London Powers’ mother told WRAL that her daughter had called the police on Damien Tinsley multiple times before her death.
The Jacksonville police officers who were seen on camera beating William McNeil Jr. will not be charged, according to the sheriff.
The town halls will feature local elected officials and detail how the Trump administration’s policies have specifically hurt Black communities.
Henrico County is planning a $16 million investment in a new walking trail that would pay tribute to United States Colored Troops.
The president claims his deployment of the National Guard is about crime. The truth? It’s about control—and silencing the people who call this city home.
Under the new law, Illinois law enforcement agencies must review and share an officer’s full job history, including any misconduct, when they apply for a new role.
Authorities have "preliminarily determined" that human remains found in a retention pond in Manatee County belonged to 18-year-old Giovanni Pelletier.
Concerns are growing that private defense attorneys may stop taking public cases, creating a backlog and infringing on defendants’ constitutional rights.
In this op-ed, Dr. Stacey Patton discusses Donald Trump's latest political stunt: unleashing the National Guard on the streets of Washington, D.C.
To many young people today, the Watts Riots are a distant headline in a history book. But for those who lived it, it still resonates six decades later.
Some people are misguided and quick to throw shade at our Black elders while standing on the very foundations they built.
Trump’s tariff blitz is more than an economic policy. It’s a racial one, with the weight of U.S. policy pressing hardest on Black and brown nations.
Despite mounting evidence that Black women in the U.S. face disproportionately high rates of maternal mortality, efforts to close the gap remain inconsistent. How do we change this?
There is a ghost roaming the halls of Pickens County Museum in South Carolina and his name is Willie Earle.
Jussie Smollett isn’t backing down from his claim that he was the victim of a hate crime in 2019.
Just as we thought, Wendy Williams was on the up and up; a new medical exam has allegedly determined that her dementia diagnosis is valid.
If you want to up your '90s R&B game, we picked 10 songs that you probably haven't heard in a while, but were absolute hits back in the day.
The former Attorney General has been a staunch opponent of gerrymandering and has called the Texas redistricting effort a threat to democracy.
Economic boycotts have a long history in American politics as a means of driving change and bringing entrenched power structures to their knees.
While all but two states have responded to Trump’s letter, about half of them have said they are not going to comply with its terms.
As an Indigenous scholar who studies history, I know that countries have used starvation to conquer Indigenous peoples and acquire their land.
Black August is a rallying cry to return to our roots, embracing the kind of disciplined activism our communities actually need.
After sunset, Black people had to be out of these hostile sundown towns. It was a matter of life and death in some instances.
On Aug. 10, Alfred Brooks, a teacher at Charles Drew High School in Clayton County, Georgia, shared a now-viral video of himself joyfully greeting and "dapping up" his fellow Black male teachers.
Marc Philpart, the fund’s executive director, said the endowment would allow for $10 million in annual grant-making to support Black people.
Robert Smalls escaped slavery by commandeering a Confederate ship and was the first Black man to serve in South Carolina’s state legislature.
In this op-ed, Lawrence Ross breaks down Shedeur Sanders the character versus Shedeur Sanders the real person and why all of this matters.
Egma Sylne weighs in on the recent ongoing debate about the television show 'Martin' and whether or not Pam was the target of colorism.
In this op-ed, Dr. Stacey Patton calls out Dean Cain, who once played Superman, an undocumented refugee who protected the powerless. Now, he hunts them for ICE.
The Department of Education sent universities several memos threatening to withhold federal funding from universities with DEI initiatives.
Black unemployment hits 7.2%, signaling broader economic challenges ahead. Discover why this trend serves as an early warning.
Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, displacing Black residents and fueling a wave of racially motivated vigilante violence. Here's what we know.
Baltimore’s Confederate statues were removed in 2017, a week after the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally resulted in the death of Heather Heyer.
Gov. Greg Abbott has stated his intent to call as many special legislative sessions as it takes to finalize Texas’ redistricting effort.
During a town hall event in Dallas, two MAGA influencers were dragged out of the room after yelling racist remarks at Jasmine Crockett.
California will hold a special election on Nov. 4 to allow voters to decide on new electoral maps designed to counter gerrymandering efforts in Texas.
Officials in Akron, Ohio, have cleared the officer who fired two shots into a U-Haul vehicle, killing 54-year-old Michael Jones, a Black resident, during a stop in 2024.
Sonya Massey was shot to death in her own home by a police officer with a questionable background who responded to her call for help.
