One hundred years have passed since the Tulsa massacre, but little has been done to make amends or improve the lives of Black residents, whose fate can be decided by their zip code.
Up to 300 Black people are estimated to have been killed during the Tulsa massacre, and 100 years later, survivors continue to demand justice.
“What we've seen over the decades with the Capitol Police is that they're the least accountable security force in the country.”
Capitol Police officers are furious at how their bosses handled the Jan. 6 attack and want to see a radical overhaul of the department, not "political theater."
“We are the buffer, so that Congress doesn’t have to deal with the mess that they create in their respective districts.”
Two Black officers told BuzzFeed News that their chief and other upper management left them totally unprepared and were nowhere to be found on the day.
Black Lives Matter activists see a sharp contrast between the treatment they received last summer and what happened at the Capitol.
Biden’s breakthrough victory came despite what voting rights advocates saw as a concerted effort by state Republicans to suppress votes.
Once again Black voters — and particularly Black women — came out to elect a moderate Democrat, because they understand the art of the possible.
Due to the razor-thin margin, BuzzFeed News and other news organizations are holding off on calling the state for the former vice president. There is set to be a recount.
We are, indeed, the virus.
“I don’t like the suburbs. I have found that I’m really not comfortable where there’s a lack of diversity.”
Two Black officers told BuzzFeed News that their chief and other upper management left them totally unprepared and were nowhere to be found on the day.
"It just made us feel like they are valuing the lives of the doctors more than the nurses."
"I am at a loss, upset, hurt and have to speak out.”
"Pulling a prank on essential workers in the middle of a global pandemic. And making essential workers clean up your mess. Despicable."
"I think when we get into this place of believing women, regardless of giving men due process, it actually does more harm to the movement than good," Milano told BuzzFeed News.
"Estou perdido, machucado e preciso me abrir."
Alabama Judge Ben Fuller spent last week being attacked over his plan. He now thinks the uproar that ensued means none of the state’s other judges will consider releasing inmates from crowded jails.
“What we've seen over the decades with the Capitol Police is that they're the least accountable security force in the country.”