Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade, and LeBron James spoke out about racial profiling and police violence.
Plus, Erykah Badu to raise money to help alleviate the rape kit backlog in Detroit and Starbucks customers are insisting Black Lives Matter will be heard loud and clear.
Corey Menafee was arrested and promptly fired after he destroyed a glass panel that depicted slaves picking cotton, which was located in the campus dining hall.
Almost a week after the tragic events that took place in Dallas and claimed the lives of five police officers, a memorial service was held today to formally lay them rest. The president attended and gave a moving speech about the fallen officers, as well as the state of violence and guns in the country.
In the late hours of Saturday evening, activist DeRay McKesson was arrested while protesting in Baton Rouge.
The decisions behind what we see, who we see, and how we see it, is largely shaped by those who present it to the masses. In the age of struggle, the fight for freedom, the way the narrative plays can pander for or against the oppressed. This struggle is always constant; however, where the media chooses to cast light and shadows, is imperative, influential, and effective.
Chaos and tension continued into the early hours of this morning with five police officers killed and seven injured in Dallas, Texas. Five cops were killed by snipers during a peaceful protest in Dallas overnight.
The news of Alton Sterling’s death at the hands of police officers continues to rock the country with sadness, anger, frustration, and outrage. However, actress Issa Rae proves that some good can come out of horrible situations, as The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl star has raised an enormous amount of money for Sterling’s family.
Lavish Reynolds never imagined her Wednesday evening would end with the shooting death of her boyfriend Philando Castile, 32. But what happened to Castile in a Minnesota suburb right outside of St. Paul, just 48 hours after the shooting death of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is becoming all too familiar in Black communities […]
