Black Lives Matter activist DeRay McKesson to run for Baltimore mayor

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Feb. 4, 2016 Black Lives Matter activist DeRay McKesson has announced that … More

US rabbis speak out against Dominican Republic’s citizenship law

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Jan. 28, 2016 The Dominican Republic’s treatment of people of Haitian descent … More

Chicago mayor creates police task force, fails to hush critics on shooting

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Dec. 1, 2015 Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday announced the creation … More

Mizzou protests show BLM movement continues to grow

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Nov. 11, 2015 Student protests at the University of Missouri demonstrate that … More

Focus on KKK ignores more powerful hate groups

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Nov. 6, 2015 The hacktivist group Anonymous on Thursday released of a list of … More

Parents say violent arrest of South Carolina girl reflects broader bias

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Oct. 27, 2015 Racial tensions have long simmered in the Columbia, South Carolina, … More

After fatal St. Louis shooting, activists slam ‘aggressive’ police tactics

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Aug. 20, 2015 After a night of protests Wednesday sparked by the killing of … More

African-American rights activists endorse boycott of Israel

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Aug. 19, 2015 Young African-Americans facing heavily armed police in the streets … More

Obama urges lawmakers to drop voter ID laws, strengthen protections

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Aug. 6, 2015 President Barack Obama marked the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act on … More

Protesters demand answers in Sandra Bland’s death in Texas jail

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / July 17, 2015 More than 100 people staged a protest Friday outside … More