- 1. Lizzo Shared Her Shine with Powerful Activists During Her People's Choice Award Acceptance Speech: Meet All 17 of The
- (Entertainment)
- ... Palmer @tamikalpalmer Mother of Breonna Taylor who was fatally shot by police officers who wrongfully stormed her home in the middle of the night, Tamika continues to speak out against police violence ...
- Created on 08 December 2022
- 2. Inside Job: Rosa Brooks Wanted To Shed Light On Problems In Policing—So She Became A Cop
- (Books)
- ... gassed by police. Ehrenreich passed her rebellious streak down to Brooks, now 51, who grew to ask herself: How do I rebel against a rebel? Decades later, Brooks was working as a tenured law professor ...
- Created on 21 September 2021
- 3. The High Court In India Just Ruled In Favor Of A Lesbian Couple, Issuing A Major Call For Advancing LGBTQ+ Rights In The Country
- (Feminism)
- ... their hometown to escape their parents' disapproval. After their parents filed a "missing person" report, the couple claimed they were subjected to invasive questioning and harassment from the police. Judge ...
- Created on 09 June 2021
- 4. “Gender Equitable” French Cities Are Mapping Out Budgets With a New Lens. Why Isn’t the US?
- (Feminism)
- ... a gender analysis report on its police department to determine the current state of pathways to promotion for women. Its recommendations included establishing support and guidance for female officers, ...
- Created on 08 June 2021
- 5. The Parole Preparation Project helps incarcerated people envision a better tomorrow
- (Living)
- There’s a lot of talk these days about defunding the police. But what’s being done to reform criminal justice in the stages of the incarceration process after arrest and prosecution? One organization ...
- Created on 13 January 2021
- 6. Here's How Georgia's Stacey Abrams Saved America: Exclusive BUST Intervi
- (Feminism)
- ... her upbringing to police brutality, and so much more. Stacey Abrams is not just teaching us how to fight for our right to truth. She’s also teaching us how to trust again. Tell me a little bit about ...
- Created on 05 November 2020
- 7. Canadian Judge Challenges Justice System in Case of Indigenous Women Charged with Drunk Driving
- (Feminism)
- ... P. Siu via Wikimedia Commons More from BUST Virginia Bill Will Finally Ban Sex Between Detainees And Police Despite Claims Of Consent Why Native Activists Are Decolonizing COVID Relief On The Reservation ...
- Created on 06 October 2020
- 8. Virginia Bill Will Finally Ban Sex Between Detainees and Police Despite Claims of Consent
- (Feminism)
- ... still needs to sign the bill for it to become law. Delegate Karrie Delaney said she proposed the bill to close a loophole in the law which currently allows police officers to have sexual relations with ...
- Created on 05 October 2020
- 9. There Is No Such Thing as Justice for Breonna Taylor
- (Feminism)
- ... leaving her to bleed out, and proceeding to call those actions legal, moral, and ethical). Louisville officer Brett Hankison, one of three police officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor, ...
- Created on 24 September 2020
- 10. Stacey Abrams Warns Why Your Future Depends on the Census: BUST Interview
- (Feminism)
- ... even if they send the police to your neighborhood, when it comes down to it, if it’s not written down, it’s not real. And the way we write it down is the census. The other reality is, the people you ...
- Created on 01 September 2020
- 11. Major League Baseball Just Became The Newest Host Of Silent Protest
- (Entertainment)
- ... police brutality. I told them that I wanted to amplify their voices, and I wanted to amplify the voice of the Black community and marginalized communities as well," Kapler said. The following day, a ...
- Created on 22 July 2020
- 12. A Black 15-Year-Old Went to Juvie For Missing Her Homework
- (Living)
- ... after someone called the police when hearing her mother, Charisse, cry “Help me!” and honk her car’s horn. According to the police report, Grace had reached inside the car to try to get Charisse's phone ...
- Created on 14 July 2020
- 13. Less Manipulation, More Representation: Popular TV Shows Pull Episodes with Offensive Caricatures
- (Feminism)
- ... FROM HULU" — Hamish Steele (@hamishsteele) June 28, 2020 everyone: defund the police mayors: yes we’ll rename streets and paint murals everyone: no we said de— celebrities: ok we’ll stop voicing ...
- Created on 29 June 2020
- 14. It's Time to Stop “Stanning” Politician
- (Feminism)
- ... country. Politicians are not celebrities, they are public servants. Recently, some supporters were upset after former presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders expressed his disinterest in abolishing police ...
- Created on 27 June 2020
- 15. Don’t Understand #DefundThePolice? Here Are 8 Online Activists and Resources That Might Help
- (Feminism)
- If you’ve been anywhere near the internet since May 25, which hopefully you have been, you’ve probably heard the demands to defund and abolish the police quite a bit. The fact of the matter is, many ...
- Created on 12 June 2020
- 16. Gov. Cuomo Supports Bill Criminalizing False Reports Based On Race
- (Living)
- Two weeks ago, just before the murder of George Floyd, the video of Amy Cooper, a white woman, calling the police on Black man, Christian Cooper (no relation) in Central Park, went viral. Christian ...
- Created on 09 June 2020
- 17. Meet Ella Jones, The First Black Mayor of Ferguson, Missouri
- (Feminism)
- On Tuesday, June 2, Ella Jones became the first-ever Black Mayor-elect of Ferguson, Missouri. Six years ago, this Missouri city gained national attention when a white police officer killed a Black teenager ...
- Created on 05 June 2020
- 18. 10 Documentaries and Movies About Police Brutality and Racism White People Must Watch
- (Movies)
- ... and donating bail is helpful, but we must also actively educate ourselves on the issues at hand. To start, here are 10 documentaries and movies that can help teach more about racism and police brutality ...
- Created on 03 June 2020
- 19. Why Local Sex Worker Advocates In D.C. Wanted A National Decriminalization Group to Leave Town
- (Feminism)
- ... issue of decriminalization should be the focus, pointing out that Kampia lives in Texas. “I think the real problem here is police officers raping sex workers in custody,” Bailey said. “Rob Kampia is ...
- Created on 10 March 2020
- 20. 4 Key Moments From She the People's Presidential Foru
- (Feminism)
- ... in 2016, adding that she believes our police departments and grand juries “should reflect the communities they serve.” She supports a $15 minimum wage and union-organizing. She talked about the importance ...
- Created on 25 April 2019
