New civil rights movement

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 9 In 2009, when Sidney Poitier was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, President Barack Obama noted, "It's been said that Sidney Poitier does not make movies; he makes milestones." And so the Oprah Winfrey-produced, Reginald Hudlin-directed documentary "Sidney" ticks off litanies of both aesthetic and cultural achievements, without ever feeling obligatory. That's certainly due in part to Poitier's remarkable life, which began in 1927, when he was born to Bahamian tomato farmers. His formal education stopped at third grade, and he had no knowledge of electricity, indoor plumbing or the existence of mirrors. The latter revelation occurred only after he moved, at age 15, to Miami, and coincided with the discovery that he looked different from many Americans - a revelation that would shape him, both as a Black man involved in the civil rights movement … [Read more...] about New movies to stream this week: ‘Sidney’ and more

ST. ANN, Mo. - A patrol officer spotted a white minivan with an expired license plate, flipped on his lights and siren, and when the driver failed to stop, gave chase. The driver fled in rush-hour traffic at speeds of up to 90 mph, as other officers joined in the pursuit. Ten miles later, the van slammed into a green Toyota Camry, leaving its 55-year-old driver, Brent Cox, permanently disabled. That 2017 police chase was at the time the latest in a long line of questionable vehicle pursuits by officers of the St. Ann Police Department. Eleven people had been injured in 19 crashes during high-speed pursuits over the two prior years. Social justice activists and reporters were scrutinizing the department, and Cox and others were suing. Undeterred, St. Ann Police Chief Aaron Jimenez stood behind the high-octane pursuits and doubled down on the department's decades-old motto: "St. Ann will chase you until the wheels fall off." Then, an otherwise silent stakeholder stepped in. The … [Read more...] about Insurers force change on police departments long resistant to it

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 6 WILMINGTON, N.C. - Julie McDaniel can't say for sure who started it. It might even have been her. McDaniel was in the front section at a Trump rally earlier this month in Youngstown, Ohio, when the former president started wrapping up his speech by playing an instrumental score embraced by followers of the QAnon online conspiracy theory. She felt moved to raise her right hand and point to the sky - to God, she said. Soon everyone around her was doing it, too. "It was spontaneous, it was like the domino effect," said McDaniel, who also attended Friday's rally here in Wilmington, N.C., coming from her home in the Chicago area. She objected to news coverage that condemned the gesture, with some comparing it to a Nazi salute. "It was an amazing, amazing moment, when you have the unity that everybody is there, and not only in this small group that was on the floor, but … [Read more...] about How a QAnon splinter group became a feature of Trump rallies