A Washington, D.C., police sergeant was charged with second-degree murder for the shooting death of a Black man who fell asleep in his car. The Metropolitan Police Department sergeant, 41-year-old Enis Jevric, was indicted on March 7 by the U.S. District Court for the District […]
An Ohio parent took to social media to expose her third-grade daughter’s teacher, posting that the educator assaulted and embarrassed the child while in class. School officials say the teacher has been reprimanded but would not provide details about the staffer. Brittnee Nelson wrote on […]
The Missouri man who shot and paralyzed an Amazon driver for parking in a disabled parking spot was convicted of first-degree assault and armed criminal action on March 13. Seventy-year-old Larry Thomlison was found guilty of shooting then-21-year-old Jaylen Walker in the back and paralyzing […]
Source: Brazil Photos / Getty Last month, Gallup and Lumina Foundation released the “State of Higher Education: Black Learners” report. It revealed concrete data around an issue I’ve already known to be true: we need to take better care of our Black learners, and that […]
Weeks after Donovan Lewis’ family filed a civil lawsuit against a Columbus police officer for his wrongful death, the same cop retired. Now relatives of the 20-year-old are speaking out and demanding answers about how this was allowed. Donovan Lewis captured within seconds of waking […]
Justin Mutawassim, a 27-year-old African American pilot at Delta Air Lines , achieved his childhood dream of becoming a pilot at the same airline where he previously worked as a ramp agent. When he was 5 years old, Mutawassim’s interest in flying began on his […]