JoJo Striker, 23, was found murdered in Toldeo, Ohio last Wednesday.Ā The black transgender woman is the third trans murder victim on record in 2017, all three of which have been people or color, according toĀ Fusion.
Takiya Holmes was sitting in a parked car with her mother, aunt and younger brother when a stray bullet struck her in the head this past Saturday. Takiya never regained consciousness and was in critical condition atĀ Comer Children’s Hospital. Despite her mother’s constant pleas, Takiya never woke up and died Tuesday morning.Ā
Cook County prosecutors decided to not press charges againstĀ Officer Robert Rialmo for shooting Qunitonio LeGrier, 19, and his neighbor Bettie Smith, 55, the day after Christmas in 2015.Ā
President Donald J. Trump has taken an incensed sense of national pride and growing concern with national defense and is successfully molding them into a public fear and condemnation of Islam. As evidence, this past weekend, he signed an executive order that “temporarily” banned travel into the U.S. from seven Muslim countries. America has becomeĀ that […]
While American politicians are doing all they can to demonize Muslims and prevent them from gaining access to the country, they’re still being targeted and placed in grave danger in other countries around the world. This past Sunday,Ā Alexandre Bissonnette, 27, opened fire on a group of Muslim worshipers atĀ the Quebec Islamic Cultural Center.
Days after clinching the U.S. presidency in November, Donald Trump appointed Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions as his pick for Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice. From stating he was once “okay with the Ku Klux Klan” until he learned they smoked marijuana, to prosecuting Black activists in the decades following the fall of […]
Student loan debt is one of the most critical issues affecting today’s work force. Graduates often comeĀ out of school with the weight of tens of thousands of dollars in debt holding them back from moving forward with their lives. If that wasn’t bad enough, a new lawsuit alleges that millions of those borrowers may have […]
Jamie Lee Wounded Arrow was found murdered Friday night after a neighbor noticed a “strong odor” coming from her apartment. When Sioux Falls, South Dakota police arrived, they discovered her body, according to Mic. “Tunkasila has called another one of our community members home,” read a statement on the Sioux Falls Two-Spirit and Allies Facebook […]
Four Chicago area residentsĀ 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.
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-JamalĀ 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.Ā
By: Imani J. Jackson To many millennialsā chagrin and not of our own doing, American capitalism continues to operate despite its negative impact on Black and Brown communities. Confronted with this economic system and sustained government violence against Black and Brown people, activists are increasingly combining traditional civil rights tactics, like protests and economic boycotts, […]
