Black Lives Matter

The music industry is a "boys' club" where discrimination and sexual harassment remain prevalent, according to an investigation recent parliamentary report in the U.K. What Happened: Female artists face persisting gender disparities and challenges, Variety reports, citing an...

A new court document revealed that the FBI misused a powerful digital surveillance tool more than 278,000 times. What Happened: The federal agency used a controversial foreign surveillance authority against crime victims, Jan. 6 riot suspects, and Black Lives Matter protesters and, in one case,...

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man whose neck Chauvin kneeled on for more than nine minutes during an arrest last May despite Floyd...

By Weedmaps' Maureen Meehan, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. Dozens of cannabis shops across the country have suffered a one-two punch. First COVID-19 forced many to close down and then came the damage from what most owners have cited as people taking advantage of the recent protests...

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) on Thursday faced boycott calls across social media after a report said the company banned retail employees from wearing anything related to "Black Lives Matter." Merchandise Can ‘Incite Violence,' Starbucks Says The coffee chain giant...

By WeedMaps, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. “In order to stand with us, and people who look like me, you have to be educated on issues that pertain to me, fully educated so you can feel the full level of pain so that you can have full understanding,” said Emmanuel Acho. The...

Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) and Square Inc. (NYSE: SQ), announced that both companies would honor Juneteenth as a holiday each year, a day on which many African-Americans celebrate their emancipation. What Happened Dorsey tweeted that the company is identifying dates that can be...

SoftBank Group Corporation (OTC: SFTBY) will set up a $100 million fund that will provide opportunities to Afro-American and Latin entrepreneurs.  What Happened The CEO of the Japanese conglomerate Masayoshi Son said tweeted on Wednesday in Japanese using the hashtag Black Lives Matter....

Social medial platform TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, was accused of censoring black users after posts with hashtags such as #BlackLivesMatter and #GeorgeFloyd were labeled as having zero views by the app. What Happened Explaining a technical “glitch," TikTok’...

Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) changed its profile pictures to express solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement as protests raged across the United States over the death of George Floyd, an African-American man who died after a policeman restrained him with a knee on the neck. What...

Ah, a blast of Smirnoff Vodka. It’s on the house. The joke, that is. It’s on the White House. In a rare shot of political satire by Madison Avenue, the makers of Smirnoff are mocking President Donald Trump’s alleged ties to Russian interests who purportedly hacked the American...

A PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) commercial featuring Kendall Jenner quelling a police protest by giving a cop some pop has exploded like a furiously shaken can. The 30-second spot shows the reality television star, part of the Kardashian clan, sauntering from a fashion shoot to a protest monitored by...