Republican Women’s Club subjected diners to Breonna Taylor shooting video in a Kentucky restaurant
According to NBC News, the Republican Women's Club of South Central Kentucky held an event at a restaurant with John Mattingly as its...
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- Feb 11
- 2 min
Morehouse College class will teach Black history in the metaverse
Morehouse College professor Ovell Hamilton will guide students this spring in the first-ever course that teaches Black history entirely...
- Feb 10
- 2 min
D.C. entrepreneur Angel Gregorio dedicates new strip mall to Black-owned businesses
This is amazing. After D.C. entrepreneur Angel Gregorio opened her specialty spice shop, the Spice Suite, she created a retail community...
- Feb 10
- 2 min
Black Folks Are More Likely To Die From Uterine, Prostate, And Breast Cancer New Study Shows
In a new report from the American Cancer Society, Black men and women are more likely than other races to die from uterine, breast, and...
- Feb 10
- 1 min
The tragic and racist rates of First Nations incarceration and prison deaths in Australia
This past Christmas, two Aboriginal people died in custody in Western Australia, prompting calls for urgent action from state and federal...
- Feb 10
- 1 min
A lawsuit accuses a San Diego city clerk of discrimination; no Black person promoted since 2011
In a lawsuit against San Diego and its recently retired city clerk Elizabeth Maland, an attorney alleges long-standing discrimination in...
- Feb 8
- 2 min
‘This is no way to live’: Mississippians struggle with another water crisis
“It seems like you have to be without it longer every time." Jackson's 150,000 residents are becoming increasingly familiar with water...
- Feb 7
- 2 min
“The scars of my people’s feet from Dutch enslavement are still bawling pus"
It was Elis Juliana, a poet, artist, and intellectual from Curaçao who once said, “The scars of my people’s feet from Dutch enslavement...
- Feb 6
- 2 min
The University of Missouri Administration has decided not to expel a student for racist Snapchat
A white student at the University of Missouri who made a racist joke about killing African-Americans will not be reprimanded or punished...
- Feb 4
- 2 min
Astrophysicist Natalie Gosnell says the field is paralyzed by “systemic racism and white supremacy”
Academia is plagued by rampant white supremacy, but some scientists are putting forth the effort to call out the racism that has shaped...
- Feb 3
- 1 min
DeSantis proposes banning diversity and inclusion initiatives at Florida universities
To ensure they "wither on the vine" without funding, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday his intention to ban state universities...
- Feb 2
- 1 min
No charges will be filed against the Newark detective involved in the death of Carl Dorsey
In Newark, New Jersey, a grand jury decided not to indict Detective Rod Simpkins for fatally shooting Carl Dorsey on New Year's Day 2021....
- Feb 1
- 2 min
Atatiana Jefferson's sister Amber Carr dies 'surrounded by family'
The sister of Atatiana Jefferson, the Fort Worth woman who was shot and killed by a police officer in 2019, has died after a long battle...
- Jan 30
- 2 min
A case of mistaken identity in a facial recognition tool led to the wrongful arrest of a Black man
This is the epiotme of dystopian. Louisiana authorities' use of facial recognition technology led to the mistaken arrest of a Georgia man...
- Jan 27
- 2 min
"You’re going to see acts that defy humanity", Memphis police chief says of Tyre Nichols footage
On Friday, hours before the footage is expected to be released publicly, the Memphis police chief told CNN that the video footage of Tyre...
- Jan 27
- 1 min
City National Bank to pay $31M redlining settlement, DOJ’s largest ever
City National Bank, based in Los Angeles, was accused of discrimination for refusing to underwrite mortgages in predominantly Black and...
- Jan 24
- 2 min
Mississippi agency denies NAACP’s water discrimination claim
A Mississippi environmental supervisor has denied accusations that the state agency he manages unfairly discriminated against the capital...
- Jan 24
- 1 min
Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has introduced a historic bill that would combat white supremacy
Although it may not seem like a particularly impactful behavior, spreading hate online creates a slippery slope that feeds into real-life...
- Jan 23
- 2 min
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis bans AP African American studies from high school curriculums
High school students in Florida are being denied a new Advanced Placement course in African American studies under the administration of...
- Jan 20
- 2 min
After Colorado launched a new indigenous alert system, a missing Lakota man was found dead
A 27-year-old Lakota man in Colorado went missing a day before the state's new Missing Indigenous Person Alerts system was launched. He...
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