On 2023 State Math Exam, Zero Students Were Proficient At 13 Baltimore City High Schools
The recent state test results in Baltimore City Schools are causing significant concern. Project Baltimore revealed that 40% of Baltimore...
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Oct 152 min read
Black Twins Who Spent 12 Years In Foster Care Create Organization That Provides Laptops For Foster Children Headed To College
Cherry and Sherry Wilmore, twins from Louisiana raised in foster care, are now dedicating their lives to helping others in need. Known as...
Oct 151 min read
Botham Jean's Murderer, Amber Guyer Is Now Eligible For Parole
More than six years after Botham Jean was killed in his Dallas apartment, the former officer convicted of his murder, Amber Guyger, is...
Oct 142 min read
Judge Rejects Requests To Exclude Evidence In Daniel Penny Trial For Jordan Neely's Death
In the trial of Daniel Penny, accused of fatally choking Jordan Neely on a New York City subway in 2023, a judge ruled on Friday that all...
Oct 142 min read
More Unions Are Being Led By Black & Latina Women Nationwide
Women now make up nearly half of U.S. labor union membership, yet their presence in leadership roles has lagged, especially for women of...
Oct 122 min read
First HBCU Aviation Program Comes To Tuskegee University
The aviation industry faces a lack of diversity, especially in terms of Black representation, despite the significant history Black...
Oct 122 min read
Prisoners Were Locked In Cells With Their Own Feces For Nearly A Week After Hurricane Helene
Nick, an inmate at Mountain View Correctional Institution in North Carolina, endured a nightmare after Hurricane Helene caused severe...
Oct 122 min read
"Sing Sing" Actor JJ Velazquez Released From Prison After Serving 24 Years For Wrongful Murder Conviction
Jon-Adrian "JJ" Velazquez was exonerated after spending nearly 24 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Velazquez, who co-stars...
Oct 122 min read
11-Year-Old Black Boy Opens Pizza Restaurant
In the heart of Flatbush, Brooklyn, 11-year-old Sebastian is showing that no dream is too ambitious. As the brains behind Sebastian’s...
Oct 111 min read
Ambassador Attallah Shabazz Speaks On The Heart Of Know Your Rights Camp
Ambassador Attallah Shabazz passionately advocates for the fundamental rights that every individual deserves: freedom, health,...
Oct 96 min read
The Past & Present Of Voter Suppression Against Black & Brown Communities
Although the Civil War concluded and the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, freedom did not immediately bring the right to...
Oct 91 min read
There Are No Easy Roads To Freedom: Mike Africa Jr. Talks Freeing His Parents From Prison
Mike Africa Jr. shares with young attendees of Know Your Rights Camp Philly a profoundly moving story of his parents' love, a bond that...
Oct 82 min read
Bodycam Shows Fatal Encounter Between Epileptic Rhyker Earl & First Responders
Rhyker Earl's family revealed he had been living with seizures for over seven years, with episodes frequent enough that they had...
Oct 72 min read
Sha'Carri Richardson Unveils High School Track Named After Her
Olympic gold and silver medalist Sha'Carri Richardson unveiled the newly named Sha'Carri Richardson Track at Kincaide Stadium in Dallas...
Oct 72 min read
Black Pastor Who Was Arrested While Watering His Neighbor's Flowers Gets Lawsuit Revived
A federal appeals court ruled that three police officers who arrested a Black pastor, Michael Jennings, while he watered his neighbor's...
Oct 62 min read
Civil Rights Review Into 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Launched By Justice Department
The Justice Department has launched a review of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the deadliest racial attacks in U.S. history, under...
Oct 62 min read
Three Former Officers Are Found Guilty Of Witness Tampering In Tyre Nichols’ Fatal Beating
Three former Memphis police officers were convicted on federal witness tampering charges related to the 2023 beating of Tyre Nichols....
Oct 62 min read
Journalist Jade DeMelody Jackson Attends The Same HBCU That Her Great Grandfather Founded In 1912
Journalist Jade DeMelody Jackson recently announced her return to higher education as an official MBA candidate at Jarvis Christian...
Oct 62 min read
Two Former Police Officers Involved In Breonna Taylor's Murder Have Been Indicted Again
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed new charges against former Louisville police officers Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany in connection...
Oct 32 min read
Physical Force Use By Twin Cities Police Well Above National Average
In 2022, Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) officers reported using physical force against suspects over 1,000 times, making it one of...
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