Investigators Probe Possible Audio Confession in Kendrick Johnson’s DeathThe suspicious death of Kendrick Johnson, a Black teen whose body was found in a rolled-up mat in his school gym in…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 22, 2021
UNCF Announces First African-American Chair of Its Board; Black Twitter Responds With Surprise and ConfusionOn Monday, the United Negro College Fund announced that Milton Jones. Jr, a businessman and civic leader in Atlanta,…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 18, 2021
Maryland Legislators Vote to Pay the State's HBCUs $577 Million Over the Next Decade in Massive Civil Rights SettlementFour historically Black universities and colleges in Maryland will benefit from a $577 million settlement related to…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 18, 2021
TD Bank Teller in Connecticut Refuses to Allow Black Woman to Withdraw $1,000Racism in America just keeps trucking on in ways big and small.ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 18, 2021
Watch Whiteness Work: A White Man Kills 6 Asian Women, and a White Cop Says He 'Had a Bad Day'It’s already been a heartbreaking and devastatingly unrelenting year of blatant, dehumanizing and violent acts of…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 17, 2021
Tamir Rice’s Mother Calls Out Tamika Mallory, Then Shaun King Wades In, Exposing More Fractures in the Movement Against Police BrutalityA speech made by Until Freedom founder Tamika Mallory during a performance at the Grammys on Sunday has set off yet…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 17, 2021
Calls to #FreeHaiti Spotlights Untenable Situation in Caribbean NationYou may have seen #FreeHaiti making the rounds on Twitter, and though the hashtag has been shared by celebrities…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 17, 2021
Virginia Governor Signs Order Restoring Voting Rights to Nearly 70,000 People Previously Convicted of FeloniesWhile many lawmakers in the South are introducing laws aimed at ensuring fewer people can vote in future elections,…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 16, 2021
Wondering When You’ll Get Your Stimmy? Here’s What the Big Banks SayThough President Biden signed a landmark $1.9 trillion stimulus bill into law last Thursday, many Americans are…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 16, 2021
Texas Legislators Add to the Republican Party’s Ongoing Rush of Voter Suppression BillsRepublican-led state legislatures have openly been waging war on voting access in the wake of their presidential…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 16, 2021
Why Some Reactions to Kirk Franklin's Leaked Phone Call With His Son Are More Concerning Than These Grown-Folks' BusinessLet me start by saying that I am not privy to the details or history of the relationship between gospel music heavywe…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 15, 2021
Derek Chauvin’s Lawyer Requests Delay of Trial After Announcement of $27 Million Settlement Awarded to George Floyd's FamilyThe murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd is gearing up to be quite a…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 15, 2021
North Carolina Elementary School Showcases #KeepSlavery and #SlaveryForever Messages From 4th-Grade ‘Historical’ AssignmentAnyone trying to claim that educational institutions across the U.S. are just innocently bungling the teaching of…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 15, 2021
Meghan Dumped the British Monarchy for Its Racism—the U.K.'s Former Colonies Should Do the SameLet’s get the obvious out of the way—we know the British monarchy is a racist institution. The U.K.’s royal family…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 12, 2021
3rd-Degree Murder Charge Added to Case Against Derek ChauvinFormer Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will face an additional charge during his trial in the killing of…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 11, 2021
Rep. Ayanna Pressley Reintroduces People’s Justice Guarantee for Wide-Ranging Criminal Legal System ReformRep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) on Wednesday reintroduced a resolution aimed at driving decarceration and making the…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 11, 2021
Family of Black 5-Year-Old Says Arkansas Teacher Made Him Clean Out Clogged Toilet With His HandsIt’s deeply despairing to be continually reminded of how inhumanely Black children are likely to be treated in this…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 10, 2021
Missouri Man in Custody After Post-Insurrection Lynching Threat Against Black LawmakerA 63-year-old man from Missouri is finally in FBI custody after continuing a years-long tradition of threatening…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 10, 2021
First Juror Selected in Derek Chauvin Trial; Others Rejected for Views on Video of George Floyd’s DeathJury selection for the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin commenced on Tuesday,…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 9, 2021
University of South Alabama Professors on Leave Over Picture With Noose and Whip at Halloween: ‘This Attempt at Humor Clearly Failed’Three professors at the University of South Alabama are facing heat for what increasingly appears to be something a…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 9, 2021