The first 100 days of Donald Trumpās presidency have been marked by continuous attacks on the most vulnerable communities, just as promised. Those who have been resisting this administration have rightly responded to these attacks by attempting to shed light on every step taken toward such harmful effortsāfrom the blatantly bigoted āMuslim banā and its […]
16-year-old Amy Joyner-Francis was attacked by a group of classmates in a girlsĀ bathroom of a Delaware high school in April 2016. She died soon after because of an undiagnosed heart condition.Ā A judge has made a ruling on the teenage girls who were responsible for the fatal attack that day.Ā
Both supporters and opponents of President Donald Trump confronted each other in Berkeley, California at a planned Pro-Trump Rally this past weekend. Nearly two dozen people were arrested as footage shows a number of brawls break out in the crowd.
Police are still searching for a man suspected of shooting a 74-year-old man in Cleveland and uploading a video of it to Facebook.Ā The suspect has been identified as Steve Stephens, who had also broadcast on Facebook Live earlier that day claiming that he’d also killed more than a dozen people, according toĀ NPR. “There are no […]
Bayview Correctional Facility was once a veryĀ dangerous women’s prison in New York. Records show that it once had the highest number of staff sexual assaults in the country. Now that it’s been closed, the building is going to be used as a safe haven for women’s a girl’s rights organizers, some of which were once […]
After sending an air strike to destroy Syrian airfields only a few days ago, the United States government has now ramped up its efforts to fight ISIS by dropping its biggest non-nuclear bomb in Eastern Afghanistan.Ā
By Imani J. Jackson #Blackboyjoy sounded more like hustle than hubris earlier this week during a telephonic interview with Trevor Wilkins. The tech entrepreneur is a Southside of Chicago native and celebrant. He is also a Princeton sociology graduate who shared parts of his journey to co-creating an app with more than a half million […]
Maria Stuart noticed something was missing from her favorite books: herself. The RedBlkGrl founder created the subscription box filled with books for Black girls who want to see themselves in their favorite stories.
Columbus PoliceĀ Officer Zachary Rosen is under investigation after video footage has been released showing him kicking a restrainedĀ man in the head. He’s been placed on “non-patrol duty,” according toĀ NBC.
Sheila Abdus-Salaam, an associate judge on New York Stateās highest court, has been found dead in the Hudson River. She was found by authorities on Wednesday afternoon and pronounced dead after 2 p.m., according toĀ The New York Times.
By Jallicia Jolly Amidst the recent attacks on access to quality health care and sexual and reproductive health services, the assaults on the lives of racial and sexual minorities specifically reveal the systematic violation reserved for poor women of color, particularly Black and transgender women. The neglect of Black womenās intersectional health experiences in national […]
Charlie Murphy, famedĀ comedian, writer and actor, has passed away at the age of 57.Ā
