Yusef Salaam, exonerated as part of the Central Park 5 in 2002, appeared to be heading toward a City Council victory as voters embraced more moderate candidates. Walking down 125th…
The decision stemmed from two lawsuits challenging the consideration of race in college admissions By Anna Staver The U.S. Supreme Court struckdown affirmative action Thursday, overturning more than 40 years of…
“These charges have caused great harm to Ms. Hood, her family and her family’s reputation” A woman and her 14-year-old son who were initially charged with murder in the fatal…
The family of Mykaella Sharlman spoke out after two Antioch officers had their charges dismissed in the arson of the woman’s remains. The two police officers accused of burning a…
Kristen Welker Will Be the First Black Person to Host ‘Meet the Press’ By Rob Tornoe NBC’s flagship politics show Meet the Press will soon have some Philly flavor. Kristen Welker, NBC’s…
Louisiana’s Republican-led statehouse passed a bill creating online portals to view minor’s criminal records. The catch? It’s only in largely Black communities. By Jessica Washington There isn’t a lot we…
The nine-member committee, which first convened nearly two years ago, gave final approval at a meeting in Oakland to a hefty list of proposals that now go to state lawmakers to…
“NYPD let his killer go. Imagine a Black ex marine choking a homeless white man to death and police letting him walk away.” Questions have been raised about the New York…
Cosgrove – the detective whose bullet ultimately killed Taylor according to the Kentucky Attorney General – began working for the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office on April 20 By Mark Morales Myles Cosgrove, one…
McCurtain Co. officials under fire for alleged remarks about African Americans, deceased fire victim & reporters Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has called for the resignation of several local officials following…