Tom Morello has teamed up with Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds, the Bloody Beetroots, and artist/activist Shea Diamond for a new protest song, “Stand Up,” inspired by ongoing protests for racial justice across the nation. The explosive, Nineties-esque rap-rock track features Reynolds and Diamond outlining the racial injustices in the U.S. …
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Oprah Winfrey will lead a conversation with black thought leaders, activists and artists next week called OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?, Variety reports. The two-night special will air on the host’s OWN channel on June 9th and 10th at 9 p.m. ET and will also be simulcast …
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A hashtag suggesting that authorities are planting bricks to bait protesters into committing violence is going viral on social media. One image often shared with the hashtag shows a stack of bricks with a smiley face superimposed on top of it, with the message “Well howdy! I’m just a mysterious …
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As protests continued around the U.S. following the death of George Floyd, Peter Gabriel wrote Monday in a moving Twitter statement that he was “horrified” by the “racist murder.” “This type of brutality needs to be confronted directly, with justice clearly seen to be done whenever & wherever it occurs,” …
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Both Fox News and CNN felt some of the protesters’ frustration as they gathered and marched across the country for a fourth straight night over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Late Friday night, Fox News reporter Leland Vittert was taunted with “Fuck Fox News” chants near the White …
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