Reuters reports that new research shows the number of police officers charged in fatal shootings in 2015 has reached its highest level in a decade.
Just like the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the RNC refuses to schedule a debate solely on the issue of racial justice. Activists affiliated with the #BlackLivesMatter network and Campaign Zero had asked the two parties to add a formal racial justice debate to their schedules.
The Justice Department is set to open a federal civil rights investigation following the emergence of a now-viral video showing a school resource officer slamming and dragging a Black female student across the classroom.
Soon after the video was uploaded and gained national attention, Fields was placed on administrative leave. On Tuesday afternoon, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott announced that Fields was suspended without pay.
A Clinton aide confirmed the agreement for NewsOne in an email statement, saying that her campaign will no longer accept contributions from federally registered lobbyists or PACs for private prison companies.
Nick Mosby, Baltimore councilman and husband of State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby, has announced his candidacy for mayor.
A week after University of Mississippi student leaders voted overwhelmingly to remove the state flag from campus, it was taken down during a ceremony on Monday.
In a piece written on The Wrap, he fired back at critics who said his daughter Aurora, whose mother is White, isn’t “Black enough” for her role as the Black character in the film Jem And The Holograms.
Gentrification is real and communities of color aren't the only ones who've noticed the drastic change in their neighborhoods.
The Black Lives Matter movement received a nod from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Wednesday to host a presidential town hall.
Echoing the sentiments of activists who have countered the dismissive "All Lives Matter" refrain, Obama reiterated that while all lives do matter, Black communities are under a specific and unique scourge that needs to be addressed.
Stop Mass Inc., created by Dr. Cornel West and activist Carl Dix, have marched endlessly for racial injustice and now introduce "Rise Up October," a three-day event (Oct. 22 to Oct 24) in New York that will continue to fight against police killings.
