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Aunt Jemima brand to receive new name, logo amid anti-racism protests

PepsiCo Inc will change the name and brand image of its Aunt…

Fourth Black male found dead by hanging in U.S., authorities suspect suicide

For at least the fourth time in less than a month, a…

Almost 2,000 more Black lynchings during U.S. Reconstruction era, report finds

An organization that founded the nation’s first memorial to lynching victims announced…

Trump signs executive order banning most use of police chokeholds

U.S. President Donald Trump, facing criticism that his policies and inflammatory rhetoric…

New York passes police reform package. How do Canadian policies compare?

As anti-racism protests continue across the U.S. and around the world, New…

Letter signed by 50 groups asks Biden to change policing policies or risk losing election

More than four dozen progressive groups have signed a letter to presumptive…

Christopher Columbus statue removed from St. Louis park amid anti-racism protests

A statue of Christopher Columbus that stood in a St. Louis park…

Rayshard Brooks death: Atlanta mayor vows changes in how police use force

Atlanta’s mayor is vowing to change police use-of-force policies and require that…

‘No criminality’ to claim police were ‘poisoned’ at Shake Shack: NYPD

The New York Police Department (NYPD) says it has found “no criminality”…

Man shot as New Mexico protesters try to tear down Spanish conqueror’s statue

A man was shot Monday night as protesters in New Mexico’s largest…

Rayshard Brooks death: Could the police shooting in Atlanta have been prevented?

It started off as routine: a man asleep in his car in…

Trust in Canadian police drops amid George Floyd protests: poll

More Canadians are questioning their trust in the police as protests against…