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On March 26, three Missouri police agencies agreed to lessen their use of tear gas after lawsuits alleged that the chemical was used excessively during the Ferguson protests back in November. Better now that never. MUST READ: Serving Justice: Ferguson’s Police Chief, Thomas Jackson Finally Resigns The three suits were ultimately dismissed by U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson but according […]
Last week, the unfair arrest of University of Virginia junior (and honor) student Martese Johnson ignited protests across his campus. After he was denied entry into local hangout Trinity Bar (over accusations of a fake ID), he was accosted by three Alcoholic Beverage Control agents who went on to beat Johnson to a bloody and bruised pulp, and […]
Although social media has significantly quieted down on this issue in recent months, #bringbackourgirls is still an extremely urgent topic that warrants our unwavering attention.
About 20 prominent Black women (Dr. Barbara Williams-Skinner, Attorney Barbara Arnwine, President of the Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights, Melanie Campbell, President of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Sheila Tyson, a City Councilwoman from Birmingham, Ala., and Marcia Dyson, CEO of the Women’s Global Initiative) arrived at the U.S. Capitol office suites of […]
One of the best albums ever, The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, is part of the Library of Congress’ class of 2014 albums and songs that were regarded as “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.” As the first hip-hop album to win the Grammy award for Album of the Year, Lauryn Hill’s album is having its seventeenth anniversary […]
The lemonade business has an adorable new entrepreneur who’s only ten-years-old! As the founder of her own BeeSweet Lemonade line, Mikaila Ulmer on confidently represented her brand on the TV series Shark Tank on March 20 (where aspiring businesses go to compete for coveted investments). Ulmer impressed the judges so much that she got Daymond John, clothing brand […]
Remember that Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at the University of Oklahoma that got caught singing a racist chant on video? Well, one of the SAE “brothers,” Levi Pettit, has since apologized, claiming he would spend his life fighting racism. What and what? Pettit’s family has also issued an apology and even called their son’s behavior, […]
Yesterday morning, in the complex of the Dr. Martin Luther King apartments and townhouses in east Detroit, MI, sheriffs discovered that 35-year-old mother of four, Mitchelle Blair had two of her children (Stoni and Stephen) and frozen and “stuffed inside [the] freezer” of her refrigerator, which was near the front door. Blair was found at a […]
Devon Still and adorable four-year-old daughter Leah Still just got the best news ever–she’s officially in remission! Devon’s only daughter was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma. It was only two short months ago that the former Cincinnati Bengals player shared the terrible news that Leah’s cancer was still infecting her body. Devon remembers that devastating day, […]
Three Michigan cops are claiming that they were defending themselves after video of them brutally beating a Black man was released. Footage obtained by WDIV shows three officer pummeling 57-year-old Floyd Dent during a traffic stop gone wrong. Dashcam video shows that Floyd was driving at a consistent speed until he stopped for police, but […]
No shame pastor Creflo Dollar has ended his ridiculous crowdfunding campaign that was requesting a private $64 million Gulfstream G650 airplane “for his ministry” (as he claimed). But right as the fundraiser was closing up shop, gospel icon Kirk Franklin let Dollar have it in a new open letter calling out Creflo’s character and lack […]
After returning from a refreshing and awesome spring break vacation, a Black female student at Texas A&M Corpus Christi University was greeted by racial slurs and a drawing of a person being hanged inside of her off campus apartment bedroom. [Edited for clarity. We formerly reported this happened in the victim’s dorm room.] Some of […]
