Berta Cáceres is assassinated after defending Lenca territory

A white supremacist gunman killed nine Black worshippers at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. The attack targeted a historic Black religious institution and intensified demands...

Bree Newsome climbed the flagpole on South Carolina's State House grounds and removed the Confederate flag. The action followed the Charleston church massacre and was organized with fellow...

Following legislative action and mounting public pressure, South Carolina removed the Confederate battle flag from its State House grounds. The official removal followed activist challenges, including...

Black women gathered in Brasília for the Marcha das Mulheres Negras against racism and violence and for bem viver. Their mobilization connected racial justice with gender, bodily safety and collective...

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its final report on the residential-school system. The Canadian Human Rights Commission honoured survivors and urged implementation of the Calls to...

A horse ride and caravan marked the opening of Sacred Stone Camp on land offered by LaDonna Brave Bull Allard. The camp became a centre of Indigenous resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline. Water...

The Movement for Black Lives released A Vision for Black Lives, developed by a coalition of Black-led organizations. Its agenda extended beyond police misconduct to economic justice, reparations and...

The Army announced that it would not grant the easement needed for the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline crossing at Lake Oahe at that time. The decision followed sustained water-protector mobilization....

President Donald Trump signed an order suspending entry for nationals of seven predominantly Muslim countries and restricting refugee admission. Opponents challenged the measure as discriminatory...

A federal judge granted emergency protection against removal for people stranded under the new entry restrictions after a challenge in Darweesh v. Trump. Legal organizations acted on behalf of...