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Columbine High School and nearby schools in Colorado were placed of lockout status after a series of threatening phone calls. Under the lockout, school business goes on as usual, but no one can enter or leave the building. The alert has since been lifted.

httpv://youtu.be/MEzZSDKOVM4 Marijuana arrests are one of the biggest contributors to the mass incarceration of men of color. The above info-graphic shows that although smoking weed is more popular than ever among all races, the people arrested for it are overwhelmingly black. In Chicago 86% of those convicted for the possession of Marijuana were Black men, […]

New footage released by the National Football League provides a closer glimpse into the moments leading up to NFL star Richard Sherman’s bizarre rant. It appears that an act of good sportsmanship on Sherman’s behalf is part of the reason why Sherman went off during a post-game interview with Fox Sports’ Erin Andrews. 

  The editor of a magazine that ran a controversial photo of a Russian socialite using a black woman as a chair prop has apologized for the picture. Garage editor Miroslava Duma, issued a statement about the image on her Instagram account. 

Two Mississippi teachers are in hot water after a video of them twerking in class went viral last week. DeSoto County parents weren’t pleased to learn that their children were being exposed to Miley Cyrus’ favorite dance move. 

A German-based candy maker has pulled their line of licorice after customers in Sweden complained that the design of the candy played on racist caricatures. The candy, black licorice faces meant to represent a captain’s trip around the world. Instead it offended members of the Swedish community.

A California lawyer who is representing the family of a teenager girl declared brain dead has pinned an open letter in defense of the family’s decision. Christopher Dolan’s letter appeared in the Los Angeles Times earlier this week. 

A central Florida man accused of chasing down and fatally shooting a suspected burglar Thursday told police he acted in self-defense. Claudius Smith, 33, reportedly was inside his home in Orlando when his girlfriend noticed a man on surveillance video walking around his yard in dark clothing. He says the man the climbed over a fence […]

Yesterday we broke news that a North Carolina police officer who shot and killed an unarmed man 10 times as he sought help would not be indicted. At the time, there was not an immediate explanation available for the grand jury’s decision, but we have now learned that a lack of evidence was cited as […]

Richard Sherman is grabbing most of the pre-Super Bowl headlines these days. Wednesday, Sherman addressed some of the comments about his post-game interview, many of which referred to Sherman as a thug. When asked how he felt about being called a thug, Sherman gave a thought-provoking response.

Director Oliver Stone was slated to spear-head a biopic on slain Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But the movie creator recently announced that he will no longer sit at the helm of the production because producers wouldn’t approve his script that showed King’s flaws. 

By: Melissa Shaw A groundbreaking research project launched by the University of California in Los Angeles has found that Facebook can be a highly effective tool in encouraging young African Americans to talk candidly about sexually transmitted diseases and the importance of regular testing. While some may have initially doubted the acceptability of using Facebook to discuss […]