The following post if from Slate. It was written by Allie Gross. By: Allie Gross When Atiya Haynesā grandfather gave her a pocketknife in July, she was hesitant to accept the gift. The 17-year-old didnāt want to think she needed a weapon for protection. But her grandfather said that was not a luxury the […]
The following piece is from For Harriet. It was written by Ogechi Emechebe By: Ogechi Emechebe Today marks six months since over 250 girls in Nigeria were kidnapped. On the night of April 14th, 2014, hundreds of schoolgirls in the Chibok boarding school in northern Nigeria awoke to the sounds of gunfire. Within minutes, they […]
Simone Biles made history by becoming only the sixth woman, and first in more than a decade, to win consecutive all-around titles at the World Gymnastics Championships on Friday. Biles, 17, says she was blown away by her success.Ā
A member of Detroit’s homicide division has been suspended after department officials found him wearing a murder victim’s watch. Sgt. Alex Vinson was the officer in charge of the case involving an unknown murder victim who was found wearing an expensive German-made watch several months ago.Ā
TheĀ Englewood neighborhood on Chicago’s south side will be hosting its first 5KĀ in November. The event, calledĀ Ditch the Weight and Guns 5K Walk and RunĀ organized by Andrea Natay. She hopes that the event will draw nearly 1000 participants.
According to an analysis by Pro Publica, black males are 21 times more likely to be shot by police than their white male counterparts. The analysis was based on 1,217 deadly police shootings from 2010 to 2012.Ā
The following piece was published on Medium. It was written by President Barack Obama. By: President Barack Obama History has dubbed you the āMillennials.ā You’reĀ part of the first generation to grow up in the digital age. Some of you grew up with cell phones tucked into your book bags, while others can remember the early […]
Residents in Ferguson, Missouri are preparing for a “Weekend of Resistance” set to take place in St. Louis over the weekend. The protests are a result of another 18-year-old black male who was killed by police in St. Louis’ Shaw neighborhood earlier this week.Ā
Texas prosecutors have filed paperwork to have Adrian Peterson’s bail revoked and the Minnesota Vikings running back re-arrested after he admitted that he recently smoked marijuana to a drug tester during a urinalysis on Wednesday.Ā
FilmmakerĀ Spike Lee is hoping to make a documentary about Little League World Series star Mo’ne DavisĀ and her team. Along with Chicago’s Jackie Robinson West team, Davis captured the hearts of watchers of the Little League World Series.
Latandra Ellington was just seven months shy of freedom when she wrote a chilling letter to her aunt from prison. She told her aunt she feared she wouldn’t make it out alive because one of the officers, identified as “Sgt. Q” had threatened to beat and kill her.Ā āHe was gone [sic] beat me to […]
A record number of African Americans are running for federal office this year, and unfortunately their advances have been met with increased racial polarization in politics, especially in the Deep South. There are 82 black nominees in the two major political parties running in 2014, according to an analysis by David Bositis. The number […]
