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Louisville Community Leader On Protests: 'People Want To See Something Different'

By Ari Shapiro • 32 minutes ago

Louisville, Ky., has been a center of protests after police shot and killed Breonna Taylor in March. A lot has happened in the city since then.

Atlanta-Based Organization Advocates For Rest As A Form Of Social Justice

By editor • 41 minutes ago

Iran Releases U.S. Navy Veteran After 2-Year-Long Incarceration

By Michele Kelemen • 41 minutes ago

Iran has released Michael White — U.S. Navy veteran who had been held there for two years — in the latest of prisoner releases that continue despite the conflict between the two countries.

The Louisville Community Who Loved David McAtee Has Questions About His Death

By Brakkton Booker, Ari Shapiro & Becky Sullivan • 19 hours ago

David McAtee, owner of Yaya's BBQ, was a beloved fixture in the Russell neighborhood of Louisville, Ky., remembered as a pillar of the community and known to give out his food free of charge, even to local police officers.

His death at the hands of law enforcement has come as a shock to those who knew him.

McAtee, a chef, was killed early Monday morning at his barbecue business when Louisville Metro Police Department officers and National Guard troops responded to reports of a crowd gathered after the city's 9 p.m. curfew near the corner of 26th Street and Broadway.

What The Civil Rights Movement Of The '60s Can Teach Atlanta Protesters Now

By Mary Louise Kelly • Jun 3, 2020

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was behind the pulpit in Atlanta in 1967, the year before he was killed, when he told churchgoers at Ebenezer Baptist Church that sometimes there is an "obligation" to break certain man-made laws.

"It is important to see that there are times when a man-made law is out of harmony with the moral law of the universe, there are times when human law is out of harmony with eternal and divine laws," the civil rights leader said at the time. "And when that happens, you have an obligation to break it."