NEW YORK (AP) — The 50th-floor apartment in Trump Tower where a man was killed in a raging fire did not have sprinklers — a requirement Donald Trump once fought as a powerful real estate developer. Todd Brassner, 67, died at a hospital on Saturday […]
Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson and Project Islamic Hope President Najee Ali and a coalition of civil rights leaders will hold a press conference on Monday, April 9 in front of the LAPD’s Southwest Police Station 1546 W. MLK Blvd, L.A. […]
Fear of Being ‘Pigeonholed,’ Psychic Toll at Issue A March 5 panel sponsored by the Ford Foundation in Detroit discussed “Why Kerner still matters: Community coverage, from disorder to daily life.” From left: Bill Plante, Jelani Cobb, Marie Nelson, Richard Prince. Source: Fewer Black Journalists […]
Jackson: ‘Before You Be a Little of Everything to Everybody, Be Something Special to Where You Live’ Jesse Jackson in 1984. Screenshot: bostonlocaltv.org The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson spoke before about 860 people on Saturday night, Aug. 18, 1984, at the banquet of the National […]
State officials in Michigan have ended the free water bottle program for Flint, claiming that the city’s water quality has been restored to pre-crisis levels. Lead levels in Flint’s water supply are below the federal limit and the water’s quality is safe for residents to […]
Alabama teen Lakeith Smith was sentenced to 65 years in prison this week for the killing of a robbery accomplice, even though he didn’t deliver the shots that killed him, according to USA Today . Judge Sibley Reynolds of Alabama’s 19th Judicial Circuit Court handed […]
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