Police in Prince George’s County, Maryland were told to look for a black suspect in blue jeans and a black top following a shooting at Iverson Mall. They found someone who fit the description. However, they failed to realize the man they were detaining was an off-duty police officer. Officer Robert Parker Jr. is officially filing […]
Variant covers for Invincible Iron Man have wound up on both ends of the spectrum in regards to public opinion. The bad side was visited just last week and resulted in a cover being cancelled after receiving backlash. But the good now comes in a gesture just as powerful. A recently revealed cover from Randy Green depicts […]
The NAACP claims that a group of white Mississippi high school students placed a noose around the neck of a black student on Oct. 13 and yanked backwards. The organization is now demanding that a full investigation into the incident, according to the Washington Post.
Officials in New York City are condemning the actions of an NYPD officer who fatally shot a 66-year-old black woman who was in need of mental health assistance.
There’s long been a stereotype that the majority of individuals who make up the nerd population are extremely out of touch with women. This is clearly false as many women consider themselves to be nerds. But, even while that’s the case, it seems that we can’t get far enough from that age-old cliche before someone drops […]
I felt my heart sink when Kalief Browder’s name suddenly began trending on Twitter in June of last year. Just a couple years older than I am, Browder ended his life after suffering through three years of being beaten and held in solitary confinement in a Rikers Island prison for a crime he did not […]
Authored by Angela D. LeBlanc-Ernest, Tracye A. Matthews, Mary Phillips, and Robyn C. Spencer This article is a two-part series. Read part 1 here. The Black Panther Party (BPP) 50th anniversary dovetails with the high tide of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. In the context of a police violence epidemic against Black and Brown communities and […]
There’s an episode of Law and Order: SVU out there where a young white woman and her boyfriend were looking to cover up a crime by blaming it on “a black guy” they “couldn’t really see”. Fortunately, the detectives caught on early and let them bury themselves in their lies. But it was Detective Fin Tutuola’s […]
Authored by Angela D. LeBlanc-Ernest, Tracye A. Matthews, Mary Phillips, and Robyn C. Spencer This article is a part of a two-part series. See Part 2 here. The Black Panther Party (BPP) has declared 2016 the #yearofthePanther, a year with nationwide events to “reclaim the history and legacy of the BPP and to connect with […]
Some people know that Mahatma Gandhi didn’t like black people but many others don’t due to his legacy as a pillar of civil rights. There’s evidence of his racial issues since he called Africans ‘kaffirs,” a derogatory term for black people, in a speech given back in 1896. In response to these types of statements, the University of Ghana recently announced that they’ll be […]
Trish Cole Doolin had recently relocated to Seattle to start a new position as Job Captain in architecture for Nelson Connections. While her move to a new city was sure to have its fair share of challenges, she could have never predicted that she’d find one after depositing a check one morning.Â
Jazz Alford, a transgender black woman, was found dead in a hotel in Birmingham, Alabama, according to Mic. Her body was first found on Sept. 23, but she was unfortunately misgendered by authorities.Â
