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Q&A: Two Young Appalachian Activists on the 2020 BLM Movement and What’s Happened in Their Community Since
During Black Lives Matter rallies that swept Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, last summer, Madison Mellinger and LeShan Wilkinson, both 20,…
Q&A: A Black Journalist Turned Community Organizer Shares the Lessons They’ve Learned on How to Make Our Coverage of Race Equitable, Not Extractive
Over the past few months, we’ve been presenting local and regional journalists with tips on how to cover…
Listen: Us & Them Podcast Feature 100 Days Reporting on BLM
2020 presented new levels of outrage over police killings of Black and Brown people in this nation. Police…
New Tennessee Law Surfaces The South’s Racist Beginnings Of Felon Voter Disenfranchisement
In June, large crowds of Black Lives Matter protesters occupied the plaza in front of Tennessee’s State Capitol,…
Photos: On the Ground with the Militia Groups Who Marched in Louisville This Weekend
On Saturday, two gun-toting political groups planned to square off in downtown Louisville. NFAC, which stands for the…
Black Lives Matter Protests Rarely End in Violence – Especially in Appalachia
The plan, according to a Facebook post, was to meet in the East Preston School parking lot at…