The NAACP has named a woman as its interim President. Lorraine C. Miller will fill the role as the organization continues its search for a successor for Benjamin Jealous. Jealous will step down at the end of the year to spend more time with his family.
Saturday Night Live, the longest running network show in the country, recently announced new members of its cast. Shockingly, (not really), there are no black women cast members. This marks the sixth year since a black woman has been on the show.
This is one of those stories that is hard to believe. A school janitor at Campus Elementary School in Grand Rapids, Mi., tried to hire a couple of students to beat up a 4th grader. The 9-year-old said something he shouldn’t have to the woman who then put the “hit” out on the child.
When news broke that 24-year-old former FAMU student Jonathan Ferrell was killed by police last month, the subject of police brutality was once again pushed into national spotlight. Now police departments across the country are criticizing those charges.
Marissa Alexander will be granted a new trial and while this is great news for the woman sentenced to 20 years in prison, her supporters are demanding more. Some in favor of Alexander’s freedom aren’t quite convinced that another trial will yield fair results.
The family of a woman who was shot to death outside the U.S. Capitol after attempting to ram her car through a White House barrier is questioning how police handled the incident. Investigator found that Carey, who was unarmed, had a history of mental illness.
Lauryn Hill is once again a free woman after serving three months in prison for failing to pay more than $1.8 million in taxes between 2005 and 2007. Her new single “Consumerism” was released on the last day of her sentence.
The woman killed yesterday after a high speed chase through the nation’s capital suffered from post-partum depression. Miriam Carey, 34, died after police shot her on the scene.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, and a group of organizers are pushing a campaign to highlight the importance of ending the violence. Emotional Justice Unplugged, Chicago Taskforce on Violence Against Girls & Women and Free Marissa Now will host @31forMarissa.
A total of 50 Head Start programs that serve 3,200 low-income preschoolers have shut down due to the halt in government operations. According to a spokeswoman for Head Start, another 11 are set to close by Friday if funding isn’t restored.
Officials are discovering more details that could lead to a motive in the shooting death of a Louisiana pastor. Pastor Ronald Harris was killed in front of his congregation on Friday evening by 53-year-old Woodrow Karey. Information about the pastor and his relationship with Karey’s wife has emerged.
Marissa Alexander was sentenced to 20 years in prison after she fired a gun over the head of her abusive husband during a violent confrontation in 2010. Thanks to human error, she will get a new trial.
