Race in America

Patrisse Cullors, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter, is stepping down as executive director of the movement’s foundation.

A majority of Americans across racial and ethnic groups believe discrimination has worsened in the last year against Asian Americans, who became the target of attacks after being unfairly blamed for the coronavirus pandemic

In the year since George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer kneeling on his neck, more than 260 bills have been approved in state legislatures to ban potentially deadly law enforcement practices

A family-friendly street festival was also planned at the Minneapolis intersection where Floyd died. The intersection was disrupted by gunfire just hours before the event.

For decades, demonstrators against acts of violence targeting Black Americans have chanted: “No justice, no peace.” Since 2013, protesters in the streets and on social media have shouted that “Black Lives Matter.”

The marker President Joe Biden set to pass a major police reform bill couldn’t have been clearer — he urged lawmakers directly in his address to Congress last month to “get it done next month, by the first anniversary of George Floyd’s death.” But as it became clear that no bill would arrive by Tuesday, White House officials...

Members of George Floyd’s family, and others who lost loved ones to police encounters, joined activists and citizens for a march as part of events marking the one-year anniversary of Floyd’s death

As the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder approaches, some people say the best way to honor him is for Congress to pass a bill in his name that overhauls policing

The White House visit marks the one-year anniversary of Floyd’s death, which triggered international protests against racism and police brutality.

On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, Minn., after former police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for over nine minutes. Here is a timeline of what happened in the year following Floyd’s death.

Ten progressive House Democrats said police reform negotiators should not weaken or remove a provision that seeks to end qualified immunity.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed one of the nation’s most ambitious packages of police accountability legislation, prompted by last year’s outcry for racial justice.

Elected officials in a Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April have approved a proposal to dramatically change the city’s policing practices.