No Charges for NYPD Officer Seen on Video Kneeling on Black Man's Neck, Despite Law Passed After George Floyd's DeathChallenging police brutality and the lack of accountability for the officers who practice it is a continuing battle,…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedApril 9, 2021
Prince Philip Dies at 99, and Fox News Is Already Blaming Meghan MarklePrince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and husband of the United Kingdom’s long-serving monarch Queen Elizabeth, has…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedApril 9, 2021
City in Ohio Agrees to Pay Couple $450,000 to Settle Suit of Police Brutality From Viral 2017 VideoAnother day, another incident of taxpayers holding the bag for police officers who treat members of the public…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedApril 8, 2021
Kentucky Bucks Trend by Passing Law to Expand Voting Rights, While Mississippi Election Chief Worries About ‘Woke’ People Being Registered to VoteWhile Republican-led state legislatures across the country are ramming through measures to make it harder for people…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedApril 8, 2021
Black Florida Man Released From Prison After 30 Years, but Prosecutors Still Want Him Locked UpThe legacy of racism in America’s “justice” system has frequently resulted in the release of Black men from prison,…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedApril 8, 2021
Prosecutor Closes Case Against Georgia State Rep Arrested For Knocking on Gov. Brian Kemp's DoorGeorgia State Rep. Park Cannon will not be facing eight years in prison after all, in the newest development in the…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedApril 7, 2021
Exhibiting a Lack of Logic or Decency, Virginia Lt. Gov. Fairfax Says He's Been Treated Like George Floyd and Emmett TillLet’s just start off by saying that Virginia’s Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax ain’t shit.ByIshena RobinsonPublishedApril 7, 2021
Anti-Racism Titles Are All Over the List of 10 Most Challenged Books in 2020While 2020 marked an inflection point in the nation’s awareness of issues of racial injustice, it also quickly…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedApril 7, 2021
New Research States the Obvious: White Racist Fears, Not Economic Anxiety, Likely Drove the Capitol InsurrectionSome mainstream (re: white) writers and thinkers have instinctually sought to find a way to point to “economic…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedApril 6, 2021
Starbucks, Goldman Sachs, ACLU and Others Pledge to Tackle Racial Wealth Gap by Boosting Black Employment and Business InvestmentsSome of the biggest companies in America say they will put their considerable might behind a mission of closing the…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedApril 6, 2021
Biden to Announce Vaccine Access for Everyone by April 19, But White Evangelicals Might Still Stubbornly Hold OutAs vaccines become more and more available across the country, the challenge of getting past this panny may hinge on…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedApril 6, 2021
Not Just Firing: Marvin Scott's Family Wants Criminal Charges Against Texas Cops After 26-Year-Old's Death in CustodyAnother Black family is mourning a loved one and calling on the justice system to hold police officers criminally…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedApril 5, 2021
Reactions to MLB Moving All-Star Game From Georgia: Some Dems Acknowledge Necessity of Action, Big Mad Republicans Blame WokenessThe fallout from Georgia’s new voter suppression laws and the Major Baseball League’s decision to pull the All-Star…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedApril 5, 2021
Day 6 of Chauvin Trial to Kick Off With More Police Testimony, MPD Chief Who Fired Accused Expected to Take StandDerek Chauvin’s trial for the death of George Floyd is set to continue Monday with more witness testimony, and the…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedApril 5, 2021
Chicago Cops Kill 13-Year Old, Calls Grow for City to Release Bodycam Video Amid Family’s QuestionsCops are still carrying on with cop shenanigans—including what they prefer to euphemistically describe as “police-inv…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedApril 2, 2021
Derek Chauvin Trial, Day 5: Senior Minneapolis Officer Testifies 'Putting Your Knee on the Neck for That Amount of Time Is Just Uncalled For'The first week of witness testimony in the Derek Chauvin trial ended with a veteran lieutenant of the Minneapolis…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedApril 2, 2021
Georgia Faith Leaders Call for April 7 Boycott if Companies Don’t Step Up Fight Against Voter Restriction Laws; Stacey Abrams Says Hold OffGeorgia Republicans’ recent passage of voter suppression measures is facing a building challenge from stakeholders…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedApril 2, 2021
Delta CEO, Atlanta's Major Sports Teams Call Out Georgia's Voting Law; Flood of Corp. Statements After Black Execs Demand More Companies Speak OutThe story of the egregious legislation recently passed by Republican lawmakers in Georgia, which prohibits the…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 31, 2021
New York Puff-Puff-Passes Bill Legalizing Marijuana and Cuomo Signs It Into LawAmidst his considerable PR troubles, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill on Wednesday that should serve as a…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 31, 2021
As Chauvin Trial Again Puts Our Faith in the Justice System to the Test, Witnesses Emerge as Hopeful, Heart-Wrenching Reminders of HumanityI have a confession to make: I have not seen the infamous video of George Floyd’s last moments of life under the…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 31, 2021