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The staff of a CVS in Carytown, Virginia disappeared for more than 30 minutes when two black customers came in asking for cheese. After wandering around the store, even with a police officer who arrived on the scene, they eventually found the employees hiding in a locked room in the back of the store. 

Racial tensions have been thick since the election of Donald Trump on November 8th. Those individuals who resent marginalized people seem emboldened by the prospects of Trump’s leadership. The shooting death of an unarmed Black teen on the East End of Charleston, West Virginia on Monday is yet another tragic case where racism and violence […]

Local politicians continue to think it’s okay to be publicly racist. Even when it comes to the First Lady. The director of a nonprofit and the mayor of a small town in  West Virginia have come under fire after a racist comment about First Lady Michelle Obama became public knowledge.

There are people being attacked in North Dakota for protecting water, historical school buildings being covered with swastikas in Virginia and churches being burned in Mississippi. Yet we’re supposed to believe we’re in 2016 and a post-racial America? Try again. A 111-year-old black church in Greenville, Mississippi was burned and spray-painted with the words “Vote […]

Clarence Thomas has held a seat on the United States Supreme Court for just a day over 25 years. From one perspective, it could be said that he was the most powerful black man in U.S. politics pre-Obama. From another,  he has a long history of conservative politics and has been accused of sexual harassment. […]

The Ashburn Colored School building reminds locals of a time of racist Jim Crow laws when schools were segregated, legally separating black and white children. Now that students at the Loudoun School for the Gifted have been raising money to turn it into a museum, reminding the public of exactly what it represents, it’s been defaced with distasteful and […]

By: Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Young Hispanics, Asian-Americans and African-Americans are much more likely to trust Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump to deal with immigrants living in the United States illegally. But young whites tend to trust Trump more on issues related to illegal immigration, including securing the border. Among young people […]

This year’s election is critical. While some are choosing to sit out, others have been denied the right to vote due to felony disenfranchisement legislation. In this video from The Atlantic and Vann R. Newkirk, II, there is a glimpse into how vital it is that states revisit and revoke these laws to re-empower voting in […]

Yesterday, a story that drew tons of attention on mainstream and minority-run news media was about Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine’s church home. It wasn’t because there was anything special about his church, St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Richmond, VA. Rather, it was simply because his church happens to not be composed of only White people. It’s […]

Presidents and representatives from 34 HBCUs met earlier this month to create a plan to held end gun violence. In a press release, the collective called upon their foundational belief that black lives matter and that the senseless killings of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile and multiple police officers across the country contradict that message. 

“Ban-the-box” laws have the best intentions – preventing employers from unfairly holding an applicant’s criminal history against them. However, a new study finds that they may have a far more negative result on hiring practices by significantly increasing racial bias. A study was conducted by researchers at University of Michigan and Princeton University that finds when […]

Corey Menafee spent years cleaning Calhoun College, named after slavery advocate and former Vice President John C. Calhoun. Like many others that walked the halls, he always noticed a stained glass window that depicted slaves picking cotton. One day in June, enough was enough and he took his broomstick and smashed the window students have been […]