Black Lives Matter protesters demand LA mayor be excluded from Biden Cabinet: reports

Joe Biden plans to nominate Pete Buttigieg as his Secretary of Transportation, selecting a former rival to lead the department.

direct to your inboxThe Vicar of Dibley viewers have reacted after Dawn French took the knee in a Black Lives Matter sermon. Dawn French has reprised her role as vicar Geraldine Granger for three 10 minute lockdown specials on the BBC tackling issues the country has faced this year.

That didn’t take long.   Now that Black Lives Matter activists have served out their useful purpose for Democrats – energizing Black and White liberals voters to turn out for Joe Biden – they have apparently been dumped by the president-elect.  Patrisse Cullors, a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, sent Joe Biden and Kamala Harris a letter shortly after the election, requesting a meeting. She argued, “Without the resounding support of Black people, we would be saddled with a very

INDIANAPOLIS -- Neither woman could bring themselves to watch the video of George Floyd’s final moments, his neck pinned under a Minneapolis police officer’s knee.But as their city grieved, Leesa Kelly and Kenda Zellner-Smith found much-needed comfort in the messages of anguish and hope that appeared on boarded-up windows as residents turned miles of plywood into canvases.

Rep.-elect Burgess Owens, a former Super Bowl champ who went broke after the NFL, comes to Congress with a nine-word message to inspire others: "If I can do it, you can do it." Owens, 69, flipped Utah's 4th Congressional District for Republicans in one of the most competitive 2020 House races. He's joining an incredibly diverse team of incoming freshmen that he compared to Super Bowl all-stars.

Black Lives Matter accused President-elect Joe Biden of ignoring their request for a meeting and disregarding the Black voters that helped secure his White House victory. Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris haven't responded to their request for a post-election conversation and even excluded BLM from a recent meeting with civil rights groups, according to the group.

Naomi Osaka is the second of Vogue’s four stunning January 2021 cover stars.

“The worst is not behind us,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Thursday. “The worst is right in front of us.”

Black Lives Matter seemed to knock President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday after it was revealed that he didn't include them in a meeting where multiple civil rights groups laid out their recommendations for his Justice Department. "Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Rep.

Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza hit back after President Obama criticized the “defund the police” movement as a “snappy” slogan.  “What I want to hear from former President Barack Obama if he’s going to use his vast platform for these conversations, what I want to hear from President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, is: what are you going to do?” Garza asked in an interview for Politico’s Women Rule Capstone event.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will serve as co-chair for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next month.  Biden’s transition team announced Whitmer’s name on Monday alongside House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., Reps.

Andy Cohen is incredibly proud of how Porsha Williams is using her platform! The 39-year-old reality star showed footage of herself getting arrested during a protest in Kentucky in honour of Breonna Taylor on Sunday’s episode of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” premiere.

The Los Angeles Police Department received criticism from Democratic lawmakers and the Black Lives Matter group, who argued that officers who used batons against a crowd outside Mayor Eric Garcetti’s home used excessive force and infringed on protesters' First Amendment rights. Several videos posted to social media showed officers in riot helmets Sunday morning using batons in a skirmish outside Getty House, the official residence of the mayor of Los Angeles located in Windsor Square.

Andy Cohen is incredibly proud of how Porsha Williams is using her platform! The 39-year-old reality star showed footage of herself getting arrested during a protest in Kentucky in honor of Breonna Taylor on Sunday's episode of  premiere. «I don't ever remember being as proud of a Real Housewife as I was watching you in tonight's episode,» Cohen gushed to Porsha on Sunday's. «I was moved to tears.

Porsha Williams came into her own as an activist. When the call for racial justice surged this spring after the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of law enforcement, the granddaughter of civil rights icon Hosea Williams sprung into action.