WNBA Players Will Spotlight Black Lives Matter and Breonna Taylor on Their Pre-Game Jerseys

Every player from the New York Yankees and the Washington Nationals took a knee on Thursday night (July 23) ahead of Major League Baseball‘s season opener game in Washington, D.C.

Charlize Theron knows the importance of being honest and open with her children. The 44-year-old Oscar winner spoke about talking to her two daughters, Jackson and August, about Black Lives Matter while chatting with Jimmy Fallon on Monday's .«The day I became a parent, I vowed that I would always tell them the truth in a way that they could handle.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the new mural will send a message that «Black lives, in fact, do matter,» reports.«That Black people built New York City, that they've never been compensated for all they did, that all the mistakes, the sins, everything in American history that has afflicted Black people have not been accounted for and must be accounted for -- something he does not understand,» he said last month.

Despite Donald Trump‘s protestations that it’s a “symbol of hate,” a massive Black Lives Matter mural did go up in front of his former residence in New York City. New Yorkers including Mayor Bill de Blasio, wife Chirlane McCray, and Reverend Al Sharpton participated in painting the words in bright yellow on Fifth Avenue on July 9, directly outside the Trump Tower. The mural, once completed, will stretch from 56th to 57th streets on the busy Manhattan block.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorNew York City began work Thursday on a prominent, yellow-lettered “Black Lives Matter” mural on the street in front of Trump Tower.New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, long a critic of Donald Trump’s presidency and the drain of his Manhattan headquarters on city’s resources, has backed the mural as a necessary show of solidarity with the movement. Black Lives Matter demonstrations against police brutality and racial injustice have swept across the U.S.

sleeping. How do you feel threatened when you’re a police officer and they’re sleeping? Come on now.” “We tried peaceful protesting.

Grammy categories will no longer be used by the streaming service in the UK.“Moving forward, we won’t be using the word ‘urban’ in the UK anymore,” Safiya Lambie-Knight, Spotify UK’s head of artist and label partnerships, tells Music Week.

Ringo Starr celebrated his 80th birthday with a livestream featuring some of his famous friends.

sparred with CNN host Don Lemon Monday night over whether the Black Lives Matter movement was going too far with their campaign against police violence.The “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” star was on the show addressing fierce backlash that the actor received over a series of heated tweets amid the protests over the death of George Floyd and other black Americans in police custody.In the much-criticized posts, Crews, 51, pledged to “unite with good people, no matter the race, creed or ideology” and wrote

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThe National Basketball Assn. has reached agreement with its players union on 29 social justice statements that players can optionally have on the back of their jerseys instead of their names.The NBA plans to resume its season and playoffs on July 30 in Orlando, Florida.

PVRIS have delayed the release of their new album ‘Use Me’ to “make room and hold space for” Black Lives Matter.The band were initially due to release the album on May 1, but postponed it to July 10 due to “circumstances beyond [their] control”.Now, the group have confirmed the record will come out on August 28.

Also Read: NFL Cancels 2020 Hall of Fame Game, the Kickoff to Preseason Football, Due to CoronavirusThe NFL declined to comment.The league’s increased focus on social justice comes four years after Colin Kaepernick began taking a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality against minorities.

George Floyd and Breonna Taylor are still ongoing. The call to eradicate the systemic racism plaguing our country is ongoing.

Well that backfired. After Donald Trump called a Black Lives Matter mural planned for outside the Trump Tower a “symbol of hate,” New York City pressed forward with artwork across all five boroughs. The most recent was massive letters on the street outside the Federal Courthouse in lower Manhattan, spelling out the words Black Lives Matter. This is exactly what’s intended for outside Trump’s former home.

Donald Trump isn’t a fan of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio‘s plan to paint a Black Lives Matter tribute on Fifth Avenue. More specifically, right in front of his hotel.

On what would have been Princess Diana’s 59th birthday, Prince Harry has shared a special video message honouring young change-makers who have carried out honourable work in his mother’s name.