 18-Year-Old Student Behind Black Lives Matter London
We spoke to 18-year-old Marayam Ali about fighting institutional racism in the UK and what it's like getting thrust into the media spotlight.
What We Know About the Alleged Plot to Shoot Baton Rouge Cops
An alleged plot to shoot cops with stolen guns is just the latest incident in a week marked by attacks on law enforcement and aggressive police tactics against protesters.
The Unavoidable Sadness of the Race Beat
As a black writer, going on the internet feels like visiting a virtual graveyard.
Watch live: President Obama speaks at memorial service for slain Dallas cops
Obama and former president George W. Bush are scheduled to speak at a memorial service for the five police officers who were killed last week.
Two people say police detained them for documenting the Alton Sterling shooting
One is a business owner whose surveillance footage captured the incident. The other helped the first cellphone video of Sterling's death go viral.
I’m a White Cop and I Support Black Lives Matter
At this point, I'm emotionally drained from trying to explain how I can be both pro-law enforcement and pro-Black Lives Matter.
A Key Witness Is Suing the Cops Who Killed Alton Sterling
Abdullah Muhlafi says that the cops seized his security footage without a warrant and kept him locked in a police cruiser for hours.
I Am Young and Black and I Don't Want to Die
How can you feel safe when black death is everywhere you look and tools like guns only seem to make you more of a target?
When Cops Can Legally Shoot People
A law professor explains the sometimes tricky rules that govern when a police officer using lethal force is technically justified under the law.