“Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror” unflinchingly explores America’s brutal history of lynching and provides a powerful history lesson, using individual stories that show, despite “emancipation,” thousands of African Americans were brutally murdered in this country in the name of the White supremacist status quo.
Dania Cedeno-Delrosario tried to push her 7-year-old daughter out of the way as they were both struck when crossing the street.
Baltimore fifth grade teacher Kelly Forostiak referred to her mostly Black students as "a8%holes" and ironically still has her job.
Lagging polls and disturbing footage of Donald Trump bragging about sexually assaulting women may not be the presidential candidate’s only worry these days. ‘Apprentice’ staffers have alluded to there being “far worse” footage of Trump using the “n-word.” https://twitter.com/billpruitt/status/784872190587998209 However, former ‘Apprentice’ producer Mark Burnett is allegedly blocking staffers from leaking the damaging footage captured on […]
Two important additions were included in the revamped policy; a fleeing suspect must present an "immediate threat," for officers to use deadly force, and if an officer abuses the restriction, fellow officers are held accountable to intervene.
Douglas Muir, an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia, faces scrutiny after posting a disparaging message on Facebook aimed at Black Lives Matter.
Kenneth Thompson, Brooklyn, New York’s first African-American district attorney, died of cancer days after taking a leave of absence from his office. He was 50 years old. The New York Times reports that Thompson died at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan with his family at his side. Thompson will be remembered as a progressive […]