Two men wrongfully imprisoned for a kidnapping and rape they didn’t commit were exonerated on Monday in Manhattan Supreme Court. Cumulatively, the men had served decades for a crime they didn’t commit. VanDyke Perry and Gregory Counts were just 19 and 21, respectively, when they […]
Rest in Peace Rashawn Reloaded by Ronnie Sidney, II, LCSW is an excellent, award-winning children’s book that summarizes the multi-faceted issues surrounding the alarming trend of American police officers and private citizens shooting unarmed Black men. Sidney added responses gathered from a Q and A session […]
A digital mother’s day campaign seeks to combat racial and gender violence against mothers in the African-American community. Forward Together has partnered with Black Mamas Matter Alliance, National Network of Abortion Funds, SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective and the Southern Birth Justice Network to […]
Three black teens looking for some dapper threads to wear to prom chose to go to Nordstrom Rack in St. Louis. But instead of leaving with new suits and accessories, they were racially profiled. High school students Mekhi Lee, Dirone Taylor and Eric Rogers II were reportedly shopping for […]
According to a UCLA’s Civil Rights Project report, as of 2014 schools in New York City remain the most segregated schools of all. And here we were thinking such schools were in the south. Silly us. Anyway, the Department of Education is making moves to change that. […]
Imagine waiting anxiously for four years to walk across the stage, give your family members a few seconds to get a good photo, or maybe a dab or two, during graduation, only to be pushed off the stage by an aggressive usher? That’s exactly what […]
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