A group of African-American leaders in Charlotte, NC is calling for systemic reform in response to national police violence against African Americans. Protests erupted last week in Charlotte and other cities across the country ami...
The Twitterverse if in an uproar over reports that Ferguson, Mo. social justice activist and protester Darren Seals has been found dead. Victoria M. Massey of Vox writes: “According to the St. Louis County Police Department,...
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES. NewsOne is reporting the parents of Kendrick Johnson, a teenager whose dead body was found rolled up in a gym mat at his Lowndes High School on January 11, 2013, have been ordered by Judge Richard P...
Writing for Black Press USA, National Newspaper Publishers of America (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin Chavis examines why the black press still matters. Dr. Chavis discusses the historical and contemporary significance of th...
BBC Africa is reporting Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has released a video showing some of the 276 school girls they abducted from the northern town of Chibok in 2014. The article states: “Some 50 girls are shown with a...
The Department of Justice released a report on Wednesday on the Civil Rights investigation into the Baltimore Police Department following the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. The investigation was requested by the Ma...
Fresh from our, “Is it 1816 or 2016” file, multiple news media outlets are reporting the Hancock County Board of Elections and Registration has been “systematically questioning the registrations of more than 180” black...
Breanna Edwards of The Root is reporting a history making event at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Three black women are in the top leadership positions, which is a first in the history of the convention. Edwards writes: ...
Avery Hartmans of Business Insider is reporting online travel accomodations site Airbnb has hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to “craft a world-class anti-discrimination policy.” Airbnb has been in the new...
Leslie Miley hopes that Silicon Valley will become a more inclusive environment for ethnic minorities and underrepresented groups. Now the Director of Engineering for Growth at the San Francisco-based tech company Slack, the outsp...
