NASA Astronaut Dr. Jeanette Epps has been abruptly grounded. Epps was on track to become the first African-American to travel through space and live on the International Space Station for an extended six-month assignment. But now that Epps has been abruptly pulled from the NASA mission, Epps’ brother says “racism” is the reason why his […]

A white University of Alabama student has apologized for posting social media videos using the N-word and other racial profanities about African Americans – but she was still expelled from the southern college. Harley Barber, a 19-year-old from New Jersey, went on a bizarre racist rant last week in which she posted multiple views about […]

A police officer in Grand Rapids, Michigan should be reprimanded – and fired – for handcuffing a terrified 11-year-old girl at gunpoint and forcing her into the back of his squad car. The incident happened on Dec. 6 but on Thursday Grand Rapids Police Chief David Rahinsky said the officer who handcuffed Honestie would not […]

“You became my target at the time because I did not believe that people of different races should live together,” Rev. William Aitcheson. Would you accept an apology from a former Ku Klux Klan member who burned a cross on your lawn 40 years ago? Phillip and Barbara Butler are faced with this real-life question. […]

President Trump spent this month bickering on Twitter, authorizing a callous immigration policy, embarrassing himself on the world stage and arguing – again – with a high-profile African-American. Is anyone surprised? It’s been nine months since Trump took office and it already feels like a full term. Here’s what you need to know: Trump called […]

More than one million African-Americans are exposed to serious health threats, including risk of cancer, because of toxic air pollution sweeping through Black communities across the nation. According to a landmark study released Tuesday by The NAACP, The Clean Air Task Force and The National Medical Association, more than one million African-Americans live in areas […]

Shamirah Johnson’s death in a Florida jail remains a mystery. Johnson, 29, was arrested on October 24 and held in Polk County Jail before being transferred to the Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center where she was pronounced dead. There are many questions surrounding Johnson’s death – and, so far, there are few answers. Here’s what […]

A majority of white Americans say they are victims of anti-white discrimination in many facets of their lives. In a new national poll, more whites surveyed say discrimination against them is a real issue and that African-Americans are favored in the job market, according to a poll released by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation […]

Racists are marching – again. White supremacists are making good on their pledge to rally their hateful troops through the South: The next demonstration, entitled “White Lives Matter,” is scheduled for Shelbyville, Tennessee, population 20,000. After the deadly protests by neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Virginia in August, white supremacists vowed to continue protesting the removal of […]

A 34-year-old cold case involving the racially motivated murder of a 23-year-old black man has been solved with the arrest of five white people – including two police officers who allegedly tried to cover up the homicide. Timothy Coggins was found dead on a power line on Oct. 9, 1983 in a small Georgia town […]

“Racism still exists and it’s very serious and it’s right in your neighborhood” – Mikea Eberhart Mikea Eberhart never thought she would be harassed by racists just a few blocks from her home. Until this week. Eberhart, who is nine months pregnant, said she was walking in her Dearborn Heights, Michigan neighborhood to try to  […]

“No you definitely don’t need to pretend to be a slave but it was another hands on experiment used to simulate slavery. Definitely not an effective way and there’s better alternatives than that.” – Eighth-grade student Kaleem Syed. Students at Whitney High School were enslaved for a day. Administrators at the California high school made […]