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If you thought housing discrimination was dead — you thought wrong. According to HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, housing discrimination is still…
NewsOne reports that Ramsey Orta, the man who shot the footage of Eric Garner placed in a chokehold by cop Daniel Panatelo, is in fear of his…
The funeral for slain victim of police brutality Walter Scott was held Sunday at WORD Ministries Christian Center in Summerville, SC. Scott’s immediate family were in attendance, as well…
ATLANTA (AP) — A judge was set to hand down sentences Monday for most of the former Atlanta educators who were convicted in a widespread conspiracy to cheat on state tests. Fulton County Judge Jerry Baxter was scheduled Monday morning to sentence 10 of the 11 defendants convicted this month of racketeering for their roles […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An arrest warrant has been issued for the mother of a severely disabled man left in the woods for several days near a Philadelphia park, authorities said. Nyia Parler (pictured) left her 21-year-old son — who is quadriplegic and has cerebral palsy — lying in leaves and covered with a blanket next […]
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A white reserve sheriff’s deputy thought he was holding a stun gun, not his handgun, when he fatally shot a black suspect during an arrest that was caught on video in Tulsa, Oklahoma, police said. The video of the April 2 incident shows a Tulsa County deputy chase and tackle Eric […]
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two college students from Alabama’s Troy University have been suspended after authorities discovered a cellphone video that allegedly shows them sexually assaulting a woman at a beach while a large crowd of spring-break revelers watches. Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen described the video as “very, very graphic” and called […]
Rev. Al Sharpton Preaches In South Carolina, Thanks Mayor and Police Chief For Walter Scott Response
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton thanked the mayor and police chief in North Charleston on Sunday for their response to the fatal shooting of Walter Scott. Sharpton gave the sermon at Charity Missionary Baptist Church, where Mayor Keith Summey and Police Chief Eddie Driggers were among those in the congregation. Later, […]
In news that will surely tug at your heart strings, a Missouri woman who is an accomplished gospel singer met her daughter for the first…
Meet James & Tracy Spraggins. James, or PJ, is a professional musician and Tracy is a special education teacher. They’ve been married for 10 years. Tracy…
Feminism is a lot like delicious pizza—or at least it is when you’re trying to explain how some feminists don’t realize how race factors into gender…
One Colorado school took it upon itself to tell young women of color how they should be acting. A school providing a code of conduct…
