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Joseph Kent is a well-known protestor who was arrested in such a forceful, shady manner on Tuesday night that social media is dubbing it a kidnapping. The shocking thing is that it was all caught on CNN’s cameras. And now, the world wants to know where he is! The 21-year-old Black student at Morgan State University […]

Not everyone in Baltimore is rioting. Some people are helping their neighbors and the cops, but that’s not the story you’re likely to see on the news. President Barack Obama called out the mainstream media for its lopsided coverage of the violence in Baltimore. It’s no great shock that what you are more likely to […]

President Barack Obama has shared his thoughts on the riots that have erupted in Baltimore following the tragic death of Freddie Gray. During a press conference earlier today, President Obama condemned the looting and mayhem that some protestors unleashed upon the city yesterday afternoon. According to The Huffington Post, he noted that we have seen […]

Is there finally good news coming out of Nigeria? It’s being reported that Nigerian troops rescued 200 girls and 93 women Tuesday in the Sambisa Forest, the Nigerian Armed Forces announced on its official Twitter account. It is still unknown whether or not any of the girls were among the initial 200 who were kidnapped […]

There’s an uprising happening in America that’s very similar to the passionate protests of the 1960s when our parents were fighting for us to have many of the rights that we have today. In 1968, legendary writer James Baldwin did an interview with Esquire in the aftermath of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s untimely death. […]

We wish this wasn’t a daily occurrence, but at this rate, it seems police officers are killing Black men for sport. The victim this time was 20-year-old Black Detroit man, Terrance Kellom (who’s name has also been reported as Terrance Kellum). He was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) federal officer who was […]

Our hearts are heavy for what’s happening in Baltimore. A passionate city is in unrest because they’re hurt and they need answers after Freddie Gray’s voice box was crushed and his spine snapped like a twig, while he was in custody of the Baltimore police. On Monday evening, local news caught footage of a mother […]

Hours after she was sworn in as the first African-American woman to hold the office of Attorney General, Loretta Lynch released a statement about the…

One prisoner has gone to one of the world’s biggest publications to share his views that more correctional facilities should give inmates a chance to learn. John J. Lennon is currently in lockup at Attica Correctional Facility in New York and he’s part of a small educational program that has changed the way he sees […]

The city of Baltimore closed several downtown schools, public transportation and businesses early on Monday, April 27 in fears of protesting violence erupting as many residents are still hurt and searching for answers after the violent arrest of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old man who suffered a spinal cord injury earlier this month, allegedly at the hands […]

That “Selma” reign just won’t let up! In celebration of the DVD release of Ava DuVernay’s inspirational and Academy Award-winning epic film “Selma,” Paramount Home Media Distribution announced today that every high school in the U.S., both public and private, will receive a copy of the DVD free of charge! In addition, teachers can receive […]

Loretta Lynch was sworn in Monday morning by Vice President Joe Biden as the 83rd U.S. attorney general during a moving ceremony at the U.S.…