California
For years, activists have been questioning what Black Lives Matter does with the donations it gets. Those questions have turned to accusations.
April 14, 2021
Her work with Black Lives Matter reignited the struggle for Black liberation, but it also made her a target for threats and abuse.
Jan. 13, 2022
Though mired in controversy, Patrisse Cullors’ stepping down is just the evolution of a grass-roots organization that’s no longer quite as grass-roots.
May 28, 2021
Claremont McKenna College has suspended three students for a year and two others for a semester for blocking access to a campus event to protest a speaker known for defending police against Black Lives Matter activists.
July 22, 2017
Administrators expressed disappointment and threatened discipline in the wake of a demonstration that disrupted a planned public event last week featuring conservative commentator and author Heather MacDonald at Claremont McKenna College.
April 9, 2017
The group, known as Defend East County, had 22,000 members who frequently talked about inflicting violence on protesters, shared memes and videos celebrating right-wing violence and discussed the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory.
Oct. 31, 2020
Opinion
Black Lives Matter has long modeled what it would look like for Angelenos to live the values we purport to hold. It’s time for L.A. to finally step up.
June 18, 2020
World & Nation
When activists with the group Black Lives Matter disrupted a community meeting with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti in South L.A. on Monday night, it was a reminder that the movement for racial equality that emerged across the nation last year has not died down.
Oct. 20, 2015
Business
Starbucks is creating its own Black Lives Matter shirt for employees to wear if they choose. The move comes after the coffee chain reportedly banned employees from wearing Black Lives Matter gear.
June 12, 2020
Black Lives Matter, which two years ago grew out of street protests and a social-media hashtag, has quietly established a legal partnership with a California charity in a sign of the movement’s growth and expanding ambition, the Associated Press has learned.
Sept. 6, 2016