In 2017, St. Louis police officers beat a Black man at a rally so severely he had to have multiple surgeries. The white officers were unaware that he was a fellow police officer working undercover at the rally. On Monday, an all-white jury acquitted the last of […]
A teenager who worked at the corner store George Floyd visited the night of his death testified Wednesday that he felt guilty about the events surrounding Floyd’s killing. Christopher Martin, 19, took the stand on the third day of witness testimony in the high-profile trial […]
Source: Buyenlarge / Getty Hailed by many as historic, President Joe Biden’s first list of judicial nominees brings needed balance to the federal judiciary in multiple ways. Out of the 11 nominees, nine are women. Four Black women made the list of judicial nominees, including former public defenders and […]
Anytime someone tells you that the East Coast has been a liberal bastion of racial progress they should be reminded that a) that simply isn’t true, and b) there are plenty of examples to prove that such thinking is demonstratively false. Enter an enterprising reporter […]
When did you first learn that Black cowboys exist? For actor and producer Idris Elba, it was Bob Marley’s “Buffalo Soldier” that made him aware of Black cowboys in America. Lorraine Toussaint grew up during the era of Buck and The Preacher, a classic film starring […]
Two former Texas sheriff’s deputies were arrested on manslaughter charges Tuesday in the 2019 death of a Black man who died after a police chase that was filmed for the series “Live PD.” Javier Ambler died after deputies pursued him on a road for 22 minutes after he […]
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