Black Lives Matter Movement

Lifestyle 2024-03-22T16:12:31Z

Ben & Jerry’s is set to be spun off from Unilever. Here’s how the company’s founding duo built an ice cream empire from an old gas station.

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield started Ben & Jerry's in 1978. Now, the ice cream company is about to face new corporate ownership.

Retail 2023-12-22T12:50:32Z

Community members protest outside the River Street Whole Foods Market store, in support of employees who wear face masks printed with the Black Lives Matter slogan at the store in Cambridge, MA on June 28, 2020.

Whole Foods didn't break the law by punishing workers who wore pins and face masks with BLM slogans, judge rules

The judge said that wearing these items wasn't a protected activity and Whole Foods could therefore discipline staff for violating its uniform policy.

Strategy 2022-02-20T15:24:33Z

Differences shouldn't be prevent learning from each others.

Employees from marginalized groups fear they are excluded from diversity and inclusion conversations. Here are 3 ways for organizations to improve.

"Let underrepresented people represent themselves without dictating how it should be done," said Pearl Kasirye, who writes about diversity issues.

Finance 2021-09-29T15:08:43Z

JPMorgan's multibillion-dollar push for racial equity continues with new $100 million investment in Black and Hispanic banks

Diversity and inclusion consultants and business experts said the firm was blazing a path forward to bring about change.

Entertainment 2021-09-23T14:12:29Z

'Dear White People' has themes that speak to Blackness surviving in white spaces. Sadly, that's drowned out by utterly bizarre musical moments.

The finale of "Dear White People" is a jukebox '90s musical, highlighting the performance of Black people living in America.

Tech 2021-09-03T21:13:10Z

Leaked email from a Silicon Valley investor reportedly shows her blasting Black Lives Matter as 'the true racists' and saying racism isn't a real problem in the US

Veronica Wu, who also is a board member at VF Corp, reportedly called Black Lives Matter "the true racists" in leaked emails.

Politics 2021-07-14T19:22:13Z

Police reform once brought Democratic lawmakers and Black Lives Matter activists together. But now, tension rules.

Black activists have catapulted the issue of police reform into the national discourse. Now they feel Congress isn't listening to them.

Politics 2021-05-15T15:14:39Z

Biden revokes Trump executive order for sculpture garden of 'American Heroes'

Biden also rescinded an order that directed the Department of Justice to prioritize prosecutions for individuals who vandalized federal monuments.

Entertainment 2021-05-06T22:34:57Z

'Million Dollar Listing New York' star Ryan Serhant says the new season addresses COVID, the election, and Black Lives Matter

"It's not just cool haircuts and expensive apartments," Ryan Serhant told Insider about season 9 of "Million Dollar Listing New York."

News 2021-04-26T16:38:14Z

Police convictions aren't equivalent to justice, family members of police brutality victims say. They want reparations to make up for generations of institutionalized racism.

Derek Chauvin's conviction is a step toward justice. But activists argue broader reparations like direct payments to Black Americans are still needed.

Politics 2021-04-25T20:37:11Z

Over half of Trump voters agree with the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict, poll says

In the survey, 51 percent of respondents who backed Trump in 2020 agreed with the guilty verdict compared to 94 percent of voters who backed President Joe Biden.

News 2021-04-24T13:26:28Z

A judge ordered the names of jurors from Derek Chauvin's trial to be sealed so they're protected against 'unwanted publicity or harassment'

The jurors voted to convict former Minnesota officer Derek Chauvin of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.

News 2021-04-21T14:00:00Z

Protesters hold up their fists near a chalk drawing of George Floyd and Daunte Wright at the site where George Floyd was killed, Sunday, April 18, 2021, in Minneapolis.

'We don't have time to grieve': Families of Wright, Floyd, and Castile are channeling trauma into protest

Derek Chauvin was convicted. But Minnesota's been a hub of police violence. Victims' families channel their grief to call for reform.

Politics 2021-04-18T17:59:39Z

Sen. Ted Cruz accused Rep. Maxine Waters of 'actively encouraging riots and violence' after she protested the police killing of Daunte Wright

Waters, a California Democrat, attended a Minnesota rally against police killings. She told demonstrators to remain in place and "demand justice."

News 2021-04-13T16:44:50Z

Family and friends, foreground, of Daunte Wright, 20, mourn Sunday, April 11, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.

Daunte Wright's aunt says she's received hateful emails after launching a GoFundMe page to cover her nephew's funeral costs

Kelly Bryant, the aunt of Daunte Wright, has received emails saying the GoFundMe campaign was "scandalous" and designed to steal money from people.

News 2021-04-12T21:17:56Z

Minnesota police said Daunte Wright's death was the result of an 'accidental discharge.' This happens far more often than you might think.

The officer who shot Daunte Wright meant to deploy her Taser at him, not her gun, police said. Accidental shootings and deaths like these are not new.

News 2021-03-14T17:12:25Z