Jakia Marie huddled in her car just before 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday in Louisville, Kentucky. Her phone tuned to a local radio station, Marie listened as state Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced no officers were charged for the death of Breonna Taylor. A 26-year-old emergency medic, Taylor was killed in …
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Gary Clark Jr. shared his thoughts on the nationwide protests and the death of George Floyd in an Instagram post on Tuesday. The Texas guitarist, who recently detailed his experiences of growing up in the South on the title track of his record This Land, spoke for 10 minutes on …
Read More »'Let's Get to Work': Obama Pens Essay About Turning Protests Into Real Change
While President Trump reportedly has “nothing to say” to a nation protesting the death of George Floyd and other black victims of police brutality, former President Barack Obama penned an essay Monday about “how to make this moment a real turning point to bring about real change.” In the essay, …
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