racial justice

Two-time Grammy winner Lecrae is now a second-time New York Times best-selling author. The rapper joins LX News to talk about his new book “I Am Restored: How I Lost My Religion but Found My Faith,” in which he opens up about overcoming trauma and growing stronger in his faith.

As the #MeToo movement marks the third year since it received global recognition, founder Tarana Burke is working to make sure it remains inclusive and reclaims its original intent: A focus on marginalized voices and experiences.

A Black man whose life sentence for stealing hedge clippers in a home burglary drew scathing criticism from the chief justice of Louisiana’s Supreme Court has been granted parole

Kenneth Walker in an interview about the night his girlfriend was shot and killed by Louisville police during a raid at her home said justice for him would be to have “Breonna Taylor sitting right here next to me,” NBC News reports.

A new documentary, “Driving While Black,” digs deep into the racist reality that Black people have faced behind the wheel since the 1930s. Historian Gretchen Sorin, whose book inspired the film, and director Rick Burns joined LX News to discuss the PBS documentary and its call to action.

Actress Lauren E. Banks from Showtime’s “City On A Hill,” joined us to talk about her experience as one of the eighty-seven demonstrators arrested and held for more than 20 hours after a massive protest demanding justice for Breonna Taylor.

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered around the White House Thursday night for what was billed as a “noise demonstration and dance party” to drown out President Donald Trump’s speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination.

A person with knowledge of the situation says another day of the NBA playoffs will be postponed

Former NBA star and TNT analyst Chris Webber delivered an emotional speech Wednesday in support of NBA players who refused to take the court in their playoff games that night. The five-time All Star was scheduled to commentate on one of Wednesday night’s NBA playoff games from the Orlando bubble when all three basketball matchups were postponed in protest...

Former Detroit police chief Isaiah McKinnon joins LX News to break down the shooting of unarmed Jacob Blake in Wisconsin and gives reaction to shooting’s aftermath.

Kentucky’s attorney general has met with the family of Breonna Taylor amid the ongoing investigation into her fatal shooting by police.

Black small business owners — and small business owners of color in general — are particularly pessimistic about their enterprises surviving the coronavirus economy. That likely means continued divergence in small business fortunes along racial and ethnic lines.  Just last week, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a study highlighting the deep toll Covid-19 has had on Black-owned small businesses, with 41% shutting...

A sobering new report finds Black people are being disproportionately harmed by the coronavirus because of structural institutions which existed before the pandemic hit. A report by Howard University School of Law’s Thurgood Marshall Center, Harvard Law scholars and Law 4 Black Lives DC details the disparities in health, policing, economics, mass incarceration and domestic violence. “We are losing our…

The U.S. Navy is investigating a video in which military work dogs attacked a “Colin Kaepernick stand-in” during a demonstration at a Navy Seal Museum fundraiser

Johanna spoke with Dr. Scarlet Constant about how to talk to your kids about racial intolerance and raising your kids in a racially charged society while isolating at home

Stone Mountain is the latest Confederate monument to come under fire as America reexamines its racist past. NBCLX storyteller Chase Cain visits Stone Mountain, Georgia, for a closer look at the controversy.

A non-profit dedicated to creating murals with young people facing adversity in under-served communities is behind a new 7,000 square-foot mural in Annapolis, Md., that is dedicated to Breonna Taylor. Future History Now co-founders Jeff Huntington and Julia Gibb joined LX News to discuss their organization and the project.

New interviews have emerge with the officers involved in the death of Breonna Taylor which have only led to more questions in the case.

Dr. Howard Henderson, director at the Center for Justice Research at Texas Southern University, speaks out on the critical need for police reform and the disconnect between training and implementation on the streets.

It’s not socialism, just smart business. The NBA figured out long ago its best team was only as strong as its weakest. It’s a lesson the United States could stand to learn in the fight to end inequality.