An NC Senate committee on May 13 unanimously advanced a bill that which would create the state’s first systematic K-8 math intervention program, modeled on Read to Achieve.
A Brooklyn street was renamed in memory of Yusuf Hawkins, a Black teen who was murdered by a white mob 32 years ago.
William “Roddie” Bryan is up for question after a graphic video of the incident sparks outrage.
Lawyers and activists call out George Barnhill.
A parent is infuriated by the incident caught on video.
The incident occurred following the alleged stealing of a cell phone, which sparked a "verbal altercation" leading up to the event.
Along came Chris Rock; a guy who was not only funny, but clever as well. His approach to describing race was quick-witted and ingenious.
A recent study found that police officers across Los Angeles have averaged about one kill per week for the past 14 years. Most killed are men of color. While many may not be shocked by the news, the research is rare given many police departments do not record such data or make it public. Here’s […]
U. S Attorney General Eric Holder took to the podium Thursday to offer much-anticipated details of the Department of Justice’s investigation into police conduct in Ferguson. “As you know, our federal civil rights investigation into the August 9 shooting death of Michael Brown remains open and very active,” he said. “As I made clear during […]
It’s the kind of story that makes your blood boil. A Dallas father attempted to abduct his children from their mother, Miesha Kilson, at gunpoint Monday. Steven Douglas fired several shots into the family car, chasing it down before a police officer showed up. That officer, however, didn’t attempt to stop the incident but, instead drove […]
We like to think of the racial violence of America’s recent past as an aberration, that it cropped up during an especially hostile moment in history and went away suddenly. A closer look at the reality of racial violence — lynching in particular — suggests, however, that America’s predilection for the slaughter of black men is alive and well […]
“We are human beings. We deserve to be buried by our children not the other way around. No matter how u felt about black people look at this mother and look at this father and tell me as a human being how u cannot feel empathy for them. How can u not feel sympathy for […]