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Nation contributor Sasha Abramsky thinks the wheels might be coming off, and discusses his articles “Where Does America Go From Here” and “Trump is Framing US Residents as Enemies to…
Professor and hip hop historian Davey D analyzes why some protesters get called heroes and some get shot with tear gas and rubber bullets. Producer: Ericka Blount Danois Director/Video Editor:…
‘Outside agitators’ aren’t the cause of last week’s protests, but they are one of the forces that threaten to derail movements. Director: Taylor Hebden Video Editor: Sebastian Pituscan Subscribe to…
The George Floyd uprisings revealed the inadequacies of both Biden and Trump, argues professor Gerald Horne. Director/Video Editor: Taylor Hebden Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate.…
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced the charges after an independent investigation determined officers at the scene were culpable for Floyd’s death. Please join journalists Taya Graham and Stephen Janis…
Police across the US have met protesters with violence, tear gas, and rubber bullets. We speak with Otto the Watchdog, injured by police in Denver, and Tawanda Jones, who has…
The city roils after the death of George Floyd as police confronted protesters and the mayor urged prosecutors to charge the officers involved. Please join journalists Taya Graham and Stephen…
The death of Anton Black in 2018 was caught on camera but did not lead to charges against the police involved. We spoke with his family about how they say…
Black Lives Matter activists are demanding Baltimore cut half its police budget to fund schools and violence prevention programs. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. **…
Justice for George Floyd means prosecuting the officers responsible for his death and ending American apartheid, argues Dr. Lawrence Brown. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate.…
Protesters blocked streets and highways to demand politicians end police brutality and economic violence amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer:…
An independent autopsy released by Floyd’s family raises serious questions about the previous findings, which implied underlying health issues were responsible for his death. Forensic pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht says…
Eddie Conway talks with Jacqueline Luqman about the myths surrounding peaceful protests, uprisings, economic oppression and capitalism, valuing property over people, and the country’s founding on violence. Subscribe to our…
Professor Lester Spence argues America is facing two pandemics: COVID-19 and political policing. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended…
Baltimore’s leading mayoral candidates are embracing calls for change, but their proposals risk worsening mass incarceration and inequality. Director/Video Editor: Bababtunde Ogunfolaju Visual Producer: Andrew Corkery Chase Producer: Genevieve Montinar…
Minneapolis organizer Tony Williams speaks about the ongoing uprisings and how groups can work towards the strategic dismantling of the police. Director: Taylor Hebden Subscribe to our page and support…
Trump’s rhetoric and actions aren’t the only threat to democracyâ —state legislatures are also pushing for limits on the right to protest. Director/Video Editor: Will Arenas Subscribe to our page…
There’s reason to be skeptical of the NYPD’s claim it disbanded its notorious plainclothes units, says Brandon Soderberg, author of the upcoming book I Got A Monster: The Rise and…
Former political prisoner Arthur League talks about the ILWU shutdown and the campaign to free Black political prisoners, some of whom have been imprisoned for over 50 years. Producer: Ericka…
Historically, Black women like Fannie Lou Hamer, Atatiana Jefferson, Breonna Taylor, Korryn Gaines, and Eleanor Bumpers, who were killed or brutalized by police officers, receive less community outrage and media…
The way white moms in Portland are being treated has long been the norm for BIPOC people. Director: Taylor Hebden Video Editor: Sebastian Pituscan Subscribe to our page and support…
Poor People’s Campaign Co-Chairs Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Rev. Dr. William Barber II want to seize this moment with a broad-based, multi-racial movement to change an ‘impoverished democracy.’ Producer:…
Founded in 1999, the coalition paused its work in 2006. The relaunch aims to bring environmental racism and enforcement of environmental regulation back into focus. Producer: Steve Horn Ericka Blount…
Derek Chauvin’s defense used every tool at its disposal to keep him from being held accountable for killing George Floyd last May, including David Fowler, former chief medical examiner for…
After spending nearly half a century in prison, leftist revolutionaries and political prisoners David Gilbert and Russell Maroon Shoatz (who also spent 22 years in solitary confinement) were released earlier…
From the social upheaval embodied in Donald Trump’s presidency and the 2020 uprisings for racial justice to rampant corporate plunder and increasingly widespread labor unrest, the conditions for an organized…