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Update: “We used to fuss when the landlord dissed us…” – The Notorious B.I.G. Biggie would be proud. A single landlord was the only thing in the way of an iconic mural in his honor remaining intact in his native Brooklyn. Everyone from fans of the late rapper, to the Brooklyn Nets to the artists […]

Dallas Independent School District (DISD) Police are being criticized after a mother accused them of using excessive force to restrain her son. 

By Myles E. Johnson “Solitude can be a must-be-desired condition. In silence, we listen to ourselves, and in the quietude we may even hear the voice of God.” – Maya Angelou The search, as it were, began in wanting to deep-dive into something that was about me, and it began early. I wanted a nappy-headed […]

Betty Jo Shelby has been found not guilty of first degree manslaughter charges connected to the fatal shooting of Terence Crutcher. In another controversial ruling following an equally controversial shooting, the Tulsa, Okla. police officer was apparently “elated” after jurors read the ruling. Meanwhile, Crutcher’s family was escorted out of the courtroom due to their […]

Whenever the government steps in to try and help residents in Flint, Mich., something always seems to go wrong. In what should be viewed as a step forward, thousands of families in Flint will receive nutritional aid to help prevent the effects of lead exposure. The effort will cost an additional $7 million in nutritional […]

Black students are still getting in trouble for wearing Black hairstyles. The latest example of this negatively-received approach comes from Mystic Valley Regional Charter School in Malden, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe reports that parents have come out to pushback against the school’s attempt to punish students for wearing box braids. 

More great news about Black youth! Nkechinyere Chidi-Ogbolu is the next talented student to walk across the stage and onto bigger and better things before making it out of her teens. 

The state Senate in Texas unanimously passed the Sandra Bland Act last week. The gesture was meant to show that the state was unofficially claiming responsibility in her death in a Texas county jail in 2015. However, Bland’s family has come out to criticize the bill for being a stripped version of what it once […]

I am a non-voter who has the audacity to still be upset that my people are dying. I have been told innumerable times that I am not supposed to be allowed this. “If you don’t vote, you can’t complain” is perhaps the most common non-voter shaming refrain I’ve heard, right up there with “your ancestors […]

Has anyone taken a train across country recently? What’s that like? Because it is starting to seem like the odds of safely catching a flight are steadily decreasing. New York Daily News reports that a family is planning on filing a lawsuit against JetBlue after being kicked off of a plane for bringing a cake onboard. Cameron and […]

Given his young age, the circumstances of his death and, now, the context surrounding it, Gabriel Taye’s death is the kind that sticks with you. In January, the 8-year-old was found dead after he hanged himself with his necktie in his Cincinnati home, reports CNN. School officials have now released a 24-minute video that captures an incident […]

The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Va. was surrounded by adoring eyes that reflected the flickering flames of lit torches. Chants of “You will not replace us” and “No more brother wars” could be heard from the crowd of Confederate sympathizers, according to NBC News. This incident didn’t happen during the Reconstruction […]