THE FBI HAS come under intense criticism after a 2017 leak exposed that its counterterrorism division had invented a new, unfounded domestic terrorism category it called “black identity extremism.” Since then, legislators have pressured the bureau’s leadership to be more transparent about its investigation of black activists, and a number of civil rights groups have […]
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5 Black Men Making a Difference in Your Community Today | Essence
By Noel Cody, Essence Who says you need a cape to be a superhero? Not these good brothers. They don’t have capes or special names, but they are armed with a heart for change. These brothers from across the country are changing their communities one small act of kindness at a time. Read below how a […]
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Suicide attempts by Black teens have risen, and I’m not surprised | Mic
I remember the first time a friend of mine died by suicide. I was living in Washington, D.C. when I got the phone call from our mutual friend, Preston. The friend we’d just lost was a young Black man brimming with potential. He had a smile that lit up a room and an incomparable sense […]
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Suburbanites in Louisiana Vote to Create a New City of Their Own | The New York Times
The referendum to establish a largely white city called St. George on the edge of Baton Rouge, which is racially diverse, grew out of frustration over schools and local control.
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An effort to stop overnight jail releases in California is rejected by Gov. Newsom | Los Angeles Times
SACRAMENTO — Ten years ago, Mitrice Richardson was released from the Los Angeles County sheriff’s Malibu/Lost Hills Station just after midnight, left to find her way home through a remote area, alone and on foot, with no money or phone. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] When her body was located 11 months later, questions were raised about why […]
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Post Office Employee Finds 2 Missing Children in 2 Weeks During Mail Route: ‘I Love My Job!’ | People
Chyanne Thomas found a missing 15-year-old girl, who has autism, and a missing toddler in a two-week span
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Ex-NFL Player DeAngelo Williams Pays for 500 Mammograms to Honor Late Mom Who Died of Breast Cancer | People
The former running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers first started covering the cost of mammograms for women in 2015
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How America’s Ugly History of Segregation Changed the Meaning of the Word ‘Ghetto’ | TIME
By Daniel B. Schwartz, TIME Today, for many Americans, the word “ghetto” conjures images of run-down and crime-ridden African American segregated areas—“inner cities,” in a common euphemism. This connotation is relatively recent; it has only become mainstream in the past 70 years or so. Beforehand, the term was primarily associated with Jewish urban quarters, and […]
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When a black-owned funeral home in a gentrifying city has no one left to bury | The Washington Post
By Paul Schwartzman, The Washington Post The thick, dusty ledgers were scattered about the cluttered office, 18 of them, their pages filled with neat script documenting the deaths of thousands of black Washingtonians over the course of a half-century. Open a volume to Page 123 and there is Lawrence Monroe Ryles, 39, a “colored” […]
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‘Grandmama’ recalls last, brief moments with 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee | Chicago Tribune
Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune Dwright Doty listens to opening statements in his trial for the killing of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Sept. 17, 2019. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune). Featured Image [dropcap]B[/dropcap]ertha Lee recalled Wednesday how her 9-year-old grandson, Tyshawn, had stopped at her South Side […]
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