US judge awards Black church $US1 million after BLM banner burned by Proud Boys during protest
Washington DC, USAP A judge on Friday awarded more than $US1 million to a Black church in downtown Washington, DC, that sued the far-right Proud Boys for tearing down and burning a Black Lives Matter banner during a 2020 protest. Superior Court Associated Judge Neal A Kravitz also barred the extremist group and its leaders from coming […]
Black Brazilians protest racism, police violence
Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo, BrazilReuters Black Brazilians demonstrated in the country’s two largest cities on Thursday to protest against racism and police violence toward their communities in a local version of the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States, with some accusing the country’s president of genocide. They were also protesting what they called […]
In France’s overseas territories, Napoleon’s legacy has a more troublesome side
Reunion Island, FranceReuters When France commemorates the bicentenary of Napoleon Bonaparte’s death on 5th May, Aurelie Ramassamy will remember a tyrant who reversed the abolition of slavery rather than an emperor often lionised as a hero for his battlefield triumphs. Like most Creoles on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, one of France’s overseas departments, Ramassamy is […]
US Black and Asian Christian leaders discuss role of church in fighting racism
Chicago, USRNS In the summer of 2020, as the death of George Floyd shined a spotlight on racism and violence against Black Americans, the Asian American Christian Collaborative marched for Black lives. Months later, leaders of the Black and Asian American churches involved in that march began to plan a second event uniting their communities […]
UK bill would give police too much power to curb protests, critics warn
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation As British police face criticism over clashes with mourners at a weekend vigil for murdered Londoner Sarah Everard, lawmakers started debating a bill on Monday that opponents said would give police too much power to restrict peaceful protests. Under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, police forces would be able […]
Racial justice: Why a Catholic journalist is urging the church to engage Black Lives Matter
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports on Catholic journalist Olga Marina Segura’s call – contained in her new book – for greater engagement of the US Catholic Church with the Black Lives Matter movement…
Black Lives Matter banner outside University Christian Church in San Diego defaced
RNS A Black Lives Matter banner that hung outside University Christian Church in San Diego was defaced with paint over the weekend. Rev Caleb Lines, senior minister of University Christian Church, said he found out about the vandalism around 6am on Sunday, when a security company sent him photos. It happened just after a number […]
Race in the US: Trump’s legacy shadowed by divisive rhetoric, actions
DAVID CRARY, of Associated Press, reports on how the issue of race has playout during the Trump presidency…
America in crisis: As chaos hits US Capitol, two forms of faith on display
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports on events in the heart of US democracy on Wednesday…
At the funeral of another Black man shot dead by police in the US, Rev Al Sharpton says firing the officer is not enough
Columbus, Ohio, USAP As light snow fell around the Ohio church Tuesday morning, Andre Hill’s family, friends and strangers angry about his death – clad in their Sunday best and Black Lives Matter masks – walked in to honour his life. Inside the church in Columbus, a photo of Hill, 47, surrounded by the faces […]