'Verzuz': Kirk Franklin & Fred Hammond Bring 'Moment of Healing,' New Music Video Announcement

Black Lives Matter movement following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and more (plus President Trump's hastily rescinded decision to hold a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 19), Juneteenth is in the national spotlight like never before.

George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, among too many more, is a fitting reminder of where our community came from and how much further we have to go.«Pride Month came about because we were protesting police brutality,» explains queen Shea Couleé.

Billie Eilish, Rihanna and Ariana Grande are among hundreds of music industry personnel who have signed an open letter calling for New York state to repeal statue 50-A, a civil law that conceals police misconduct records from public scrutiny.

Living Colour's track "This Is The Life" off its 1990 album Time's Up couldn't be more timeless. So the rock band brought back the tune along with a new music video Saturday (June 6) that highlights the protests following George Floyd's unlawful murder.The track offers a glimmer of hope in a seemingly hopeless world infected by racism, praising how one can turn things around for themselves despite the powers that be working against them.

Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish and hundreds in the music industry are calling for police reform in New York.

James Bennet, who was considered a top candidate to succeed Dean Baquet as executive editor of The New York Times, has resigned from his position as editorial page editor amid an intense backlash to a column his section published on Wednesday. The column, written by a conservative Republican U.S.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorNew York City has brought an early end to the 8 p.m. curfew order that was issued last week as the city was grappling with looting and violence that marred the massive but largely peaceful protests sparked by the death of George Floyd.Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the order was lifted as of Sunday, one day earlier than originally planned.

On Sunday (May 31), as protesters took to the streets for another day against police brutality, Kirk Franklin went live on Instagram in his studio with Fred Hammond, Bishop T.D. Jakes, Tamela Mann, and Marvin Sapp to infuse some inspiration into the day.

protests across the country following the death of George Floyd, black artists have dropped meaningful new music, with many sending the profits to a good cause. Kane Brown surprised fans with a track he's been keeping under wraps for months, dropping a soulful country tribute to unity, «Worldwide Beautiful,» Tracee Ellis Ross stepped up to full diva status with soundtrack, and Run the Jewels dropped their fourth album early and for free, following Killer Mike's tearful, impassioned speech to

Kelly Clarkson, Kumail Nanjiani, Kacey Musgraves and a number of other celebrities are outraged after a video surfaced that shows a 75-year-old white male protester in Buffalo, New York, being shoved by police. In the disturbing clip, which was taken by the local radio station, the protester approaches a group of police officers to talk to them, and appears to be holding an officer's helmet. When one officer is heard repeatedly telling his colleagues to «push him back,» another officer shoves

Two Buffalo, New York, police officers were suspended without pay on Thursday after a video showed them shoving a 75-year-old man to the ground, as protests over the police killing of George Floyd continued into their tenth night.

We’ve had more than a week straight of nationwide protests against police brutality in the wake of the death of George Floyd, and they’ve continued unabated despite the many times police have assaulted peaceful protesters on camera, and calls from the White House to have the military get in on that action. And on his show Thursday night, Seth Meyers took aim at those hardliners in the government, as well as their enablers at the New York Times.

As protests around the country surrounding George Floyd's death in police custody continue, protestors are calling on organizations and companies to support the demonstrations in any way they can.

A conversation between Piers Morgan and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani on “Good Morning Britain” Thursday quickly devolved from a discussion about American protests to a mudslinging match.

By Variety Staff