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June 30, 2020

Lili Reinhart apologizes for using topless photo to demand justice for Breonna Taylor's death: 'Truly sorry'

Lili Reinhart is apologizing to fans for posting a “tone deaf” photo on social media.

June 30, 2020

Belgium dismantles statue of former monarch as king expresses 'deepest regrets' for DR Congo colonial abuses

Belgium on Tuesday dismantled the statue of King Leopold II, the former monarch held responsible for the deaths of millions of Africans, as the country’s current king expressed his “deepest regrets” for Belgium’s colonial past.

June 30, 2020

Lauren Holiday recounts moment husband, Pelicans' Jrue Holiday, was placed in handcuffs: 'I was livid'

Former U.S. women’s national soccer star Lauren Holiday revealed in an essay Monday the moment she witnessed her husband, New Orleans Pelicans point guard Jrue Holiday, be the victim of racial injustice. 

June 30, 2020

House Dems turn to 'environmental justice' with massive climate change blueprint

House Democrats on Tuesday released a 547-page blueprint on how to combat climate change, in which they called for “environmental justice” to be put at the heart of environmental and climate change policy in the coming years.

June 30, 2020

Seattle Mayor Durkan asks City Council to investigate, possibly expel socialist councilwoman over protest actions

Seattle’s Democratic mayor is calling for the City Council to investigate a socialist council member over her "contemptuous behavior" during anti-police protests and other alleged abuses of office.

June 30, 2020

Netflix pledges $100 million toward economic initiatives for black communities

Netflix is pledging 2 percent of its cash holdings, initially up to $100 million, to provide economic opportunity for the black community.

June 30, 2020

Stepmom of ex-Atlanta cop Garrett Rolfe 'stunned' by firing after Rayshard Brooks shooting

Melissa Rolfe says she was fired from her job in a "political move" because her stepson is ex-Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe.

June 30, 2020

Seattle CHOP barriers being cleared by city crews, cops at scene

Seattle Department of Transportation crews on Tuesday began removing concrete barriers marking the entrance to the area protesters are calling the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, or CHOP, according to local news reports.

June 30, 2020

Dozens arrested in Louisville after Breonna Taylor protesters block bridge days after fatal tent city shooting

Dozens of people were arrested Monday after protesters in Louisville parked cars on a major bridge, blocking traffic between Kentucky and Indiana for nearly three hours to demand justice for the late Breonna Taylor.

June 30, 2020

Maxine Waters says police 'tradition' has to be 'done away with,' argues violence during protests was 'minor'

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., said on Tuesday that the recent protests againt police brutality and racial injustice are about battling a “tradition” in law enforcement that has to be “done away with,” while also downplaying the violence and looting during some of the protests as “minor in relationship to the numbers who are on the positive side of this and talking about change.”