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By: Kelvin L. Easiley, Jr. Where does one seek solace when faith fails? Where do the lost find shelter when the leaders that claim to love them preach “death and hell fire” for the simple act of existing? When the music that once soothed and brought peace only sounds like a cacophony of chaos and […]

Access to healthcare for women and transgender folks continues to come under fire in the United States in the name of religious freedom.

Officer Ruben De Los Santos has been placed on administrative  leave following his actions during a fight at Rolesville High School in Wake County, North Carolina on Tuesday morning. Video footage captured De Los Santos picking up a Black female student and slamming her to the ground before walking her away from the scene. 

Students at Armstrong State University can now earn college credit while stimulating and activating their left and right brain as they learn about the music of Outkast. The Savannah, Ga. college is now offering a course on the careers of André 3000 and Big Boi and how their music affected and exuded the mentality of […]

By: George M. Johnson No one is free unless the black Trans woman is free. I imagine these are the words that will ring out of the mouths of every preacher and Black person in this nation when we finally reach the day of liberation.  A day that will likely never come in my lifetime, […]

Four Chicago area residents are in police custody in connection to the kidnapping and torture of a missing 18-year-old with special needs. A video of the incident was posted on Facebook Live while the assailants shouted “F-ck Trump!,” sprinkled cigarette ashes on the victim and cut off his hair with a knife until his scalp bled.

Dylann Roof offered the first words many have ever heard him say since he was arrested in 2015 during the opening statements of his sentencing trial. Roof, who killed nine black people during a prayer service in Charleston in June 2015, showed no inclination of remorse and chose to try and justify rather than apologize […]

One of the central issues on the Democratic platform is making free college education a reality. The national student loan debt is already massive and doesn’t look to disappear anytime soon, and a large part of that is because college tuition prices are only going up. New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, who some see as a […]

Many citizens serving time in the American justice system are deprived of some of the most basic rights and services in this country. Fortunately, work is being done to slowly change this. A huge moral victory came as a federal judge ruled that the state is required to see if Mumia Abu-Jamal is eligible for treatment […]

If this headline sounds familiar, you’re not mistaken. This isn’t the first time that a Chicago Police Department officer has shot an unarmed citizen and been disciplined as an investigation is conducted. The latest officer to lost their police powers is the result of a fatal shooting on the city’s Northwest side on Monday. 

In June 2015, Dajerria Becton was forced to the ground by a McKinney police officer after residents complained that a pool party was getting out of control. The video of the officer with his knee in the teenager’s back quickly went viral and added to a national discussion of excessive force against people of color. Becton […]

Colin Kaepernick’s protest against the National Anthem has been one of the biggest stories of the current NFL season. Initially, it was feared that his choice would split the locker room. However, it’s looking like it did the opposite.