Dad of Parkland Victim Piled On by Cops for Protesting Anti-Gun Control Republicans
As Republican members of Congress spoke out against gun control, the father of a Parkland, Florida, shooting victim was arrested on...
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Apr 3, 20232 min read
A revised weekly lesson text for Florida schools leaves out race in the Rosa Parks story
For the 2022-2023 school year, Studies Weekly, a publisher of education periodicals for Florida's K-6 grades, revised one of their lesson...
Mar 31, 20232 min read
Newark has replaced the statue of Christopher Columbus with a monument honoring Harriet Tubman
Newark, New Jersey, unveiled a new monument honoring abolitionist Harriet Tubman on Friday, which replaced a long-standing Christopher...
Mar 31, 20231 min read
Dad of Parkland Victim Piled On by Cops for Protesting Anti-Gun Control Republicans
As Republican members of Congress spoke out against gun control, the father of a Parkland, Florida, shooting victim was arrested on...
Mar 30, 20232 min read
Two Black girls have discovered new proof for a 2,000-year-old mathematical theorem
This is the epitome of Black Girl Magic. Two New Orleans high school seniors who claim they have proven Pythagores's theorem by using...
Mar 30, 20232 min read
Virginia police officer who fatally shot Timothy Johnson fired following release of bodycam footage
A police officer in Fairfax County, Virginia, who shot and killed Timothy Johnson during an alleged shoplifting incident last month has...
Mar 29, 20232 min read
Mayor Adams $36M library cuts will cause fewer hours, reduced ed programs, and stop openings
Mayor Eric Adams' push to cut library budgets by more than $36 million this year could force New York City's public libraries to take...
Mar 28, 20231 min read
Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to ban diversity & inclusion programs in colleges and universities
There is a new #Florida bill that would possibly ban diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in colleges and universities. The Public...
Mar 27, 20232 min read
Ahmaud Arbery's killers are appealing their federal hate crime convictions
In the case of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black jogger who was killed by three white men, two of the three are appealing their federal...
Mar 24, 20232 min read
A report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation reveals that hate crimes grew by 12 percent in 2021
The FBI released updated statistics on Monday showing a spike in hate crimes between 2020 and 2021. However, the data is far from...
Mar 24, 20232 min read
An officer let his dog attack a Black 14-year-old in Louisville.
According to a report released by the Department of Justice on Wednesday, a Louisville Metro Police officer unleashed his police dog on a...
Mar 23, 20231 min read
A Republican state senator from Minnesota voted against providing free school lunches
Despite the opposition of a Republican state senator who said he's never met a hungry kid in Minnesota, Minnesota kids will soon get free...
Mar 21, 20232 min read
Ohio Police say a white officer who shot and killed a Black man in bed has retired "in bad standing"
The Ohio police officer who shot and killed a Black man in his home last summer while he lay in bed is no longer working for the...
Mar 20, 20231 min read
California jury awards $8.25 million to Black family for wrongful detention by deputies at Starbucks
A federal jury awarded $8.25 million to a Black family who was wrongfully detained by sheriff's deputies at a Northern California...
Mar 16, 20232 min read
Forest defenders face domestic terrorism charges as opposition grows at ATL's "Cop City"
The Weelaunee Forest is being developed into a massive police training facility, Cop City, and prosecutors in Atlanta have charged 23...
Mar 15, 20232 min read
Vallejo PD has initiated an independent investigation in the alleged destruction of case records
On Feb. 22, Vallejo announced that it had launched an independent investigation into allegations that city employees improperly disposed...
Mar 14, 20232 min read
A Georgia Sheriff is accused of blocking an official jail death investigation, medical examiner says
Last October, 32-year-old Alan Willison was arrested on a charge of forgery and he was sent to Clayton County Jail in Georgia, a...
Mar 14, 20232 min read
Biden approves controversial Willow oil drilling project in Alaska
An $8 billion (£6 billion) drilling project approved by the Biden administration has drawn intense criticism from environmentalists and...
Mar 13, 20232 min read
DOJ issues scathing rebuke of Louisville police in report launched after Breonna Taylor killing
After an investigation into the botched raid that killed Breonna Taylor, the Justice Department said Wednesday that Louisville Metro...
Mar 10, 20232 min read
Mentally ill man tazed and froze to death in Alabama jail, lawsuit claims
An Alabama man died of hypothermia last month after receiving delayed medical treatment in jail, sparking a state investigation and a...
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