Stanford researchers released a study on Monday that revealed Oakland police officers speak differently to Black people than they do to White people during traffic stops. The study used body-camera footage and an analysis of 981 traffic stops made by 245 Oakland officer in April 2014. It discovered that officers address Black people less respectfully, using […]
High school senior Ziad Ahmed was completing an application for Stanford University when he was posed with this question: “What matters to you, and why?” His answer? #BlackLivesMatter written 100 times. Ahmed received an acceptance letter from the school on Friday. The next day, Ahmed tweeted this: “I was actually stunned when I opened the update […]
