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Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill was sentenced to two to four years in a state penitentiary stemming from a probation violation related to his 2008 gun and drug charges, even though Mill has complied with most of his conditions of probation. The judge in the case, Grenece Brinkley, ruled that a failed drug test and a […]

Deandre Harris, 20, is known throughout the world for the wrong reasons. Instead of his aspiring music career, he’s known for being the victim of a beating doled out by a group of white supremacists at this weekend’s “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va. A photo was posted on Twitter that showed Harris on […]

Police in Bakersfield, California are under fire because they not only beat a suspect and allowed a dog to attack them, but they had the wrong suspect to begin with. 

Brenda Bostick, 59, has died after being found unconscious in Chelsea last week. The New York Post reports that her death is being investigated as a homicide as she was found with a head wound. 

James W. Knowles III has been re-elected as mayor of Ferguson, MO. This happened despite a well-recorded history of mishandling the uprising in the city following the killing of Mike Brown and the political discourse that followers. 

On Tuesday, the Ohio legislature passed the “heartbeat” bill which would prevent women from obtaining abortions at six weeks, or around the time a fetal heartbeat can be detected. Unfortunately, most women do not know that they are even pregnant around this time, making this bill a direct attack on Ohio women’s right to choose.

Hussain Saeed Alnahdi, a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, died a day after being assaulted in Wisconsin in a possible hate crime. The business administration major was assaulted outside of a pizza restaurant in downtown Menomonie, Wis, according to USA Today.

The mistreatment of black women in history is extremely frustrating, on a good day. But seeing the harm that they’re enduring today is heartbreaking beyond belief. The story of Joyce Quaweay’s death is no exception.

Hearts are broken after a high school student died as a result of being attacked by a group of classmates. Amy Joyner-Francis, 16, was known by friends and classmates to often be a mediator and peacekeeper. Joyner-Francis was attacked by a group of girls in a Howard High School of Technology bathroom in Wilmington, Delaware on […]

Sarah Reed was only 30 years old at the time of her death last month. What makes her name the most recent addition to the rapidly growing  list of names being remembered on social media is that she died in police custody under mysterious circumstances. For starters, Reed had been subjected to police brutality and violence while in […]

As a mother of three, one of the central concerns I have each is for the safety of my children. While my partner and I have opted not to use corporal punishment in our household, we know that some parents still advocate for its use in their own homes. However, corporal punishment in schools is […]

A black University of Virginia junior was viciously beaten by police on Tuesday night. Martese Johnson, a junior from Chicago, was apparently beaten for having a fake ID. According to the Cavalier Daily, Johnson was “arrested on charges of resisting arrest, obstructing justice without threats of force, and profane swearing or intoxication in public”. According to witnesses, […]