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Eyricka King, a transgender woman, had tried multiple times to get a letter out to her mother Kelly Harrison detailing her horrific experiences in prison. Her story has now gone viral after Harrison recorded a video reading from King’s letter and speaking on her daughters behalf. 

August 4th, 2016 may be a day talked about in barbershops and on social media for ages. Barack Obama celebrated a 55th birthday, George Zimmerman reportedly got punched in the face and Dylann Roof was on the receiving end of a jailhouse assault. Dwayne Stafford, the man who punched Roof in the face and back […]

A viral video of a 2-year-old child cursing has led to the toddler, and his teenage mother being moved to foster care. The video was first posted by the Omaha Police Union on their website as an example of the “thug cycle.” The video received a wave of backlash from African American community members, accusing […]

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.

After Atlanta teen Orentheal Childs decided to leave a local gang, outraged members shot him 15 times. Miraculously, Orentheal survived and is on the road to recovery.

by Donnie Moreland My grandfather—my mother’s father—participated in the first sit-ins in Greenville, South Carolina. My grandfather is a military veteran. He patrolled the tomb of the unknown soldier, was employed as a manufacturer with the Department of Defense and was a supervisor, in the Pentagon, when Flight 77 made contact with the building at […]

I don’t have any children of my own, so take everything I say here with a grain of salt. You can use whatever can be distilled from my tears, if you have to. They don’t have any other use, I am told. I don’t have any children of my own, but I have been a […]

On Memorial Day (Monday, May 30, 2016), The White House went on a partial lockdown after a woman threw a metal object over the fence.

Shanesha Taylor has been jailed for child abuse after leaving her two children in the car so that she could go on a job interview. Taylor informed police that she could not afford a babysitter. A passerby heard crying from Taylor’s vehicle and contacted authorities.

13-year-old Landry Thompson traveled to Houston for a training session with some of the best dancers in the industry. Thompson, accompanied by dance instructor Emanuel Hurd and another dancer, stopped at what should have been a routine gas station stop for a brief nap before heading back home to Oklahoma. The trio ended up surrounded […]

Two Washington teens accused of killing a World War II veteran are being targeted by the Aryan Brotherhood.  Court documents indicate that the white supremacist group may have placed a $10,000 bounty on the heads of the black teens.

This week, I am going to feature a blog I wrote for Document the Silence which is a website I co-founded dedicated to ending violence against women of color. Right now, we are in the midst of mounting a national online media campaign to document how domestic violence and the family court system work in […]