Just a couple of weeks ago, Loyola Law Schoolās Project for the Innocent helped Andrew Leander Wilson return to his family after spending 32 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. More recently, they’ve helped another innocent man be released after serving 20 years of a life sentence. The Los Angeles Times reports […]
Conservative politicians in North Carolina have spent much of the past year pushing forward what’s commonly referred to as the “bathroom bill”. As it currently stands, it would require people to use public restrooms labeled for their assigned gender at birth, putting many transgender people in harms way not to mention violently reinforcing transphobic gender […]
In 2014, Andrew Caldwell was introduced to the world via a viral video in which he proclaimed his deliverance from homosexuality at an annual COGIC convention in St. Louis. āI was already fighting for deliverance,ā he told me in an interview two years later. āThat night I said, āGod, if youāre real, I want you […]
A storeowner in Charlotte, N.C. decided to take it upon himself to confront a Black woman he accused of trying to steal a box of eyelashes. The altercation was recorded on cell phone video and shows the owner,Ā Sung Ho Lim, wrestling the woman to the ground then placing her into a chokehold.Ā
Last month, Muhammad Ali Jr. was detainedĀ with his mother, Muhammad Ali’s first wife, and many suspected it was because of their ties to the Nation of Islam. After speaking to Congress about his experience with the Transportation Security Administration, Ali was detained yet again while boarding a flight back to Fort Lauderdale, according toĀ The New […]
By: Jared A. Loggins Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are in peril; crippled by, among many things, a system of unequal funding distribution at the state and federal level. HBCU administrators went to the White House last week keenly aware of this. They also knowāor at least, they should knowāthat to enter a meeting […]
Many of the most well-respected institutions inĀ the United States have a history deeply connected to slavery. Harvard University, which many consider to be the pinnacle of higher education, has taken a commendable step towards a better future by acknowledging its own connections to slavery.Ā
Many predicted that this year’s Academy Awards would go to great lengths to celebrate diversity after the #OscarsSoWhite controversy came to a head last year. Fortunately, this year saw a surplus of quality content starring Black actors and actresses for the Academy to choose from. As a result, Black Hollywood was celebrated in front of […]
Going out to schools and speaking to kids can be an uphill battle. Minutes of speaking and building up their support and interest can easily go to waste in seconds after saying a couple of the wrong things. Jameis Winston, quarterback for the Tampa Bay Bucaneers, learned this the hard way recently.Ā
Keke Collier, a 24-year-old black, transgender woman, was shot and killed in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, according toĀ Mic. After being misgendered by local media, Collier’s identity was later confirmed by friends, such asĀ Shasha Lauren.Ā
In 1995, the University of California ended race-based enrollment practices meant to balance out its student population. As a result, the current percentage of Black students enrolled in lower than 3 percent. More than 20 years later, UC Berkeley took a step towards affirmingĀ its black student population by openingĀ the Fannie Lou Hamer Black Resource Center.
Milo Yiannopoulos, the voice and leader of the”alt-right”/neo-Nazi movement, has had his book cancelled by Simon & Schuster after audio was released of him joking about pedophilia. It seems that he’s finally gone too far for the controversy to sell.Ā
