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The usual scenario involves suspicious glances, inattentive clerks or rude service — not handcuffs. Yet when a black teen said he was wrongly jailed after buying a $350 belt at a Manhattan luxury store, it struck a nerve in African-Americans accustomed to finding that their money is not necessarily as good as everyone else’s. Shopping […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is conducting an independent investigation of the fatal shooting of a popular 13-year-old boy by a…
Why does momentum seem to be gaining for the decriminalization of marijuana use? As reported earlier on NewsOne, ten of 13 members of the D.C. City…
Former Illinois Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. reported to federal prison on Monday to begin serving a 2-1/2 year sentence for misusing campaign funds, according to a family spokeswoman. Jackson, a former Democratic representative and the son of civil rights leader the Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr., entered a federal correctional facility in Butner, North Carolina, family […]
This is a meeting that must happen. Rev. Al Sharpton plans to meet with Mark Lee, CEO of Barney’s New York, on Tuesday to discuss allegations that two black shoppers were racially profiled inside Barney’s and then detained by police before being cleared of wrongdoing and released. There were no apologies, no explanations, no remorse. […]
Halloween is just a few days away and leading up to it, people are having parties and making really dumb, racist decisions about costumes. Such is the case with two Florida men who decided to celebrate the event this year by dressing up as George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin, complete with blackface and blood-stained hoodie. […]
Jermal Hawkins, 19, has been missing since October 22, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Hawkins told his family in a text message that he was going to the library and to get a hair cut near South Stony Island Avenue and East 87th Street on Tuesday, but never showed up for the hair cut. Hawkins has […]
19-year-old Trayon Christian–the young man who was nabbed at Barneys after purchasing a $350 Salvatore Ferragamo belt. Police questioned his ability of being able to…
A women’s shelter in Chicago is going without any heat because of a long overdue heat bill, according to the Chicago Tribune. SEE ALSO: Who…
Allen Wayne Densen Morgan (pictured), reportedly pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday, after being accused of trying to have his black neighbor killed by…
CHICAGO (AP) — Police responding to a domestic disturbance in Chicago have shot and killed a woman who threatened officers with a butcher knife. A statement from the Police Department’s News Affairs office says the confrontation took place Thursday evening in the South Side Roseland neighborhood. A relative of the woman had called police and […]
Hundreds of homecoming attendees, upset that they could not get into Friday’s annual Yardfest homecoming concert at Howard University, rushed the gates, injuring eight people, including two D.C. police officers, according to school and law enforcement officials. Keith St. Clair, a spokesman for the deputy mayor of public safety, said most of the injuries were […]
