‘I Don’t Feel Like I Did Anything Wrong’: Young Black Woman Faces Prison Time and Hate Crime Charge for Defacing ‘Back the Blue’ Sign In Front of Police Officer

A young Utah woman’s heated yet unthreatening response to an officer’s treatment of her and a friend landed her in jail. Nineteen-year-old Lauren Gibson and her friends were driving back to California from a camping trip in Panguitch, Utah, when the group was pulled over and […]

Spike Lee talks about ‘Black people being hunted down’ at Cannes press conference

Lee is the first Black jury president at Cannes, and described it as “the world’s greatest film festival” during Tuesday’s official press conference At the Cannes Film Festival press conference on Tuesday, jury president and esteemed filmmaker Spike Lee spoke on “Black people being hunted […]