Reinstated Tennessee lawmaker Justin Jones says he’ll continue to call for gun reform
A Tennessee lawmaker who was expelled just days ago for protesting gun control on the chamber floor vows to continue calling for gun...
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Apr 19, 20231 min read
The US has had a long history of removing Black lawmakers from office
Several political analysts called Tennessee's expulsion of two Black representatives from the Republican-dominated legislature "stunning"...
Apr 18, 20232 min read
Northern California police department rocked by racist text message investigation
Antioch police officers are being investigated over racist text message incidents that have rocked the city, according to a report...
Apr 18, 20232 min read
‘I Am a Racist': Daniel Perry Wrote, Shared Trove of Racist, Anti-Protester Messages
According to newly unsealed court records, Daniel Perry, the man convicted of killing a Black Lives Matter protester, discussed killing...
Apr 17, 20231 min read
In the case of the fatal shooting of Jayland Walker, an Ohio grand jury declined to indict officers
Upon the investigation into the shooting death of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black motorist, an Ohio grand jury decided not to charge...
Apr 17, 20232 min read
A Young Mom Was Arrested for Theft — and Died Mysteriously in Jail
On the evening of July 15, 2021, 23-year-old Ta’Neasha Chappell called the staff of the Jackson County Jail in Brownstown, Indiana to...
Apr 14, 20232 min read
Denver Mayoral candidate Terrance Roberts sees his run as an extension of his anti-gun violence work
Terrance Roberts was often at the center of the crowds in Denver and Aurora during 2020's racial justice protests. An ex-Blood, Roberts...
Apr 14, 20232 min read
In Florida, a college is going through major changes as a result of the war on "woke"
The students at the New College of Florida are growing increasingly concerned about their safety, quality of education, and fear that...
Apr 13, 20232 min read
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott promises to pardon man who killed BLM protester before he is even sentenced
This weekend, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced he would pardon Daniel Perry, who murdered a Black Lives Matter protester in the summer of...
Apr 13, 20232 min read
Video Shows Cops Beat a Naked Black Man to Death With Handcuffs as Brass Knuckles
According to surveillance video, Memphis police used handcuffs as makeshift brass knuckles to beat a Black inmate, named Gershun Freeman,...
Apr 12, 20232 min read
Times Square unveils robot police dogs courtesy of the NYPD and Mayor Adams
Mayor Eric Adams is seeking the latest technology from around the world to make the NYPD the premier crime-fighting force in the country,...
Apr 12, 20232 min read
DOJ indicts Maryland sheriff and a firearms dealer in a scheme to buy and rent out machine guns
Federal prosecutors have indicted a sheriff and a firearms dealer in Frederick County, Maryland, for their involvement in a scheme to...
Apr 11, 20232 min read
The officers who raided ‘Cop City’ attacked Manuel Paez Terán first, fired pepperball guns into tent
According to police incident reports obtained by the Guardian, a police officer fired pepperball rounds into Manuel Paez Terán's closed...
Apr 11, 20232 min read
Missouri Reps Just Voted to Completely Defund the State’s Public Libraries
On Mar. 30, the Missouri House of Representatives approved a state operating budget with no funding for public libraries. It is still...
Apr 10, 20232 min read
The state of New Mexico will become the fifth to provide free meals to all public school children
Thousands of New Mexico school kids from every economic background can now focus on their studies rather than their next meal, thanks to...
Apr 10, 20231 min read
An officer from the Chicago Police Department has been charged with sexually abusing a minor
What a disgrace. An officer from the Chicago Police Department is being charged with sexual abuse of a minor inside a car in Norridge....
Apr 7, 20232 min read
HB-20 is a “Vigilante Death Squads Policy": Texas Republicans want citizens to arrest immigrants
This is disgusting. Texan lawmakers are proposing the creation of a state security force to patrol the US-Mexico border. Critics have...
Apr 5, 20232 min read
An HBCU alumna has become Vanderbilt’s first Black woman neurosurgery resident
This is amazing. Vanderbilt University will have its first Black female resident in its neurosurgery residency program after more than a...
Apr 4, 20232 min read
A Florida professor canceled a civil rights lesson because a student said they were uncomfortable.
At Eastern Florida State College's Cocoa campus on March 9, a Government class canceled a planned lesson on civil rights because one...
Apr 4, 20231 min read
A Bronx cop shot and critically injured a man suffering from a medical episode
An NYPD report says cops shot and critically wounded a Bronx man after his father called 911. A 42-year-old man, visiting his father in...
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