A Black medical student who gained a large following on TikTok by debunking health care and racial disparities in medicine has received a $25,000 scholarship. Joel Bervell is known as the “Medical Mythbuster” on TikTok. With over 600,000 followers and over 110 million impressions, Bervell has made a name […]
Columbus, Ohio, has reached a deal to pay a settlement to a Black man violently arrested in 2018 for an unpaid traffic ticket. Attorneys for the city and Cameryn Standifer made the agreement as a jury deliberated the outcome of a federal civil trial in […]
WASHINGTON — You and your friends decide that it’s time for a vacation, you book a week at a lovely hotel on a warm tropical island with plenty of interesting things to do for the kids as well as the adults. Sounds like a good […]
A fence surrounds the entrance to the Grand Rapids police station on April 14, 2022, following the killing of Patrick Lyoya in Grand Rapids, Michigan. | Source: Scott Olson / Getty A new lawsuit in Michigan alleges a local police department’s culture of unchecked racism […]
All three men are Democrats who were indicted in May and pleaded guilty in August. ST. LOUIS (AP) — Three former St. Louis aldermen, including the longtime board president, will go to prison for accepting bribes from a businessman. The sentences handed down Tuesday in […]
The lawsuit, which seeks $100 million, accuses former Michigan police officer Christopher Schurr of using unnecessary, illegal and excessive force against Lyoya and showing gross negligence. DETROIT (AP) — A white Grand Rapids police officer who shot and killed a Black motorist during a traffic […]