Good Morning America’sĀ Robin Roberts will receive the 2014 Walter Cronkite Award for Journalism Excellence this fall. The award will be present from Arizona State University’s Cronkite School.Ā
Chicago resident Octavious Talbot spent most of his life in an overcrowded home on the city’s south side. But the 20-year-old’s life drastically changed when he was offered a scholarship to Morehouse College. Now, the graduate will be a full-time student at Harvard University come fall.
An Arizona teacher has filed a lawsuit againstĀ the Tempe Union High School District after students atĀ Ahwatukee’s Desert Vista High School racially discriminated against her.Ā The suit, filed by Cobb in February, came after a student posted a video to a social media site the month before.Ā
Trans activist Monica JonesĀ was convicted of “manifesting prostitution” in Phoenix, Arizona.Ā Jones was arrested last May for accepting a ride to a from two undercover police officers. In Phoenix, “repeatedly stopping an engaging someone in conversation” can lead to arrest, even if one is no attempting to engage in sex work. Jones was arrested under this […]
Legislators in Mississippi have passed a bill that would allow people to use their religion to justify discrimination. The “religious liberty” bill stalled last month, with the House voting to send it to a study committee instead of passing it. However both bodies of Congress haveĀ approved a conference reportĀ on the bill, advancing it to Gov. […]
The practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has long been frowned upon by Western society. It is all too common in African countries, and can lead to devastating health issues for the girl involved. America banned FGM back in 1997, but according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, female genital mutilation is on […]
More than $60,000 has been raised for a woman who left her young children in the car during a job interview. Shanesha Taylor, 24, a homeless single mother living in Arizona, is facing charges of child abuse for the act.Ā
A Los Angeles judge has once again refused to release former NFL safety Darren Sharper from jail. Sharper is awaiting trial in Los Angeles after pleading not guilty to charges that he raped and drugged two women last year.Ā
It’s looks like Darren Sharper is in trouble. A lot of trouble. The former NFL player and former NFL Network commentator was denied bail last week and remains in a Los Angeles jail. Sharper has been charged with drugging and sexually assaulting two women he met in an L.A. nightclub last year. And Los Angeles […]
Former NFL star Darren Sharper returns to court Thursday for a hearing in Los Angeles that will determine whether he is released on bail. The decision follows a new set of charges against Sharper alleging that he sexually assaulted and drugged two women in Tempe, Ariz. last year.Ā
According to a police report,Ā former NFL player Darren SharperĀ told several witnesses that he and an acquaintanceĀ had non-consensual sex with two women in New OrleansĀ last fall. Sharper isĀ currently in jail in Los Angeles, where he is also facing charges.Ā
By: Kai M. Green Black History month is intimately connected to the lives and stories of everyday Black people.Ā The goal of Black History month is to validate the knowledges and stories of Black people,Ā stories which are often erased and/or invalidated by Eurocentric accounts of history. It was aĀ month to reeducate the country and the world […]
