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‘Sometimes when I’m alone with my baby, I think about killing him. He reminds me of the man who raped me.’

August 25, 2016September 3, 2016African Female Abuse, African Mental Health ...

Members of a U.N. peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic allegedly turned to sexual predation, betraying their duty to protect.

Affluent and Black, and Still Trapped by Segregation

August 25, 2016September 3, 2016African American Commuities, African American Lives ...

Why well-off black families end up living in poorer areas than white families with similar or even lower incomes.

EJI Announces Plans to Build a Museum and National Lynching Memorial

August 24, 2016September 3, 2016African American History, African American Lives ...

The Equal Justice Initiative plans to build a national memorial to victims of lynching and open a museum that explores African American history from enslavement to mass incarceration. Both the museum and memorial will open in Montgomery, Alabama, in 2017.

A C-SPAN caller asked a black guest how to stop being prejudiced. Here’s how she responded.

August 24, 2016September 3, 2016African American Journalism, African American Lives ...

While a guest on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” on Aug. 18, a caller told public-policy organizer Heather McGhee he was a prejudiced white man, but he wanted to know what he could do about it. This is what she said. (C-SPAN)

Discover The Unexpected (DTU) Coverage: Enhancing Black Owned Print and Digital Press In the Age of Social Media

August 24, 2016September 3, 2016African American Journalism, KOLUMN ...

The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) salutes the career development success of the Discover the Unexpected (DTU) NNPA Journalism Fellowship program that has just completed its first term of providing undergraduate students at the Howard University School of Communication the unique apprentice opportunity to work at NNPA member newspapers in Chicago, Atlanta, Washington, DC, and Detroit.