Indiana State University is under fire for how it responded to one white student’s racist video post about Black people in country music. Protests ignited on the school’s campus this week after one student took to Yik Yak, a social media app for college students, to tell Black […]
Here’s one of the main reasons Black people’s tumultuous relationship with police officers is all but assured to continue: Cops don’t seem to learn from previous high-profile incidents. Nearly a decade after the shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, an officer in Akron, Ohio,—the same city where […]
A former Virginia elementary school assistant principal faces eight felony counts after a 6-year-old student brought a gun to school and shot his teacher in 2023. On Mar. 11, Ebony Parker, former assistant principal at Richneck Elementary in Newport News, was indicted and charged with child abuse […]
The governor of Georgia suspended a mayor after he was indicted on charges of stealing nearly $65,000 from the town. According to Fox 5 Atlanta, the mayor of Pineview, Georgia, Brandon Holt, was given the suspension by Gov. Brian Kemp on April 9. He will not be able to […]
A prosecutor said a Tallahassee police officer’s decision to open and empty a sealed bottle of liquor she found in the car of a man found guilty this week of driving under the influence was a “mistake.” The case of 56-year-old Calvin Riley Sr. has gained widespread […]
An Indiana University student is facing backlash for her racist remarks on social media, sparking protests on campus. “I’m sorry, but if you’re Black, you’re not country. I don’t care,” the student said in the video reshared on TikTok. “I wish I meant that in […]
