The Movement for Black Lives releases a collective policy platform

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...

Lenca organizer Berta Cáceres was killed in her home during the night of 2–3 March. COPINH dates the attack to 2 March. Her opposition to the Agua Zarca project connected Indigenous territorial rights...

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 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...

Delegates at the First Nations National Constitutional Convention issued the Uluru Statement from the Heart. It called for a constitutionally protected First Nations Voice and a Makarrata Commission...

During the Unite the Right mobilization in Charlottesville, a driver attacked a crowd of counterprotesters, killing Heather Heyer and injuring others. The attack demonstrated the violence...